## Meanings
1. Belonging to the sex that can produce eggs or give birth.
2. Relating to or made up of women or girls.
3. Typical of or characteristic of women.

## Examples
- A female bird was cooing at a male nearby.
- She played the female lead in the play.
- The survey looked at stereotypically female pastimes.

## Synonyms
- feminine
- menstruator
- vagina-owner
- womanly

## Antonyms
- male

## Related Forms
- gender
- sex

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰeh₁(y)-
- Root: female
- Root: femele
- Root: fēmella

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English female From Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (“female”), from Medieval Latin fēmella (“a female”), from Latin fēmella (“a girl, a young female, a young woman”), diminutive of fēmina (“a woman”). The English spelling and pronunciation were remodelled under the influence of male, which is otherwise not etymologically…

## AI Etymology
Female comes from Middle English female, an alteration of Middle English femele, from Old French femele, femelle (“female”), from Medieval Latin fēmella (“a female”), from Latin fēmella (“a girl, a young female, a young woman”), diminutive of fēmina (“a woman”). In current use, the main senses are “Belonging to the sex that can produce eggs or give birth” and “Relating to or made up of women or girls”.

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