femminiello
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.
Noun
[edit]femminiello (plural femminielli)
- A member of a Neapolitan gender role, variously construed as a feminine-presenting man or a trans woman.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Neapolitan femmeniello (“little woman”), from femmena (“woman”) + iello (masculine diminutive).
Noun
[edit]femminiello m (plural femminielli)
- androgyne
- third gender person
- transsexual person
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