effeminate

English

Etymology

From Endrika:etyl (Effeminatus), past participle of (Effeminare).

Mpamaritra anarana

1. Endrika:context Having behaviour or mannerisms considered unmasculine or typical of a woman or girl; feminine.

Pronunciation

• Endrika:a Endrika:IPA

Usage notes

Use of this word is often derogatory.

Synonyms

• camp

Translations

of a man, behaving like a woman

Chinese: Endrika:zh-zh-p, Endrika:zh-zh-p, Endrika:zh-tsp Czech: Endrika:t- Dutch: Endrika:t- Finnish: Endrika:t+, Endrika:t- French: Endrika:t+, Endrika:t+ German: Endrika:t

Italian: Endrika:t Polish: Endrika:t-, Endrika:t-, Endrika:t- Russian: Endrika:t+ Scottish Gaelic: Endrika:t- Spanish: Endrika:t+ Welsh: Endrika:t

Bika matoanteny

1. Endrika:archaic To make womanly; to unman.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 134:

     the studie of sciences doth more weaken and effeminate mens minds, than corroborate and adapt them to warre.

Pronunciation

• Endrika:a Endrika:IPA

Related terms

• effeminacy

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Italian

Mpamaritra anarana

effeminate ambehivavy

1. Feminine plural form of effeminato

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Latina

Bika matoanteny

effēmināte /fanononana ?/

1. mpanao faharoa ploraly endrika ankehitriny amin'ny endriky ny matoantenin'ny mpanao amin'ny filaza mandidy ny matoanteny effēminō.