Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

en femme

/ɑn ˈfɑm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
en femme
IPA
/ɑn ˈfɑm/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

Borrowed from French en femme (“as a woman”) as in s’habille en femme (“dresses as a woman”), from en (“as”) + femme (“woman”).

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Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɑn ˈfɑm/
  • British English: /ɒn ˈfɑm/

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How do you pronounce en femme?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɑn ˈfɑm/.
What does en femme mean?
Chiefly of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: dressed in feminine clothing.
Where does en femme come from?
It is traced to French.

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