femme fatale

[ fem fuh-tal, -tahl, fey-; French fam fa-tal ]
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noun,plural femmes fa·tales [fem fuh-talz, -tahlz, fey-; French fam fa-tal]. /ˌfɛm fəˈtælz, -ˈtɑlz, feɪ-; French fam faˈtal/.
  1. an irresistibly attractive woman, especially one who leads men into difficult, dangerous, or disastrous situations; siren.

Origin of femme fatale

1
<French: literally, fatal woman

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How to use femme fatale in a sentence

  • To impressionable spectators she seemed a real femme fatale.

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British Dictionary definitions for femme fatale

femme fatale

/ French (fam fatal, English ˈfɛm fəˈtæl, -ˈtɑːl) /


nounplural femmes fatales (fam fatal, English ˈfɛm fəˈtælz, -ˈtɑːlz)
  1. an alluring or seductive woman, esp one who causes men to love her to their own distress

Origin of femme fatale

1
fatal woman

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