different between women vs feminist

English

Alternative forms

• See woman

Etymology

From Middle English wimmen, from Old English w?fmenn (“women”), from w?f (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife +? men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?w?m?n/, /?w?m?n/
  • Rhymes: -?m?n
• Hyphenation: wom?en
• Homophone: woman (some dialects, common in New Zealand and South Africa)

Noun

women

1. plural of woman

   Three women went for a walk.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:women.

Related terms

• women's lib
• womenfolk

Noun

women

1. Misspelling of woman.

Anagrams

• Mowen, menow

Middle English

Noun

women pl

1. Alternative form of wommen

English

Etymology

First recorded in English 1852. Ultimately from Latin f?min?nus, from f?mina (“woman”). See also feminine, feminism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?m?n?st/
• Hyphenation: fem?in?ist

Adjective

feminist (comparative more feminist, superlative most feminist)

1. relating to or in accordance with feminism.

   Hypernym: egalitarian

Translations

Noun

feminist (plural feminists)

1. an advocate of feminism; a person who believes in bringing about the equality of the sexes (of women and men) in all aspects of public and private life

   Hypernym: egalitarian

2. a member of a feminist political movement

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• feminist at OneLook Dictionary Search
• feminist in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• feminist in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Etymology

From French féministe.

Noun

feminist c (singular definite feministen, plural indefinite feminister)

1. feminist

   Synonyms: kvindeforkæmper, kvindesagsforkæmper

Declension

Derived terms

• feministisk

References

• “feminist” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Internationalism, probably borrowed from French or English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fe?.mi?n?st/
• Hyphenation: fe?mi?nist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

feminist m (plural feministen, diminutive feministje n, feminine feministe)

1. feminist

Derived terms

• feministisch

Related terms

• feminisme

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feminister, definite plural feministene)

1. a feminist

Related terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

feminist m (definite singular feministen, indefinite plural feministar, definite plural feministane)

1. a feminist

Derived terms

• feministisk

Related terms

• feminisme

Romanian

Etymology

From French féministe

Noun

feminist m (plural femini?ti)

1. feminist

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

feminist m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. feminist

Swedish

Noun

feminist c

1. feminist

Declension