Feminine ending
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Feminine ending, in grammatical gender
, is a term that refers to the final syllable or suffixed letters that mark words as feminine.
It can also refer to:
Grammatical gender
Grammatical gender is defined linguistically as a system of classes of nouns which trigger specific types of inflections in associated words, such as adjectives, verbs and others. For a system of noun classes to be a gender system, every noun must belong to one of the classes and there should be...
, is a term that refers to the final syllable or suffixed letters that mark words as feminine.
It can also refer to:
- Feminine ending, in meter (poetry)Meter (poetry)In poetry, metre is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse metre, or a certain set of metres alternating in a particular order. The study of metres and forms of versification is known as prosody...
, a line of verse that ends with an unstressed syllable - Feminine ending or feminine cadence, a term in music theory for a phrase or movement that ends in an unstressed note or weak cadence (music)Cadence (music)In Western musical theory, a cadence is, "a melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution [finality or pause]." A harmonic cadence is a progression of two chords that concludes a phrase, section, or piece of music...
- Feminine Endings, a 1991 feminist critique by musicologist Susan McClarySusan McClarySusan McClary is a musicologist associated with the "New Musicology". Noted for her work combining musicology and a feminist music criticism, McClary is Professor of Musicology at Case Western Reserve University.-Biography:...