feminise

1. 1.

   assume (more) feminine characteristics

   “feminized language”

   “feminized frogs”

   Synonymsfeminize

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2. 2.

   to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to

   “This hairdo feminizes the man”

   Synonymsfeminizeeffeminizeeffeminisewomanize

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Other forms of feminise

past tense

feminised·

present participle

feminising·

third person

feminises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about feminise

What does feminise mean?

feminise means "assume (more) feminine characteristics". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in feminise?

feminise has 3 syllables: fe-mi-nise. The stress falls on "fe".

What is another word for feminise?

Close synonyms include feminize, feminize, effeminize, effeminise, womanize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is feminise a common word?

feminise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.