en femme
/ɑn ˈfɑm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Chiefly of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: dressed in feminine clothing.
adj
Of a situation: suitable for a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person to dress in feminine clothing.
adv
Of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: while dressed in feminine clothing.
Example Sentences
- "I am convinced that the tendency or at least the desire to cross dress, is many times more common than the most, liberal statistics I have read. While enfemme, I have had far too many straight men whisper to me they have thought about it and wish they had the opportunity and courage to act on it as I have for about 36 years."
- "If the female discovers her partner's transgendered persona herself or is told by a person other than her partner, the situation is usually quite different. She may overhear a conversation, see a photograph of him en femme, watch a television talk show on which her partner appears cross-dressed, or see her partner referenced in a newspaper or magazine article. […] This manner of discovery commonly increases her experience of betrayal and generates tremendous feelings of humiliation, prejudice, and revulsion."
- "But it is at least possible that repeated exposure to attractive men en femme may have conditioned some—many?—sailors to tolerate (or even enjoy) the idea of sex with another man and tempted certain of the cross-dressers themselves to think about crossing sex roles as well."
- "These Holidays En Femme are for members of Tri-Ess and we welcome prospective members, heterosexual crossdressers, to join with us in our educational and social programs."
- "G., a crossdresser, lived on the second floor of the hotel at which she worked. Not wanting to walk through the lobby enfemme, she climbed the fire escape. Her heels got stuck in the catwalk and the police had to rescue her."
- "They spend anywhere from a couple of hours with us to a couple of days, immersed in classes with a faculty of deans who teach the students individually how to do their own makeup, walk in heels, go out and about town en femme, probe their erotic yearnings, network with others, and in general share and appreciate this part of themselves that has inspired them to dress in female clothing (usually in secret) since they were children."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑn ˈfɑm/
- British English: /ɒn ˈfɑm/