"femboy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛmbɔɪ/ Forms: femboys [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmbɔɪ Etymology: From fem- + boy. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|fem|boy}} fem- + boy Head templates: {{en-noun}} femboy (plural femboys)
  1. A male individual who adopts a feminine aesthetic. Categories (topical): Gender, People Synonyms: effeminate man Translations (male with feminine aesthetics): emagizona [singular] (Basque), фембо́й (fjembój) [masculine] (Belarusian), 娘炮 (niángpào) (Chinese Mandarin), 男娘 (nánniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 偽娘 (Chinese Mandarin), 伪娘 (wěiniáng) (Chinese Mandarin), femboy [masculine] (Czech), tyttöilijä (Finnish), tytyilijä (Finnish), femboy [masculine] (French), Femboy [feminine, masculine, neuter] (German), 男の娘 (otokonoko) (Japanese), 펨보이 (pemboi) (Korean), kobiecy chłopak [masculine] (Polish), femboy [masculine] (Polish), femboy [masculine] (Portuguese), фембо́й (fembój) [masculine] (Russian), jarrusu [masculine] (Sicilian), fimmineḍḍa [feminine] (Sicilian), femboy [masculine] (Spanish), фембо́й (fembój) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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