femme fatale
French
noun
Definitions
- femme fatale
Etymology
Affix from French femme (woman, wife) + French fatale.
Origin
French
fatale
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- femme English
- femme fatale English
- femina Latin
- fatale French
- femme French
- femme d'État French
- femmelette French
- sage-femme French
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- femme fatale Danish
- femme Middle French
- fanm Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fam Mauritian Creole
- fam Louisiana Creole French
- fame Louisiana Creole French
- fanm Seychellois Creole
- fanm Antillean Creole
- fam Karipúna Creole French