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Meaning of "feminise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FEMINISE

feminise  [ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEMINISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feminise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb feminise in English.

WHAT DOES FEMINISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feminization

Feminization may refer to: ▪ Feminization, the hormonally induced development of female sexual characteristics ▪ Feminization, a sexual or lifestyle practice where a person assumes a female role ▪ Feminization, a perceived societal shift of gender roles toward the characteristically "female" ▪ Feminization of agriculture, the measurable increase of women's participation in agriculture ▪ Feminization of the face, a set of reconstructive surgical procedures that alter typically male facial features to bring them closer in shape and size to typical female facial features ▪ Feminization of language, the process of making a word or name female ▪ Feminization of migration, a trend where a higher rate of women migrate to labor or marriage ▪ Feminization of poverty, a phenomenon in which women represent disproportionate percentages of the world's poor ▪ Feminization of voice, the desired goal of changing a perceived male sounding voice to a perceived female sounding voice ▪ Feminisation of the workplace, the trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction...

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FEMINISE

PRESENT

Present
I feminise
you feminise
he/she/it feminises
we feminise
you feminise
they feminise
Present continuous
I am feminising
you are feminising
he/she/it is feminising
we are feminising
you are feminising
they are feminising
Present perfect
I have feminised
you have feminised
he/she/it has feminised
we have feminised
you have feminised
they have feminised
Present perfect continuous
I have been feminising
you have been feminising
he/she/it has been feminising
we have been feminising
you have been feminising
they have been feminising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I feminised
you feminised
he/she/it feminised
we feminised
you feminised
they feminised
Past continuous
I was feminising
you were feminising
he/she/it was feminising
we were feminising
you were feminising
they were feminising
Past perfect
I had feminised
you had feminised
he/she/it had feminised
we had feminised
you had feminised
they had feminised
Past perfect continuous
I had been feminising
you had been feminising
he/she/it had been feminising
we had been feminising
you had been feminising
they had been feminising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will feminise
you will feminise
he/she/it will feminise
we will feminise
you will feminise
they will feminise
Future continuous
I will be feminising
you will be feminising
he/she/it will be feminising
we will be feminising
you will be feminising
they will be feminising
Future perfect
I will have feminised
you will have feminised
he/she/it will have feminised
we will have feminised
you will have feminised
they will have feminised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been feminising
you will have been feminising
he/she/it will have been feminising
we will have been feminising
you will have been feminising
they will have been feminising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would feminise
you would feminise
he/she/it would feminise
we would feminise
you would feminise
they would feminise
Conditional continuous
I would be feminising
you would be feminising
he/she/it would be feminising
we would be feminising
you would be feminising
they would be feminising
Conditional perfect
I would have feminise
you would have feminise
he/she/it would have feminise
we would have feminise
you would have feminise
they would have feminise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been feminising
you would have been feminising
he/she/it would have been feminising
we would have been feminising
you would have been feminising
they would have been feminising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you feminise
we let´s feminise
you feminise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to feminise
Past participle
feminised
Present Participle
feminising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEMINISE


albumenise
ælˈbjuːmɪˌnaɪz
albumenize
ælˈbjuːmɪˌnaɪz
albuminise
ˈælbjʊmɪˌnaɪz
albuminize
ˈælbjʊmɪˌnaɪz
aluminise
əˈluːmɪˌnaɪz
aluminize
əˈluːmɪˌnaɪz
bituminise
bɪˈtjuːmɪˌnaɪz
bituminize
bɪˈtjuːmɪˌnaɪz
deaminise
diːˈæmɪˌnaɪz
deaminize
diːˈæmɪˌnaɪz
defeminise
diːˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
defeminize
diːˈfemɪˌnaɪz
effeminize
ɪˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
feminize
ˈfɛmɪˌnaɪz
hominize
ˈhɒmɪˌnaɪz
phenomenise
fɪˈnɒmɪˌnaɪz
phenomenize
fɪˈnɒmɪˌnaɪz
scrutinize
ˈskruːtɪˌnaɪz
vitaminise
ˈvɪtəmɪˌnaɪz
vitaminize
ˈvɪtəmɪˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEMINISE

feminality
feminazi
femineity
feminie
feminility
feminine
feminine ending
feminine hygiene
feminine rhyme
femininely
feminineness
femininism
femininity
feminisation
feminism
feminist
feministic
feminity
feminization
feminize

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEMINISE

alkalinise
attitudinise
chlorinise
cocainise
cretinise
cutinise
defibrinise
desalinise
divinise
gelatinise
keratinise
Latinise
masculinise
organise
platinise
platitudinise
porcelainise
scrutinise
serpentinise
trichinise

Synonyms and antonyms of feminise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feminise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEMINISE

Find out the translation of feminise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feminise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feminise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

feminise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feminizar
570 millions of speakers

English

feminise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

feminise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feminise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

feminise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feminizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

feminise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

féminiser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feminise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feminisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

feminise
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

feminise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feminise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

feminise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

feminise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाजूक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

feminise
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rendere femminile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feminise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

feminise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feminise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

feminise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feminise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feminise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feminise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feminise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMINISE»

The term «feminise» is normally little used and occupies the 147.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEMINISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feminise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feminise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feminise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEMINISE»

Discover the use of feminise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feminise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Introduction to Anglo-Saxon: An Anglo-Saxon Reader : with ...
The Definite Declension. Case-endings < stem an + relational suffixes. Masculine . 'Feminise. Necteb. Stem., blindan, blind. blindan, blindan, Theme blind. blind. blind. Singular. — '~"* ~e^ <— ^r-^ , — v-^ Nom se blinda. sep blinde. baet blinde  ...
Francis Andrew March, 1892
2
Sex Discrimination in Uncertain Times
13. Can. We. Feminise. Human. Rights?1 .Margaret Thornton. In view of the malaise besetting the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (SDA), this chapter considers whether a national charter of human rights might be able to re- energise it.
Margaret Thornton, 2010
3
Himachal Pradesh, Development Report
Himachal Pradesh can adopt SEWA's model of Feminise our Forests campaign, ( 1998). As the women workforce participation is quite high in Himachal Pradesh, this could be an added opportunity to canalise their energies and efforts to the ...
‎2005
4
Women and New Labour: Engendering Politics and Policy?
To feminise the 'other' (the political) likewise locates the other, including the power of the other, as a coherent 'body' in need of alteration. To feminise 'politics' may call attention to a divide between 'politics' and 'feminine' that may leave little  ...
Claire Annesley, Francesca Gains, Kirstein Rummery, 2007
5
Issues in Life Sciences—Bacteriology, Parasitology, and ...
feminise. their. hosts. presumptive? By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly — New research on Parasitology is the subject of a report. According to news reporting out of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, by NewsRx editors, ...
‎2013
6
Feminist Readings in Middle English Literature: The Wife of ...
2 Yet Christ's speech and performance throughout the pageant clearly belie such attempts by the agents of the law to feminise and control him. Furthermore, Christ's magisterial words from the cross are based on the liturgy for Matins on Good ...
Dr Ruth Evans, Ruth Evans, Leslie Johnson, 2005
7
Cameron and the Conservatives: The Transition to Coalition ...
When David Cameron became its leader in 2005, he appeared determined to ' feminise' the Conservative Party, both by increasing women's political representation and by addressing their interests and concerns. The first section of this ...
Timothy Heppell, David Seawright, 2012
8
Queering Tourism: Paradoxical Performances of Gay Pride Parades
Like the HERO Marching Boys, the Check-Out Chicks use whistles in their routine , but rather than 'strip down', like the HERO Marching Boys, the express Check- Out Chicks 'dress up' in full drag. They explicitly hyper-feminise themselves in an  ...
Lynda Johnston, 2007
9
Society, State, and Identity in African History
This dancer is simply a male member of the Gule Wamkulu sect who specializes in imitating and dancing like a woman so as to spice up and feminise the male chauvinistic performance. Thus, the Gule Wamkulu society represents a dual- ...
Bahru Zewde, 2008
10
Anti-discriminatory Counselling Practice
Chaplin, J. (1988) Feminise Counseling in Action. London: Sage. Chaplin, J. ( 1998) The Rhythm Model', in I. Bruna Seu, & M. Colleen Heenan (eds), Feminism and Psythotherapty — Reflections on Coritrmporari Theories and Practices.
Colin Lago, Barbara Smith, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEMINISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feminise is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Yael Stone on Orange is the New Black: 'I wasn't Sapphic enough to …
Laverne Cox: 'Now I have the money to feminise my face I don't want to. I'm happy that this is the face God gave me'. The 'transgender black ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Female scientists put in the picture
The decision to feminise the Royal Society, the world's oldest and most august scientific academy, is likely to mean the removal of some of its ... «The Sunday Times, Jul 15»
3
First female Stationers' Master reveals to-do list
... she wishes to retain the historic title rather than feminise it. However, as the first female master in the Stationers' Company in 612 year history ... «printweek.com, Jul 15»
4
Transgender child, 15, gets court approval to feminise body
A CHILD, 15, who was at the centre of a landmark court ruling two years ago, has been allowed to make her own decision to start estrogen ... «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
5
Burning down the house: why the debate over Paris is Burning …
Laverne Cox: 'Now I have the money to feminise my face I don't want to. I'm happy that this is the face God gave me'. The 'transgender black ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
6
Why are female cyclists more vulnerable to London's lorries?
Addressing HGV deaths is necessary to “feminise” cycling in London. As Wollaston puts it: “We won't get more women cycling until we stop this ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
7
Early humans had to become more feminine before they could …
As both these species have a common ancestor there must have been strong selection going on to feminise the bonobos. Primate paradise? «The Conversation UK, Jun 15»
8
Laverne Cox Publicly Speaks About Refusal To Have Facial …
"Years ago, I wanted really highly invasive surgical procedures to feminise my face. All these years later, I have the money to do it, but I don't ... «Huffington Post UK, Jun 15»
9
Arms & women: Just symbolic Nari Shakti?
... the Army, especially as officers, they threaten to undermine the hegemonic masculinity of the organisation and stand to feminise it and even, ... «Chandigarh Tribune, Jun 15»
10
Laverne Cox doesn't want to 'feminise' her face like Caitlyn Jenner …
Laverne Cox has been a big defender of Caitlyn Jenner during her transition, but it seems she doesn't share the same beliefs in terms of ... «Irish Mirror, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Feminise [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/feminise>. Apr 2024 ».
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