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femme
In French combinations: femme de ménage, a charwoman, or domestic help; femme du monde, a woman of the world; femme fatale, a dangerously attractive woman; femme incomprise, a woman who is misunderstood or not truly appreciated.
This entry is located in the following unit: fem-, femi- (page 4)
Word Entries containing the term: “femme
bonne femme
1. Also à la bonne femme. In the manner of a good housewife; applied especially postpositively to food prepared in various ways.
2. Etymology: from French, bonne, "good" and femme, "wife".
This entry is located in the following units: bon- (page 2) fem-, femi- (page 1)
femme fatale (s) (noun), femme fatales (pl)
A dangerously attractive woman: "Bernadette was considered to be beautiful and seductive; however, she was also thought to be a dangerous woman because she influenced men into dangerous or compromising situations."
This entry is located in the following units: fa-, fam-, fan-, fant-, fat-, -fess; fab-, fabul- (page 3) fem-, femi- (page 4)