"femminiello" meaning in Italian

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Noun

Forms: femminielli [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Neapolitan femmeniello (“little woman”), from femmena (“woman”) + iello (masculine diminutive). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|nap|femmeniello|t=little woman}} Borrowed from Neapolitan femmeniello (“little woman”), {{af|nap|femmena|iello|nocat=1|t1=woman}} femmena (“woman”) + iello, {{q|masculine diminutive}} (masculine diminutive) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} femminiello m (plural femminielli)
  1. androgyne Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-femminiello-it-noun-Rt3tTMMs
  2. third gender person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-femminiello-it-noun-mSlWM85R Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 5 88 7
  3. transsexual person Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-femminiello-it-noun-0BJgncod
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: effeminato

Inflected forms

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    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian masculine nouns",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms borrowed from Neapolitan",
    "Italian terms derived from Neapolitan",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    },
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  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
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    }
  ],
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        "transsexual person"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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