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Meaning of FtM | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A female-to-male person.
  2. Initialism of for that matter.
  3. Abbreviation of first-time mom/mother/mum.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  4. Abbreviation of full-time mom/mother/mum.
    abbreviation, alt-of
  5. Initialism of freedom to marry (marriage equality).

Equivalents

Deutsch FTM FzM
Français FtM FtM
Italiano FTM

Examples

“At the end of the 1960s doctors at UCLA's Gender Identity Research Clinic debated privately whether FTMs even qualified as transsexuals.”
“I'm a full-time mommy. […] You know when […] two weeks into [a] new gig you realize you got stuck with the turd work no one else wanted, […]? […] Recruitment for Full-Time Mom (FTM) works much the same way, although the tactics are sneakier and subtler.”
“[…] I spotted an ad for “The Freedom to Marry Kit.” I wondered, “Who is Kit and why do we want to marry her?” The FTM kit is an actual kit designed to help concerned gays […]”
“One such campaign – Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry – featured videos of LGB military service members and their families. Michael Crawford explains that FTM needed a way to demonstrate the discriminatory impact of the Defense of Marriage Act that excluded same-sex couples […]”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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