"genderfluid" meaning in English

See genderfluid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: gender + fluid Etymology templates: {{compound|en|gender|fluid}} gender + fluid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} genderfluid (not comparable)
  1. (LGBT) Not having a fixed gender; having a gender which changes from time to time. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Gender, LGBT, Non-binary, Transgender Synonyms: fluid [rare], genderflux, gender-fluid Derived forms: gender fluidity Translations (not conforming to fixed gender): genderfluïde (Dutch), sukupuolijoustava (Finnish), genre-fluide (French), genderfluid (French), geschlechtsflüssig (German), solúbtha ó thaobh inscne de (Irish), 不定性 (futei sei) (alt: ふていせい) (Japanese), geschlechtsflësseg (Luxembourgish), gênero-fluido (Portuguese), de género fluido (Spanish)

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