Femme

What do we mean by femme?

A person, especially a lesbian or a gay man, who exhibits stereotypical feminine traits, often in an exaggerated way. noun

A woman or girl. noun

See feme. noun

A woman. See feme, n. noun

A lady's maid; a chambermaid. noun

A woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry. noun

A feminine lesbian, and especially one who is attracted to masculine (or butch) lesbians. noun

A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.

A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.

A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

An overtly feminine dressing/acting lesbian. as opposed to a butch woman. sometimes used to describe a gay man. Urban Dictionary

N.) A gender identity in which someone (female, male or other) has an awareness of cultural standards of femininity and actively embodies a feminine appearance, role, or archetype. It is usually--but not always--associated with a gay or queer sexual identity/sexuality. It is usually more accentuated and intentional than a straight female gender identity or gender presentation and often challenges standards of femininity through exaggeration, parody or transgression of gender norms. n.) A person (male, female or other) who identifies and/or presents a femme gender identity. v.) To actively embody a femme identity or gender presentation. adj.) intentionally, cleverly feminine. Feminine in a non-traditional way--or referring to something/one male (or non-female) that/whom is related to or embodies a conscious femininity. Urban Dictionary

Before I say anything I would like to say that definitions like this one, can be a very sensitive matter for some people. I am a queer woman myself, and this is what being a femme means to me. I hope that my point can come across well. Mostly used to describe lesbians, a femme can be any person who identifies as a woman and likes girls. A femme embraces femininity. This could be in the way she presents herself, but it also means being a confident and independent woman. It has more meaning to it than appearances. Loving the color pink isn’t just a “girly” thing. Those stereotypes were made to make women seem soft, and because women don’t want to commit to that idea, they become hateful towards themselves, forcing themselves to reject the idea of being a confident woman, and have internal misogyny. Being femme is being assertive, but not conforming to those ideas. Also spelled fem, the stereotype of typically feminine wlw, are that in sexual relations they are typically submissive, “the bottom”, or “a pillow princess”. This is not true, an when you think about it, it is mysoginistic in the way that people see traditional feminine things as delicate and in a relationship, weak, as bottoms tend to be portrayed as. (being submissive does not mean you are weak, it is merely another harmful idea) Being femme doesn’t mean that you have to date a masculine woman or a butch either, most happy wlw couples do not conform to these ideas nor to the idea of one dominant and one submissive. Urban Dictionary

Someone who identifies as being feminine or embodies a lot of traditionally feminine characteristics. It's a common misconception that all femmes are passive or submissive, though. Urban Dictionary

A girly lesbian. lesbian stereotype - butch and femme Urban Dictionary

A lesbian who looks feminine. Urban Dictionary

A very feminine lesbian who wears make up, thongs, baby tees, mini skirts, fishnet thigh highs, tight jeans, etc. A femme is submissive and will most likely have a stud or butch girlfriend. Urban Dictionary

A rendition of the term feminine. Loosely defined to mean an attractive young female. Sounds cute, as they are. Urban Dictionary

Before I say anything I would like to say that definitions like this one, can be a very sensitive matter for some people. I am a queer woman myself, and this is what being a femme means to me. I hope that my point can come across well. Mostly used to describe lesbians, a femme can be any person who identifies as a woman and likes girls. A femme embraces femininity. This could be in the way she presents herself, but it also means being a confident and independent woman. It has more meaning to it than appearances. Loving the color pink isn’t just a “girly” thing. Those stereotypes were made to make women seem soft, and because women don’t want to commit to that idea, they become hateful towards themselves, forcing themselves to reject the idea of being a confident woman, and have internal misogyny. Being femme is being assertive, but not conforming to those ideas. Also spelled fem, the stereotype of typically feminine wlw, are that in sexual relations they are typically submissive, “the bottom”, or “a pillow princess”. This is not true, an when you think about it, it is mysoginistic in the way that people see traditional feminine things as delicate and in a relationship, weak, as bottoms tend to be portrayed as. (being submissive does not mean you are weak, it is merely another harmful idea) Being femme doesn’t mean that you have to date a masculine woman or a butch either, most happy wlw couples do not conform to these ideas nor to the idea of one dominant and one submissive. Urban Dictionary

N. A passive lesbian. From the French, femme which means "woman" or "female." Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to femme:
femme, feme, gemme, lemme, ferme, temme, emme, demme, hemme, femm, femma.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word femme:
fatale, chapeau, nikita, cheval, phlox, chambre, avec, nuit, une, bonne, cubist, butch, osage, aux, qui, homme, spears, ses, deux, moi, noir, maison, vie, lesbian, pour, libre, queer, mari, les, feminine, woman, velvet, masculine, tre, est, sur, mon, sexuality, claude, salon, fatal, feminist, thriller, henri, remix, jean, exhibited, des, vampire, spy, drag, joan, painting, pierre, marie, portrayed, gender, roles, portrait, queens, tour, beautiful, sculpture, french, gay, phrase, directed, women, max, starring, drama, paris, dress, identity, sexual.

Words that rhyme with femme:
stem, condemn, m, mayhem, gem, them, em, hem, diadem, phlegm, rem, pm, chem, lem, rpm, jem, fm, bethlehem, ppm, clem, mgm, bem, alem, gemme, djembe, prem, diltiazem, brain stem, pica em, kem, temne, cardizem, klem, rhem, brem, pgm, difm, temme, vitamin m, brehm, emme, stemm, rehm, blue stem, coral gem, opaque gem, klemm, klemme, swem, chem-, hemm, judgement in rem, demme, judgment in rem, hemme, transparent gem, lemm, onion stem, behm, dehm, kehm, schemm, blehm, compuchem, gehm, khem, medchem, of them, put them, raychem, remme, schwemm.

Adjectives that are often used to describe femme:
butch, une, sage, sole, par, petite, brave, parler, premiere, french, est, homme, bad, dreadful, maitresse, honnete, butchy, devenir, psycho, covert, vous, beautiful, grand, execrable, quelle, classic, feminine, pretty, gorgeous, fagnier, ecriture, fatal, sexy, ultimate, que, class, spoony, cfel, blonde, cruel, dit, chic, handsome.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective femme:
chambre, roles, relationships, couple, playing, couples, relationship, sole, dechambre, identities, fatale, culture, relations, subject, enfant, play, name, dichotomy, serpents, jardin, macho, nature, homme, dynamics, auteur, economy, style, community, days, tradition, maison, machos, sexuality, styles, subculture, pattern, seduction, rights, tableau, codes, iconography, ways, communities, classe, subjectivities, fatales, roleplaying, era, behavior, artiste, identity, image, scale, model, phenomenon, coverte, ale, menage, renaissance, desire, galante, chef, inism, fillette.

Consonant match to femme:
from, firm, fame, foam, ferm, pham, fayme.

Words that sound like femme:
femme, fem, femm, fam, fum, fim, fym, phom, fimm, fame, foam, fen, pham, feng, fom, fome, phen, fenn, foom, faim, feme, feem, pheme, falm, faam, fun, fin, finn, phon, fing, funn, fung, phin, fyn, finne, phung, ffin, phun, fine, from, fan, firm, fang, fawn, feign, feen, fein, flem, fien, fain, fone, faun, fm, fane, phan, fong, fon, fme, ferm, phene, fene, foun, feine, frm, femmes, feh, fann, femi, foon, flegm, phane, fems, fynn, frem, firme, fayne, faine, faen, foehn, fsme, feth, fleme, flm, foin, faughn, fange, faan, ferme, faune, fahn, fohn, -phone, ftm, feyne, fonne, fgm, fmw, fonge, pfm, phen-.