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.
In French, adjectives also have feminine forms.
English 'actress' is the feminine form of 'actor'.
Compound of 女性 (woman, female) and 形 (form, shape). A straightforward modern coinage for the grammatical concept of feminine form.