fìmmina

Etymology
From, from , from , the feminine mediopassive participle of. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
 * 2)  An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
 * 3)  A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.
 * 4) A bacterium which lacks the, and is able to receive DNA from another bacterium which has that factor.
 * 5) A human of the feminine sex or gender.
 * 6)  A female spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond; girlfriend, wife
 * 7) A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
 * 8)  queen of the Sicilian playing cards
 * 1) A female connector, pipe fitting, etc.
 * 2)  queen of the Sicilian playing cards
 * 1)  queen of the Sicilian playing cards

Usage notes

 * In Sicilian this term is used to refer both to the females of homo sapiens and to those of animals or plants.
 * The word (also ) is used, etymologically, to refer to women who own possessions and assets, like the male counterpart  (or ).