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"word": "cupcake"
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"word": "dudelet"
},
{
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"word": "fakaleiti"
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{
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],
"word": "fairy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "gentleman"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"Ireland",
"New-Zealand",
"UK",
"slang"
],
"word": "ginch"
},
{
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"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "girl's blouse"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "girlyman"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "janegirl"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "jessie"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "nancy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "nancyboy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"word": "nancy pants"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "pansy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "Percy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"derogatory"
],
"word": "poof"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"Commonwealth",
"dated",
"derogatory"
],
"word": "poofter"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "posy sniffer"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"word": "pretty boy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "puss-gentleman"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "quiche-eater"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "sissy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "softling"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "soy boy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "swish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"slang"
],
"word": "twink"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:effeminate man",
"tags": [
"South-Asia"
],
"word": "zenana"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛm.bɔɪ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛm.boɪ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfem.boɪ/",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Femboy-UK.ogg",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"tags": [
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛmbɔɪ"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "walad muḵannaṯ",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَلَد مُخَنَّث"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"lang_code": "ar",
"roman": "fimbūy",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "فِمْبُوي"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"lang_code": "az",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"lang_code": "eu",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "emagizona"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"lang_code": "be",
"roman": "fjembój",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фембо́й"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"note": "男娘 (nánniáng, literally “male girl”)",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"note": "偽娘 /伪娘 (wěiniáng, literally “fake girl”)",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "viriniĉo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "virjo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "otokonoko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "tyttöilijä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "tytyilijä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Femboy"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "legány"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"lang_code": "id",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "effemminato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "femminiello"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"roman": "otokonoko",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "男の娘"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"roman": "pemboi",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "펨보이"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puer dēlicātus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dēlicium"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catamītus"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"lang_code": "lt",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fembojus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kobiecy chłopak"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"animate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "żeńchłopiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "fembój",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фембо́й"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jarrusu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fimmineḍḍa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"word": "femboy"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "fembój",
"sense": "male with feminine aesthetics",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фембо́й"
}
],
"word": "femboy"
}
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