Definitions For Enby

Adjective

(not comparable) (neologism, informal) {{pronunciation spelling of, en, NB, nodot=1}}: non-binary#adjective, non-binary; having or pertaining to a gender identity that is not strictly female#noun, female or male#noun, male, that is, outside of the gender binary. : {{synonyms, en, genderqueer}}

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, enbie}}

Translations

{{trans-top-also, having or pertaining to a gender identity that is not strictly female or male, non-binary}} Finnish: muusu- French: enby, NB Macedonian: {{t-needed, mk}}

Noun

ENBY (plural ENBYs) (neologism, informal) {{pronunciation spelling of, en, NB, nodot=1}}: a non-binary#adjective, non-binary person#noun, person; a person whose gender identity is not strictly female#noun, female or male#noun, male; one who is outside of the gender binary. from 2013 : {{synonyms, en, genderqueer}}

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, enbie}}

Hyponyms

femby galby girlby mascby womanby

Derived terms

enbian enbyfriend enbyphobia enbyphobic

Descendants

{{desc, de, Enby, bor=1}}

Translations

Esperanto: neduumulo Finnish: muusu French: enby, ?, NB, ? German: Enby, n Icelandic: kvár, n {{qualifier, adult}}, stálp, n {{qualifier, child or adolescent}} Macedonian: {{t-needed, mk}} Japanese: Xジェンダー (エックスジェンダー, ekkusu-jendā)

Etymology

The {{glossary, noun}} is a {{glossary, pronunciation spelling}} of NB#Noun, an {{glossary, initialism}} of non-binary#Noun.{{R:OED Online, pos=n. and adj, id=1157830014, date=July 2023}}{{R:Dictionary.com, pos=n}} The word was {{coinage, en, “revolutionator”, w=-, occ=the tumblr user, in=2013, nobycat=1, nocap=1}} as “an nb equivalent to words like boys and girls”:As the {{w, Tumblr}} blog where the original post can be found requires logging in, a contemporary and publicly viewable reblog recording the Tumblr user’s name at the time can be seen at {{cite-web, author=“revolutionator” [pseudonym], title=Walk with the Shadows, work=w:Tumblr, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230827234655/https://andragonyremade-blog.tumblr.com/post/60854489003/revolutionator-i-wish-there-was-an-nb, date=10 September 2013}}. see the quotation. The {{glossary, adjective}} is derived from the noun.

Anagrams

byen {{cln, en, spelled-out initialisms}} {{C, en, Non-binary}}