cis woman

See also: ciswoman

English

Etymology

From cis +‎ woman.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cis woman (plural cis women)

1. A cisgender woman.
   • 2010, Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57:

     Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.

Alternative forms

• cis-woman, ciswoman (sometimes proscribed)

Synonyms

• biowoman, biogirl
• cisgirl (informal)
• genetic girl (GG), g-girl (slang)
• woman-born-woman (feminism)

Hypernyms

• cis person

Coordinate terms

• cis man
• trans woman, trans man

Translations

cisgender woman

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順性別女性／顺性别女性 (shùnxìngbié nǚxìng)

• Dutch: cisvrouw (nl) f
• Finnish: cis-nainen
• French: femme cis
• Portuguese: mulher cis f
• Spanish: mujer cis (es) f

See also

• cisgender, transgender, cis female, cis male