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femboy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛm.bɔɪ/
  • General-American: /ˈfɛm.boɪ/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfem.boɪ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛmbɔɪ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A (typically young) male or non-binary individual who adopts a feminine aesthetic and has an androgynous appearance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bading, big girl's blouse, cockney, cot-quean, cupcake, dudelet, fakaleiti, fairy, femboy, gentleman, ginch, girl's blouse, girlyman, janegirl, jessie, nancy, nancyboy, nancy pants, pansy, Percy, poof, poofter, posy sniffer, pretty boy, puss-gentleman, quiche-eater, sissy, softling, soy boy, swish, twink, zenana

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A trans woman or transfeminine person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, offensive, often, proscribed

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheh1(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-m̥h1n-éh2 Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English femaleclip. ▲ Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminineclip. English fem- Proto-Indo-European *bhā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy English femboy From fem- (“feminine”) + boy.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: وَلَد مُخَنَّث (walad muḵannaṯ) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Arabic: فِمْبُوي (fimbūy) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Basque: emagizona — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Belarusian: фембо́й (fjembój) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Czech: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Esperanto: viriniĉo — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Esperanto: virjo — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Esperanto: otokonoko — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Finnish: tyttöilijä — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Finnish: tytyilijä — male with feminine aesthetics
  • French: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • German: Femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Hungarian: legány — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Indonesian: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Italian: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Italian: effemminato — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Italian: femminiello — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Japanese: 男の娘 (otokonoko) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Korean: 펨보이 (pemboi) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Latin: puer dēlicātus — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Latin: dēlicium — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Latin: catamītus — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Lithuanian: fembojus — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Polish: kobiecy chłopak — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Polish: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Polish: żeńchłopiec — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Portuguese: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Russian: фембо́й (fembój) — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Sicilian: jarrusu — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Sicilian: fimmineḍḍa — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Spanish: femboy — male with feminine aesthetics
  • Ukrainian: фембо́й (fembój) — male with feminine aesthetics