feminize

tr.v., -nized, -niz·ing, -niz·es.

1. To give a feminine appearance or character to.
2. To cause (a male) to assume feminine characteristics.

feminization fem'i·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n.

The social process which has resulted in certain occupations, such as nursing, being regarded as women's work.

1. the normal induction or development of female sex characters.
2. the induction or development of female secondary sex characters in the male, e.g. in testicular sertoli cell tumor.

• testicular f. — a condition in which the subject is phenotypically female, but lacks nuclear sex chromatin and is of XY chromosomal sex.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre kvindelig, blive kvindelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrouwelijk maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - féminiser

Deutsch (German)
v. - weiblich werden, weiblich machen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκθηλύνω/-ομαι, (γραμμ.) τρέπω σε θηλυκό

Italiano (Italian)
femminilizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - efeminar-se

Русский (Russian)
феминизировать, делать женственным

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - afeminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förvekliga, förvekligas

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
具有女性风度, 使女性化

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 具有女性風度, 使女性化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 여성화하다, 여자답게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 女性化する, 雌性化する, 女らしくする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يؤنث , يخنث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפך לנשי‬

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