femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale (literally “deadly woman”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɛm fəˈtæl/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fɛm fəˈtɑːl/

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femme fatale (plural femmes fatales or femme fatales)

1. An attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vamp

   Antonym: ingenue

   Coordinate terms: fille fatale, homme fatal

   • 1967, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Femme Fatale”, in The Velvet Underground & Nico, performed by The Velvet Underground:

     Cause everybody knows (She's a femme fatale) / The things she does to please (She's a femme fatale)

• femme fatale firefly
• femme fatale lightning bug

• succubus

• femme fatale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

• IPA^(key): /famfatal/, [fɑmfaˈtˢalː] or IPA^(key): /fam fatal/, [fɑm faˈtˢalː]

femme fatale c (plural indefinite femmes fatales)

1. femme fatale

• “femme fatale” in Den Danske Ordbog
• femme fatale on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• IPA^(key): /fam fa.tal/

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femme fatale f (plural femmes fatales)

1. femme fatale

• → Danish: femme fatale
• → English: femme fatale
• → Polish: femme fatale

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

• IPA^(key): /fam faˈtal/
• Rhymes: -atal

femme fatale f (indeclinable)

1. (idiomatic, narratology) femme fatale (attractive and seductive but ultimately dangerous woman)

   Synonym: kobieta fatalna

• femme fatale in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• femme fatale in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from French femme fatale.

femme fatale f (plural femmes fatales)

1. (narratology) femme fatale (seductive and dangerous woman)