verb
Meaning 1
To make (more) feminine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
feminize
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
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/
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Australian: /ˈfemənɑez/
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New-Zealand: /ˈfemənaɪz/
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New-Zealand: [ˈfemɪnɑe̯z]
verb
Meaning 2
To become (more) feminine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- This hairdo feminizes the man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feminise, effeminize, effeminise, womanize
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 4
assume (more) feminine characteristics
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- feminized language
- feminized frogs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: feminise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
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 From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) + English -ize.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَنَّثَ (ʔannaṯa) — to make (more) feminine
- Bulgarian: феминизирам (feminiziram) — to make (more) feminine
- Catalan: feminitzar — to make (more) feminine
- Finnish: naisellistaa — to make (more) feminine
- French: féminiser — to make (more) feminine
- Galician: feminizar — to make (more) feminine
- German: feminisieren — to make (more) feminine
- German: verweiblichen — to make (more) feminine
- Greek: εκθηλύνω (ekthilýno) — to make (more) feminine
- Hungarian: nőiessé tesz — to make (more) feminine
- Italian: femminilizzare — to make (more) feminine
- Korean: 여성화(女性化)하다 (yeoseonghwahada) — to make (more) feminine
- Latin: effēminō — to make (more) feminine
- Latin: molliō — to make (more) feminine
- Latin: ēnervō — to make (more) feminine
- Polish: feminizować — to make (more) feminine
- Polish: sfeminizować — to make (more) feminine
- Polish: ukobiecać — to make (more) feminine
- Polish: ukobiecić — to make (more) feminine
- Portuguese: feminizar — to make (more) feminine
- Spanish: feminizar — to make (more) feminine
- Swedish: feminisera — to make (more) feminine
- Bulgarian: феминизирам се (feminiziram se) — to become (more) feminine
- Catalan: feminitzar-se — to become (more) feminine
- Finnish: naisellistua — to become (more) feminine
- Finnish: naisistua — to become (more) feminine
- Galician: feminizarse — to become (more) feminine
- German: feminisieren — to become (more) feminine
- German: verweiblichen — to become (more) feminine
- Greek: εκθηλύνομαι (ekthilýnomai) — to become (more) feminine
- Korean: 여성화(女性化)되다 (yeoseonghwadoeda) — to become (more) feminine
- Latin: effēminō — to become (more) feminine
- Polish: sfeminizować się — to become (more) feminine
- Polish: ukobiecić się — to become (more) feminine
- Portuguese: feminizarse — to become (more) feminine
- Spanish: feminizarse — to become (more) feminine
- Swedish: feminiseras — to become (more) feminine