Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ftm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: ftm
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of FTM (“female-to-male (transgender)”).

adj

Initialism of female-to-male (transgender or transsexual).

noun

A female-to-male person.

noun

Abbreviation of first-time mom/mother/mum.

noun

Abbreviation of full-time mom/mother/mum.

noun

Initialism of freedom to marry (marriage equality).

prep_phrase

Initialism of for that matter.

Example Sentences

"At the end of the 1960s doctors at UCLA's Gender Identity Research Clinic debated privately whether FTMs even qualified as transsexuals."
"I'm a full-time mommy. […] You know when […] two weeks into [a] new gig you realize you got stuck with the turd work no one else wanted, […]? […] Recruitment for Full-Time Mom (FTM) works much the same way, although the tactics are sneakier and subtler."
"[…] I spotted an ad for “The Freedom to Marry Kit.” I wondered, “Who is Kit and why do we want to marry her?” The FTM kit is an actual kit designed to help concerned gays […]"
"One such campaign – Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry – featured videos of LGB military service members and their families. Michael Crawford explains that FTM needed a way to demonstrate the discriminatory impact of the Defense of Marriage Act that excluded same-sex couples […]"

Inflected Forms

FTMs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

FtM F2M

Questions

What does ftm mean?: Alternative form of FTM (“female-to-male (transgender)”).

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