femme

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (4)  · 
“
She called her femme-de-chambre to make inquiries about them; but the woman could only show her mistress all the churches, and tell her the names of the streets; she knew nothing of the neighbors.

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Puns relating to rocks and primordial ooze seem to be about as clever as these gag writers get Hey, why don't we name the femme fatale of the piece Sharon Stone and even then, most of the puns are merely product placements in disguise -from a RocDonald's restaurant to an Aproca stroller to Gorge Lucas's Tar Wars at the local drive-in. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 01 - January 1995
  • Perhaps the term femme fatale ought to be taken more literally. —  Loretta Chase - Lord of Scoundrels
  • FLIRTING with the boss to get ahead used to be something only a certain kind of femme fatale could be accused of. —  Daily Express News Feeds
  • Interview with Jen Cross on butch / femme, sexual abuse, and writing, —  LUSTY LADY
  • One of my kind companions offered to cross the frontier with me, as my femme-de-chambre_, and to help me in obtaining access to the prison of Toussaint; an offer I was very thankful to accept. —  The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 38 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (1)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. French, from Old French, from Latin fēmina; see feminine.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/fɛm/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a month.

Recently looked up

uncheck · anti · venipuncture · dissipates · membrane

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Kylee · ultimatum · pew · deadpool · sad panda