noun
Meaning 1
The act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
feminization
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
US: /ˌfɛmɪnɪˈzeɪʃən/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
noun
Meaning 2
The development of female sex characteristics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The increasing in female population or participation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feminisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pathologic process, pathological process
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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English feminize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English feminization From feminize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: feminització — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- French: féminisation — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Galician: feminización — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Georgian: ფემინიზაცია (peminizacia) — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- German: Feminisierung — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- German: Feminisation — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- German: Verweiblichung — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Italian: femminilizzazione — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Polish: feminizacja — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Polish: ukobiecenie — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Portuguese: feminização — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Spanish: feminización — act of feminizing, or the state of being feminized
- Catalan: feminització — development of female sex characteristics
- Finnish: feminisaatio — development of female sex characteristics
- Galician: feminización — development of female sex characteristics
- Georgian: ფემინიზაცია (peminizacia) — development of female sex characteristics
- German: Feminisierung — development of female sex characteristics
- German: Feminisation — development of female sex characteristics
- German: Verweiblichung — development of female sex characteristics
- Italian: femminilizzazione — development of female sex characteristics
- Polish: feminizacja — development of female sex characteristics
- Portuguese: feminização — development of female sex characteristics
- Spanish: feminización — development of female sex characteristics