niñe

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See also: Nine, nine, níne, and niné

Spanish

Etymology

From niño.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniɲe/
  • Rhymes: -iɲe
  • Syllabification: ni‧ñe

Noun

niñe gender-neutral (plural niñes, feminine niña, feminine plural niñas, masculine niño, masculine plural niños)

  1. (gender-neutral, neologism) child
    • 2018 June 13, Guillermo Alonso, “Sin miedo ni reglas: la generación de niños, niñas y niñes trans que cambiará el mundo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      Muchos de estos jóvenes utilizan los tres géneros: niño, niña y niñe. Muchos de ellos se identifican así. Y muchos padres de esta generación, que no de la mía, llaman niñes a sus hijos. Es parte de la identidad. Se trata de que nadie se sienta excluido.
      Many of these young people use all three genders: boy, girl and child. Many of them identify as that. And many parents of this generation, not mine, call their children niñes. It is part of the identity. It's about no one feeling left out.
    • 2019, Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales, Derechos humanos en la Argentina: Informe 2019, Siglo XXI Editores, →ISBN:
      Alicia le pidió a una amiga, Gisela de 30 años, que se hiciera cargo de les cuatro niñes porque de lo contrario serían derivades a un hogar de tránsito.
      Alicia asked a friend, Gisela of 30 years, to take care of the four children because they would otherwise be referred to a transit home.

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