fem

Clipping of feminine

• IPA^(key): /fɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

fem (plural fems)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
2. (LGBT slang) The more feminine member of a lesbian relationship.

   Synonym: femme

   Antonym: butch

fem (comparative more fem, superlative most fem)

1. (colloquial) feminine, effeminate

   Antonym: masc

• EFM, EMF, MEF

From Latin fimum.

fem m (plural fems)

1. dung

• femar

See the etymology of the main entry.

fem

1. first-person plural present indicative form of fer
2. first-person plural present subjunctive form of fer
3. first-person plural imperative form of fer

• “fem” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fem” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fem” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fem” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic *fimf, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe (“five”).

fem

1. five

From Old Norse fimm, from Proto-Germanic *fimf. Cognate with Swedish fem.

fem

1. five

From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /fɛm/

fem

1. five

• femte

• “fem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse fimm (“five”)

fem

1. five

• femdel
• femkamp
• femkant
• tjuefem

• femte

• “fem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• (Rumantsch Grischun) fim
• (Puter, Vallader) füm

From Latin fūmus.

fem m

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) smoke

From Old Norse fimm (“five”), from Proto-Germanic *fimf, ultimately from *pémpe, variant of Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

• IPA^(key): /fɛm/

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fem

1. five

• noll, ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio, elva, tolv

• fem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Borrowed from English fermentation.

fem (plural fems)

1. fermentation