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English-French Dictionary: femme

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NOUN

la femme | les femmes

femme {f}: woman
female
femme {f} [épouse]: wife
ex-femme {f}: ex-wifesociol.
femme {f} adultère: adulteress
adulterer [female]
femme {f} auteur: authoressjourn.littérat.occup.
femme {f} autoritaire: queen bee [coll.]
femme {f} chaman: shaman [female]ethn.relig.
femme {f} colon: settler [female]
femme {f} colon [pionnière]: colonist [female]
femme {f} d'action: woman of action
doer [woman of action]
femme {f} d'affaires: businesswomancomm.ind.occup.
femme {f} d'État: stateswomanoccup.pol.
femme {f} d'intérieur: homebody [female]
femme {f} émancipée: liberated womansociol.
emancipated womansociol.
femme {f} entretenue: kept woman [mistress]sociol.
femme {f} facile [fam.]: floozy [coll.]
floosy [coll.]
disreputable woman
floosie [coll.]
floozie [coll.]
trollop [dated or hum.]
femme {f} frêle: waif [fig.] [thin young woman]
femme {f} hommasse [péj.]: virago
mannish woman
butch [coll.] [markedly or aggressively masculine female]
femme {f} infanticide: child murderer [female]dr.
child murderess [female murderer of a child]dr.
femme {f} ingénieure: engineer [female]occup.tech.
femme {f} ivre: drunk [female] [coll.]cuis.
femme {f} médecin: woman doctorméd.occup.
femme {f} officier [aussi : l'officière]: official [female]adm.occup.
civil servant [female]adm.occup.
public official [female]adm.occup.
clerk [female civil servant]adm.occup.
femme {f} policier: policewomandr.
femme {f} policière: policewomandr.occup.
femme {f} politique: politician [female]occup.pol.
femme {f} pompier: firewomanoccup.PoSauv.
firefighter [female]occup.PoSauv.
femme {f} squelettique: waif [fig.] [thin young woman]
femme {f} voilée: veiled womanvêt.
femme proviseur {f} [lycée]: headmistresséduc.occup.
headteacher [female]éduc.occup.
head teacher [female]éduc.occup.
femme-enfant {f}: woman-child
sage-femme {f}: midwifeméd.
déguisé en femme {adj} {past-p}: dressed up as a woman [postpos.]
conquérir une femme: to win a woman's heart
embellir une femme: to make a woman more beautiful
siffler une femme [signaler l'intérêt]: to (wolf) whistle at a woman
bout {m} de femme: little woman
femme {f} afro-américaine: Afro-American [female]ethn.
African American [female]ethn.
femme {f} au foyer: housewife
house-wife
house mom [Am.] [also: housemom]
femme {f} court-vêtue: woman in a short skirtvêt.
femme {f} de bien: good woman
woman of good character
femme {f} de chambre: chambermaidoccup.
cleaning ladyoccup.
parlormaid [Am.]occup.
parlourmaid [Br.]occup.
handmaid [archaic]hist.occup.
lady's maid [archaic]hist.occup.
femme {f} de charge: housekeeperoccup.
femme {f} de lettres: literary womanlittérat.
femme {f} de ménage: cleaning ladyoccup.
femme {f} de mérite: woman of merit
woman of distinction
femme {f} de parole: woman of her word
femme {f} de rêve: dream girl
dream woman
ideal woman
woman of one's dreams
jaquette {f} (de femme): jacketvêt.
métier {m} de femme: career for womenoccup.
female occupationoccup.
female professionoccup.
poulet {m} bonne-femme: [dish featuring chicken braised with onions, mushrooms, potatoes, and other vegetables, often with white wine and herbs]cuis.
vélo {m} (de) femme: ladies' bikebicyc.
ladies' cyclebicyc.
ladies' bicyclebicyc.
Cette femme est enceinte.: This woman is pregnant.méd.
Sa femme l'a quitté.: His wife left him.sociol.
conte {m} de bonne femme: old wives' tale
droits {m.pl} de la femme: women's rightspol.sociol.
femme {f} agent de police: policewomanoccup.
femme {f} au gros nez: woman with a big nose
femme {f} d'un certain âge: older woman
elderly woman
femme {f} d'une vingtaine d'années: woman in her twenties
remède {m} de bonne femme [fam.]: old wives' remedy [coll.]
Ce que femme veut, Dieu le veut. [loc.]: A woman is always right. [idiom]
Elle est le type même de la femme de carrière.: She is the very type of career woman.occup.
Elle voulait être la première femme en France à revêtir la tenue présidentielle.: She wanted to become the first female French President.pol.

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