feminize

English

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Etymology

From Latin fēmina (woman, female) + -ize.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/

Verb

feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)

  1. (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.
  2. (intransitive) To become (more) feminine.

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Galician

Verb

feminize

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of feminizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

feminize

  1. inflection of feminizar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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