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Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, often
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Carried out by or pertaining to a woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To make womanish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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Synonyms: effeminate, femalize, femininize, feminize, woman, womanize
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From Middle English wommanyssh. Equivalent to woman + -ish. The verb is from the adjective.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
կանացի
(kanacʻi)
— characteristic of a woman
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Bulgarian:
женски
(ženski)
— characteristic of a woman
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Finnish:
naismainen
— characteristic of a woman
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Greek:
γυναικείος
(gynaikeíos)
— characteristic of a woman
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Ancient Greek:
γυναικώδης
(gunaikṓdēs)
— characteristic of a woman
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Hindi:
स्त्रैण
(straiṇ)
— characteristic of a woman
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Hungarian:
nőies
— characteristic of a woman
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Irish:
banda
— characteristic of a woman
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Middle Irish:
banamail
— characteristic of a woman
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Korean:
여자 같은
(yeoja gateun)
— characteristic of a woman
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Norwegian:
kvinnelig
— characteristic of a woman
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Russian:
ба́бий
(bábij)
— characteristic of a woman
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Russian:
женоподо́бный
(ženopodóbnyj)
— characteristic of a woman
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Spanish:
afeminado
— characteristic of a woman
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Turkish:
kadınsı
— characteristic of a woman