AFAB

English

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: āʹfăb, IPA(key): /ˈeɪfæb/
    • Rhymes: -eɪfæb

    Phrase

    AFAB

    1. (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.
      Synonyms: DFAB, FAAB
      Coordinate term: AMAB
      The sample consists of participants AFAB.
      • 2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, →DOI:
        Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.

    Adjective

    AFAB (not comparable)

    1. (LGBTQ) Acronym of assigned female at birth.
      Synonyms: DFAB, FAAB
      Coordinate term: AMAB
      • 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter[1], archived from the original on 15 December 2022:
        Alright, AFAB porn performers: we're all doubling our scene rates for creampie scenes, right?

    Noun

    AFAB (plural AFABs)

    1. (LGBTQ) An AFAB person.
      Coordinate term: AMAB
      • 2022 September 2, Bucky Fuchs, “I'm a trans grad of Harpeth Hall and glad they reneged on their gender policy”, in The Tennessean[2]:
        They experience deadnaming, alienation, and bullying. And this happens to people Assigned Female at Birth (AFAB) at a school specifically for AFABs. / I don’t mean that trans AFABs have an easier experience than trans AMABs (Assigned Male At Birth).

    Hypernyms

    Derived terms

    Translations

    Proper noun

    AFAB

    1. (Philippines) Initialism of Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.

    Anagrams