feminismo

Esperanto

Etymology

From English feminism, French feminisme, German Feminismus, etc. Sometimes reinterpreted as femino (“rare word for woman”) +‎ -ismo (“doctrine, theory, or practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnismo/
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nis‧mo

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Noun

feminismo (uncountable, accusative feminismon)

1. (feminism) feminism (the social theory or political movement)

Related terms

• femino (“woman”)

Galician

Etymology

From feminino +‎ -ismo, with haplology.

Noun

feminismo m (plural feminismos)

1. feminism

Derived terms

• antifeminismo

Related terms

• feminista

See also

• masculinismo

Further reading

• “feminismo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Etymology

From femina (“female, feminine”) +‎ -ismo (“suffix denoting a system, doctrine or cult”).

Noun

feminismo (plural feminismi)

1. (feminism) feminism (the social theory or political movement)

Related terms

• femino (“female”)
• feminala (“female”)
• feminalo (“feminine gender”)

Portuguese

feminismo

Alternative forms

• femininismo

Etymology

From Latin fēminīnus (“feminine”) +‎ -ismo, from fēmina (“woman”). Calque of French féminisme.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈniz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈniz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈniʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.miˈniz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.mɨˈniʒ.mu/, /fɨ.miˈniʒ.mu/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfɛ.mĩ.ˈniz.mʊ/, /ˌfɛ.mĩ.ˈniʒ.mʊ/
• Rhymes: -izmu, -iʒmu
• Hyphenation: fe‧mi‧nis‧mo

Noun

feminismo m (plural feminismos)

1. feminism (the social theory or political movement)

Related terms

• fêmea
• fêmeo
• femíneo
• feminidade
• feminil
• feminilidade
• feminino
• feminista
• feminizar

Further reading

• “feminismo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “feminismo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “feminismo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “feminismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “feminismo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “feminismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /femiˈnismo/ [fe.miˈniz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: fe‧mi‧nis‧mo

Noun

feminismo m (plural feminismos)

1. feminism (the social theory or political movement)

Derived terms

• antifeminismo
• feminismo radical

Related terms

• feminista

Further reading

• “feminismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /femiˈnismo/ [fɛ.mɪˈn̪is.mo]
  • IPA^(key): (more-native sounding) /pemiˈnismo/ [pɛ.mɪˈn̪is.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: fe‧mi‧nis‧mo

Noun

feminismo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜋᜒᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜋᜓ)

1. alternative form of peminismo