女じょ性せい形けい

noun

feminine form

Grammatical term for a word form that indicates female gender, such as actress (女優) vs. actor (俳優), or feminine noun/adjective endings in languages with grammatical gender.

• フランス語ごでは、形けい容よう詞しにも女じょ性せい形けいがある。

  In French, adjectives also have feminine forms.

• 英えい語ごの「actress」は「actor」の女じょ性せい形けいだ。

  English 'actress' is the feminine form of 'actor'.