feminização
Portuguese, noun/fe.mi.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
feminização is spelled F-E-M-I-N-I-Z-A-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 97,539th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feminização is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “feminization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acção de (ou de se) feminizar, em todos os sentidos”.
What does feminização mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefeminization
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. acção de (ou de se) feminizar, em todos os sentidos 2. acção de (ou de se) tornar feminino, em todos os sentidos
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 feminização
- feminizações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce feminização?
- Brazil /fe.mi.ni.zaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fe.mi.ni.zaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /fɨ.mi.ni.zɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to feminização
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is feminização in Portuguese?
feminização appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).