FTM
adjective, noun, prepositional phrase
FTM is an adjective meaning “Initialism of female-to-male (transgender or transsexual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-T-M, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does FTM mean?
adjective
- 1
Initialism of female-to-male (transgender or transsexual).
noun
- 1
A female-to-male person.
- 2
Abbreviation of first-time mom/mother/mum.
- 3
Abbreviation of full-time mom/mother/mum.
- 4
Initialism of freedom to marry (marriage equality).
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of FTM (“female-to-male (transgender)”).
prepositional phrase
- 1
Initialism of for that matter.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of FTM
- FTMs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is FTM?
FTM appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 56,788th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
FTM in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | FtM, FTM |
| German | FzM, FTM |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.