| Revision as of 04:38, 21 June 2016 editMathglot (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers, Template editors87,060 edits →top: No, it does *not* derive from 'en tant que femme' . "Il est habillé en femme" means, "He is dressed as a woman." You simply wouldn't say "Il est habillé en tant que femme" it's a kind of overkill.← Previous edit | Revision as of 04:42, 21 June 2016 edit undoMathglot (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers, Template editors87,060 edits →top: en femme' is not an anglicized adaptation, it's merely a lexical borrowing from French. Even the pronunciation the way we say it in English is tolerably close to the French, with anglophones in the know attempting to nasalize the 'n'.Next edit → | ||
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| The term '''''en femme''''' {{IPA-fr|ɑ̃ fam|}} is an ] |
The term '''''en femme''''' {{IPA-fr|ɑ̃ fam|}} is an ] lexical borrowing of a French phrase. It is used in the ] and ]ing community to describe the act of wearing feminine clothing or expressing a stereotypically feminine personality. The term is derived from the modern colloquial ] phrase ''en femme''{{cn|date=February 2013}} meaning "as a woman" and literally translates as "in woman". Most crossdressers also use a ] name whilst ''en femme''. In the cross-dressing community the persona a man adopts when he dresses as a woman is known as his "] self".<ref>{{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Helen|title=My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life With a Cross-Dresser|year=2004|publisher=Sdal Press|isbn=1560255153|pages=64|url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vCT70HjI_a4C&dq=en+femme&source=gbs_navlinks_s}}</ref> | ||
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The term en femme Template:IPA-fr is an anglicized lexical borrowing of a French phrase. It is used in the transgender and crossdressing community to describe the act of wearing feminine clothing or expressing a stereotypically feminine personality. The term is derived from the modern colloquial French phrase en femme meaning "as a woman" and literally translates as "in woman". Most crossdressers also use a female name whilst en femme. In the cross-dressing community the persona a man adopts when he dresses as a woman is known as his "femme self".
See also
- En homme
- cross-dressing
- femme
- femminiello
- List of transgender-related topics
- List of transgender-rights organizations
References
- Boyd, Helen (2004). My Husband Betty: Love, Sex and Life With a Cross-Dresser. Sdal Press. p. 64. ISBN 1560255153.
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