Dictionary

femboy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfem.boɪ/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈfɛm.bɔɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈfɛm.boɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ Proto-Italic *θēmanā Proto-Italic *fēmanā Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin fēmella Old French femelebor. Middle English femele Middle English female English femaleclip. ▲ Latin fēmina Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin fēminīnusder. Old French femininbor. Middle English femynyne English feminineclip. English fem- Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy English femboy From fem- (“feminine”) + boy.

Meanings

1. A (typically young) male or non-binary individual who adopts a feminine aesthetic and has an androgynous appearance.
   • For example, “queer” would include self-identified lesbians and gays who also have sex with the “opposite sex,” sexual practices and relationships that include kink, s/m, polyamory, and pansexuality, gender play and fuck including femmes and those feminine of center, butches and those masculine of center, queens, femboys, gurls, bois, sissies, tomboys, crossdressers, drag queens and kings, and genderfluid people. 2016, Cindy I-Fen Cheng, The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies:
   • A Thai boy is allowed to be effeminate. Such boys are accepted in school and in their villages, and their effeminacy is simply considered to be a part of their character. “In such an open society it could well be the case that these femboys feel more able to experiment and to develop their feminine side. If they proceed to the level of regularly dressing as a girl, taking female hormones and having breast implants, then they will have moved into the realm of becoming fully fledged ladyboys. […] 2015, Charles Cadman, Phallus Aforethought:

Forms

Deriveds

femboydom · femboyification · femboyish · femboyism

Descendants

femboy · фембо́й · femboy · фембо́й · femboy · femboy · fembojus · Femboy · фембо́й · femboy

Relateds

shemale · fembot · fembro · roseboy · mascgirl · femboi · femby · otokonoko · tomboy

Synonyms

jessie · bading · quiche-eater · pretty boy · girl's blouse · cockney · swish · soy boy · girlyman · pansy · posy sniffer · fairy · dudelet · big girl's blouse · cot-quean · cupcake · softling · puss-gentleman · fakaleiti · nancy · gentleman · poof · femboy · nancyboy · zenana · twink · sissy · Percy · poofter · janegirl · ginch · nancy pants

Translations (34)

ar فِمْبُوي (male with feminine aesthetics) · it effemminato (male with feminine aesthetics) · lt fembojus (male with feminine aesthetics) · la dēlicium (male with feminine aesthetics) · ar وَلَد مُخَنَّث (male with feminine aesthetics) · scn jarrusu (male with feminine aesthetics) · pt femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · it femminiello (male with feminine aesthetics) · az femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · eo viriniĉo (male with feminine aesthetics) · pl żeńchłopiec (male with feminine aesthetics) · eu emagizona (male with feminine aesthetics) · be фембо́й (male with feminine aesthetics) · ja 男の娘 (male with feminine aesthetics) · pl kobiecy chłopak (male with feminine aesthetics) · fr femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · uk фембо́й (male with feminine aesthetics) · ru фембо́й (male with feminine aesthetics) · fi tyttöilijä (male with feminine aesthetics) · pl femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · eo virjo (male with feminine aesthetics) · scn fimmineḍḍa (male with feminine aesthetics) · hu legány (male with feminine aesthetics) · id femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · la catamītus (male with feminine aesthetics) · de Femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · ko 펨보이 (male with feminine aesthetics) · es femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · fi tytyilijä (male with feminine aesthetics) · cs femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · it femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · tr femboy (male with feminine aesthetics) · eo otokonoko (male with feminine aesthetics) · la puer dēlicātus (male with feminine aesthetics)