femminiello

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan femmeniello (“little woman”), from femmena (“woman”) +‎ iello (masculine diminutive).

Noun

femminiello m (plural femminielli)

  1. androgyne
  2. third gender person
  3. transsexual person
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