noun, feminine/fam.lɛt/plural: femmelettes
femmelette is feminine in French.
wimp; sissy
Inherited from Middle French femmelette (first attested ca. 1365), from Old French femelette (early 14th c.), derived from femmette and modeled after femele, the latter from Latin femella. By surface analysis, femme + -elette. Compare hommelet.