feminil
Portuguese, adjective/fe.miˈniw/
feminil is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “womanly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “próprio da mulher”.
What does feminil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinewomanly
- 2
derogatoryfemininemasculineeffeminate; womanish
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. próprio da mulher 2. relativo ou próprio do sexo feminino 3. efeminado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of feminil
- feminis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feminil?
- Brazil /fe.miˈniw/
- Brazil [fe.miˈniʊ̯]
- Portugal /fɨ.miˈnil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feminil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feminil in Portuguese?
feminil appears about once in every 78 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).