feminize
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) + -ize.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)
- (transitive) To make (more) feminine.
- 1962, Human Intersex, D J B Ashley:
- Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.
- (intransitive) To become (more) feminine.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to make (more) feminine
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to become (more) feminine
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Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]feminize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of feminizar:
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]feminize
- inflection of feminizar:
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