Femme

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fÉ›m/

Origin

Used in Middle English, from Old French fame et al. The modern spelling is under the influence of Middle and Modern French femme.

Full definition of femme

Noun

1. (archaic, rare) A woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.
• 1885, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 18:Then I turned to him and said, "O my lord, I have that to propose to thee wherein thou must not cross me; and this it is that, when we reach Baghdad, my native city, I offer thee my life as thy handmaiden in holy matrimony, and thou shalt be to me baron and I will be femme to thee."
2. (slang, LGBT) A feminine lesbian, especially one who is attracted to masculine (butch) lesbians.----