en femme
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en femme
- /ɒn ˈfɑm/ UK
- /ɑ̃-/ UK
- /ɑn ˈfɑm/ US
- /-ˈfɛm/ US
Rhymes with -ɑm, (one GA pronunciation) -ɛm
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French en femme (“as a woman”) as in s’habille en femme (“dresses as a woman”), from en (“as”) + femme (“woman”).
adjective enfemme
- Chiefly of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: dressed in feminine clothing. I am convinced that the tendency or at least the desire to cross dress, is many times more common than the most, liberal statistics I have read. While enfemme, I have had far too many straight men whisper to me they have thought about it and wish they had the opportunity and courage to act on it as
- Of a situation: suitable for a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person to dress in feminine clothing. These Holidays En Femme are for members of Tri-Ess and we welcome prospective members, heterosexual crossdressers, to join with us in our educational and social programs.
adverb enfemme
- Of a cross-dressing, non-binary, or trans person: while dressed in feminine clothing. G., a crossdresser, lived on the second floor of the hotel at which she worked. Not wanting to walk through the lobby enfemme, she climbed the fire escape. Her heels got stuck in the catwalk and the police had to rescue her.
Translations
Talk about this word "en femme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/en%20femme. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. en femme. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/en%20femme "en femme." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/en%20femme.Cite this
@misc{en_femme_2026,
title = {en femme},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/en%20femme},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
