effémination
French, noun/e.fe.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
effémination is spelled E-F-F-É-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters). Effémination is a French feminine noun meaning “effemination” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’efféminer”.
What does effémination mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffemination
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’efféminer 2. État de celui qui est efféminé.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of effémination
- efféminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce effémination?
- /e.fe.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ.fe.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
- [e.fe.mi.na.sjɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to effémination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.