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femminiello

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fem-miniel-lo
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

femminielli (plural) femmeniello (alternative)

Questions

What does femminiello mean?
A member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.
Where does femminiello come from?
Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.

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