feminize

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/

Verb

feminize (feminizes, present participle feminizing; past and past participle feminized)

1. (transitive) To make (more) feminine.
   • 1962, D J B Ashley, Human Intersex

     Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.

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

Antonyms

• masculinize, masculinise
• masculize, masculise

Translations

• French: féminiser
• German: feminisieren, verweiblichen
• Italian: femminilizzare
• Portuguese: feminizar
• Spanish: feminizar

Translations

• German: feminisieren, verweiblichen
• Portuguese: feminizarse
• Spanish: feminizar

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