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femminiello

femminiello noun: a member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.

Noun

femminiello (plural femminielli)

  1. A member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.

Forms of femminiello

pluralfemminielli
alternative formfemmeniello

Origin of femminiello

Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.

Questions about femminiello

What does femminiello mean?
Femminiello means a member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.
What part of speech is femminiello?
Femminiello is a noun.
What is the plural of femminiello?
The plural of femminiello is femminielli.

Words near femminiello in the dictionary

  1. femmes incomprises
  2. femmeslash
  3. femmie
  4. femmies
  5. femming
  6. femminiello
  7. femmunist
  8. femmunists
  9. femmy
  10. femocracies
  11. femocracy

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