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Then Rougon tried to cure her of her eccentricities, but in this matter he found himself confronted by utter naivete, and resolute feminine obstinacy.Puis, il entreprit de la guérir de ses excentricités; mais là il se heurta à une naïveté absolue, à un entêtement de femme obtuse.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
Yet he did not dare; the feminine side of his nature, his womanly feeling, refined him in that moment of passion to the point of making him the woman in their encounter.Cependant, il n'osait pas; son côté féminin, son sens de la femme s'affinait à cette minute de passion, au point de faire de lui la femme, dans leur approche.Zola, Emile / Pot-BouilleZola, Emile / Pot-BouillePot-BouilleZola, EmilePot-BouilleZola, Emile
With feminine vindictiveness she would have liked to see the great man unhappy in his domestic relations, and accordingly she spurred the judge on to persuade his sister to take his side against her husband.Par une méchanceté de femme, elle aurait voulu voir ce dernier malheureux en ménage; et elle poussait le magistrat à faire épouser sa querelle par sa soeur.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
If there was anything like tenderness in her bosom -and no woman was probably ever entirely without that feminine quality - it all disappeared at this plain announcement.S’il y avait dans le sein de la veuve quelque chose qui ressemblât à de la tendresse, – et quel cœur de femme fut jamais entièrement dépourvu de cette qualité de son sexe ? – ce sentiment disparut à une réplique si peu équivoque.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
"You've stayed there—ever since?" yells Farfadet, whose shrill and almost feminine voice goes easily through the quilting that protects Volpatte's ears.– Vous êtes restés là, depuis ? lui hurle Farfadet, dont la voix aiguë et quasi féminine pénètre bien le capitonnage qui défend les oreilles de Volpatte…Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feuLe feuBarbusse, Henri© BELENUS, 2008Under fireBarbusse, Henri© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
And Claude remained open-mouthed before that miracle of quickness, that proof of feminine skill in dressing well and promptly.Et Claude restait béant devant ce miracle de promptitude, cet entrain de petite ménagère à s’habiller vite et bien.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
No, no, that was quite enough; the men tore each other to bits; still that might pass, after all; but what an end to the evening it was, that feminine fraud, cooing and titillating herself with thoughts of Beethoven's and Schumann's music!Non, non, c’en était assez! qu’on se déchirât, passe encore! mais quelle fin de soirée, cette farceuse sur le retour, roucoulant et se chatouillant avec du Beethoven et du Schumann!Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
And though one may be in presence of an artist of sentimental bent, a feminine genius whose quiver of tenderness one can feel, it is also certain that admirable firmness of workmanship confronts one, that the whole is very strong and very great.Et, toutefois, s’il y a là un sentimental, un féminin dont on sent le frisson de tendresse, cela est aussi d’une solidité de métier admirable, très grand et très fort.Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - RomeLes Trois Villes - RomeZola, EmileThe Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile
The girl was boldly staring at the young priest, scrutinising his white hands and slender, feminine neck, as if trying to make him redden.La paysanne regardait le jeune prêtre avec hardiesse, allant de ses mains blanches à son cou de fille, jouissant, cherchant à le faire devenir tout rose.Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe MouretLa Faute de l'Abbe MouretZola, EmileAbbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile© BiblioBazaar, LLC
By this time Judith had got to be inactive through grief, and Hist alone was performing the little offices of feminine attention that are so appropriate to the sick bed.La violence du chagrin avait réduit Judith à l’inaction, et Hist s’acquittait seule de tous les petits soins qui peuvent faire paraître moins dur le lit de la mort, et qui semblent appartenir exclusivement aux femmes.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
She could see, with her shrewd feminine intelligence, that he was abusing his victory.Elle sentait, de son flair de femme adroite, qu'il abusait de la victoire.Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des PlassansLa Conquete des PlassansZola, EmileThe Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile
He turned all that feminine apparel over very awkwardly, got entangled with the black dress-body, and went on all fours to pick up the stockings that had fallen behind an old canvas.Il tournait et retournait maladroitement ces chiffons de femme, s’embarrassait dans le corsage de laine noire, cherchait à quatre pattes les bas, tombés derrière une vieille toile.Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'OeuvreL'OeuvreZola, EmileHis MasterpieceZola, Emile
She no doubt imagined that her feminine wiles would have this result; and so her astonishing was unbounded when, at the end of a month, she still saw the Count in office.Ce plan de femme lui semblait d'un succès certain. Aussi, au bout d'un mois, son étonnement fut-il immense, lorsqu'elle vit le comte rester au ministère.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
The girls listened with profound attention, but neither betrayed that feminine apprehension and concern which would have followed such a communication when made to those who were less accustomed to the hazards and accidents of a frontier life.Les deux sœurs l’écoutèrent avec une grande attention ; mais aucune d’elles ne montra les craintes et les inquiétudes qu’auraient manifestées des femmes moins habituées aux hasards et aux accidents de la vie des frontières.Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daimsLe tueur de daimsCooper, James FenimoreThe DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The beauty of Chatterton was almost feminine; his skin, his color, his eyes, his teeth, were such as many a belle had sighed after; and his manners were bashful and retiring.Chatterton avait une figure efféminée, sa peau était d’une blancheur parfaite, son teint d’une fraîcheur qui aurait pu faire envie à plus d’une petite maîtresse, et il avait toute la timidité, toute la défiance d’une demoiselle.Cooper, James Fenimore / PrecautionCooper, James Fenimore / Précaution. Le choix d'un mariPrécaution. Le choix d'un mariCooper, James FenimorePrecautionCooper, James Fenimore
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feminine
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | feminine | *feminines |
| Possessive case | feminine's | *feminines' |