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femme

 (fĕm)
n.
1. Slang A person, especially a lesbian or a gay man, who exhibits stereotypical feminine traits, often in an exaggerated way.
2. Informal A woman or girl.

[French, from Old French, from Latin fēmina; see feminine.]

femme adj.
fem·my adj.
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femme

(French fam; English fɛm)
n
1. a woman or wife
2. a lesbian who adopts a feminine role in a relationship
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femme

or fem

(fɛm)

n.
Slang. a woman who adopts the female role in a lesbian relationship.
[1960–65; < French: woman, Old French < Latin fēmina]
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Translations

femme

[fæm, fem]
A. N la que hace de "chica" en una relación lesbiana
B. ADJ (in lesbian relationship) → femenina
C. CPD femme fatale Nmujer f fatal
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References in classic literature ?
There were a few among us who spoke of the Duchesse de Berri as our future mistress; but the notion prevailed that we should so soon pass into the hands of a femme de chambre, as to render the selection little desirable.
{Duchesse de Berri = Marie Caroline (1798-1870), wife of Charles Ferdinand of Artois, Duke of Berry, second son of King Charles X; femme de chambre = lady's maid}
The youthful little Princess Bolkonskaya, known as la femme la plus seduisante de Petersbourg,* was also there.
She is what they call here a belle femme, which means that she is a tall, ugly woman, with style.
Il fait la cour a une jeune et jolie femme, and a husband who's a man of the world should only be flattered by it."
They wear old brown cloaks--so the femme de chambre told me--that you wouldn't use for a horse blanket.
The first, as you said, contains two ladies with their femmes de chambre; the second contains the footmen, provisions, and necessaries."
Le trophee est une reconnaissance aux nombreuses reformes et initiatives entreprises par le Maroc pour l'emancipation de la femme et la promotion de son rang dans la societe, a souligne a la MAP Mme Yassni Jirari, egalement membre du Comite d'organisation du forum.
La ministre s'exprimait dans une allocution a l'ouverture des travaux de la 38e session de la Commission de la femme arabe.
Etablissant un lien entre droit de la femme et developpement et bien-etre , Ban Ki-moon , secretaire general a ecrit sur le site de l'ONU que " les pays dans lesquels les femmes sont traitees sur un pied d'egalite avec les hommes jouissent d'une meilleure croissance economique , les entreprises qui comptent des femmes parmi leurs dirigeants affichent de meilleurs resultats, les accords de paix qui font intervenir des femmes s'averent viables a plus long terme, les parlements ou siegent des femmes adoptent davantage de lois portant sur des questions sociales fondamentales comme la sante, l'education, la non-discrimination et les allocations familiales" et conclut en affirmant :" Il ne fait donc pas l'ombre d'un doute que l'egalite entre les femmes et les hommes est un avantage pour tous.