Effeminize — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛfɪmˌɪnaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈɒɡslɛd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈɒɡslɛd/

4 syllables Say it as /ˈɛfɪmˌɪnaɪz/.

Examples

This hairdo feminizes the man

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

womanize effeminise feminise feminize

Parts of Speech

verb	to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to “This hairdo feminizes the man”

Word Forms

woman

noun

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vermählen

um ihm eine (mehr) weibliche, feminine oder weibliche Qualität oder Erscheinung zu verleihen

🇫🇷French

efféminiser

donner une qualité ou une apparence (plus) féminine, efféminée ou féminine à

🇪🇸Spanish

afeminizar

dar una cualidad o apariencia (más) femenina, afeminada o femenina a

🇮🇹Italian

effemminizzare

per dare una qualità o un aspetto (più) femminile, effeminato o femminile

🇳🇱Dutch

verwijfd

om er een (meer) vrouwelijke, verwijfde of vrouwelijke kwaliteit of uitstraling aan te geven

🇵🇹Portuguese

efeminizar

para dar uma qualidade ou aparência (mais) feminina, afeminada ou feminina a

🇷🇺Russian

женоподобный

придать (более) женственные, женоподобные или женственные качества или внешний вид

India

🇮🇳Hindi

स्त्रैण बनाना

(अधिक) स्त्रैण, स्त्रैण, या स्त्रियोचित गुण या रूप देना

🇧🇩Bengali

এফেমিনাইজ করা

একটি (আরো) নারীসুলভ, সজীব, বা নারীসুলভ গুণ বা চেহারা দিতে

🇮🇳Tamil

பெண்மையாக்கு

ஒரு (அதிக) பெண்பால், பெண்மை, அல்லது பெண் குணம் அல்லது தோற்றத்தை கொடுக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

స్త్రీలింగం

(మరింత) స్త్రీలింగ, స్త్రీ, లేదా స్త్రీ నాణ్యత లేదా రూపాన్ని ఇవ్వడానికి

🇮🇳Marathi

इफेमिनाइझ करणे

एक (अधिक) स्त्रीलिंगी, स्त्रीलिंगी, किंवा स्त्रीलिंगी गुणवत्ता किंवा देखावा देण्यासाठी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઇફેમિનેઝ

એક (વધુ) સ્ત્રીની, સજીવ, અથવા સ્ત્રીની ગુણવત્તા અથવા દેખાવ આપવા માટે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗಗೊಳಿಸು

(ಹೆಚ್ಚು) ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀಲಿಂಗ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯ ಗುಣ ಅಥವಾ ನೋಟವನ್ನು ನೀಡಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്ത്രീത്വമാക്കുക

ഒരു (കൂടുതൽ) സ്ത്രീലിംഗം, സ്ത്രീലിംഗം, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്ത്രീ ഗുണം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ രൂപം നൽകുക

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

女性化

赋予（更）女性化、女性化或女性化的品质或外观

🇯🇵Japanese

女性化する

（より）女性的、女々しい、または女性らしい性質や外観を与えること

🇰🇷Korean

여성화하다

(더) 여성적, 여성적, 여성적 특성이나 외양을 부여하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

làm nữ tính hóa

mang lại phẩm chất hoặc vẻ ngoài nữ tính (hơn) nữ tính, nữ tính hoặc nữ tính

🇹🇭Thai

แสดงความเป็นผู้หญิง

เพื่อให้ (มากขึ้น) คุณภาพหรือรูปลักษณ์ของผู้หญิงผู้หญิงหรือผู้หญิง

🇮🇩Indonesian

banci

untuk memberikan kualitas atau penampilan (lebih) feminin, banci, atau feminin

🇵🇭Filipino

pambabae

upang bigyan ng (higit pang) pambabae, pambabae, o pambabaeng kalidad o hitsura

🇲🇾Malay

membabitkan

untuk memberikan kualiti atau penampilan (lebih) feminin, feminin, atau feminin

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تأنيث

لإعطاء (أكثر) صفة أو مظهر أنثوي أو أنثوي أو أنثوي

🇮🇷Persian

زنانه کردن

دادن خصلت یا ظاهری (بیشتر) زنانه، زنانه یا زنانه به

🇹🇷Turkish

kadınsılaştırmak

(daha) kadınsı, kadınsı veya kadınsı bir nitelik veya görünüm vermek

🇮🇱Hebrew

להנשים

לתת איכות או מראה נשית (יותר) נשית או נשית

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