femminiello

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian femminiello, from Neapolitan femmeniello.

Noun

femminiello (plural femminielli)

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan femmeniello (“little woman”), from femmena (“woman”) +‎ iello (masculine diminutive).

Noun

femminiello m (plural femminielli)

  1. androgyne
  2. third gender person
  3. transsexual person
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