AFAB

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: āʹfăb, IPA^(key): /ˈeɪfæb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈsaɪnd fiːmeɪl æt bɜː(ɹ)θ/ (full phrase)
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsaɪnd fimeɪl æt bɜːɹθ/ (full phrase)
• Rhymes: -eɪfæb

Phrase

AFAB

1. (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.

   Synonyms: DFAB, FAAB

   Coordinate term: AMAB

   The sample consists of participants AFAB.

   • 2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, →DOI:

     Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.

Adjective

AFAB (not comparable)

1. (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.

   Synonyms: DFAB, FAAB

   Coordinate term: AMAB

   • 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2022:

     Alright, AFAB porn performers: we're all doubling our scene rates for creampie scenes, right?

Noun

AFAB (plural AFABs)

1. (LGBTQ) An AFAB person.

   Coordinate term: AMAB

   • 2022 September 2, Bucky Fuchs, “I'm a trans grad of Harpeth Hall and glad they reneged on their gender policy”, in The Tennessean‎^[2]:

     They experience deadnaming, alienation, and bullying. And this happens to people Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) at a school specifically for AFABs. / I don’t mean that trans AFABs have an easier experience than trans AMABs (Assigned Male At Birth).

Hypernyms

• AGAB

Derived terms

• theyfab

 

Translations

Translations

• French: AFAB (fr)

Proper noun

AFAB

1. (Philippines) Initialism of Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.

Anagrams

• FAAB