feminize

English

Alternative forms

femininize
femininise
feminise

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmɪnaɪz/

Verb

feminize (third-person singular simple present feminizes, present participle feminizing, simple past and past participle feminized)

(transitive) To make (more) feminine.
- 1962, D J B Ashley, Human Intersex
  Parabiosis experiments on primitive vertebrates showed inversion of sex in either direction, males were feminized and females masculinized.
(intransitive) To become (more) feminine.

Antonyms

masculinise
masculinize
masculise
masculize

Translations

to make (more) feminine

Catalan: feminitzar (ca)
Finnish: naisellistaa
French: féminiser (fr)
Galician: feminizar (gl)

Greek: εκθηλύνω (el) (ekthilýno)
Spanish: feminizar
Swedish: feminisera (sv)

to become (more) feminine

Catalan: feminitzar-se (ca)
Finnish: naisellistua, naisistua
Galician: feminizarse (gl)

Greek: εκθηλύνομαι (el) (ekthilýnomai)
Spanish: feminizarse
Swedish: feminiseras (sv)