"feminize" meaning in English

See feminize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/ Forms: feminizes [present, singular, third-person], feminizing [participle, present], feminized [participle, past], feminized [past]
Etymology: From Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fēmina|ize|lang1=la|t1=woman, female}} Latin fēmina (“woman, female”) + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)
  1. (transitive) To make (more) feminine. Tags: transitive Translations (to make (more) feminine): أَنَّثَ (ʔannaṯa) (Arabic), feminitzar (Catalan), naisellistaa (Finnish), féminiser (French), feminizar (Galician), feminisieren (German), verweiblichen (German), εκθηλύνω (ekthilýno) (Greek), nőiessé tesz (Hungarian), femminilizzare (Italian), 여성화(女性化)하다 (yeoseonghwahada) (Korean), feminizować [imperfective] (Polish), sfeminizować [perfective] (Polish), ukobiecać [imperfective] (Polish), ukobiecić [perfective] (Polish), feminizar (Portuguese), feminizar (Spanish), feminisera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-feminize-en-verb-k2IcT2MI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to make (more) feminine': 80 20
  2. (intransitive) To become (more) feminine. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become (more) feminine): feminitzar-se (Catalan), naisellistua (Finnish), naisistua (Finnish), feminizarse (Galician), feminisieren (German), verweiblichen (German), εκθηλύνομαι (ekthilýnomai) (Greek), 여성화(女性化)되다 (yeoseonghwadoeda) (Korean), sfeminizować się [perfective] (Polish), ukobiecić się [perfective] (Polish), feminizarse (Portuguese), feminizarse (Spanish), feminiseras (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-feminize-en-verb-fSkmcoaT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'to become (more) feminine': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: femalize, femininize, femininise, feminise Derived forms: feminization

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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