effete
/ɪˈfiːt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪˈfiːt/
ɪˈfiːt
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪ - ˈfiːt -> effete
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
(က) နိမ့်ကျသော။ ချည့်နဲ့သော။ an effete civilization/government.
(ခ) ချည့်နဲ့အားနည်းသော။ an effete young man.
More examples
- effete /Ç'fi:t/ adj ( derog ) (က) နိမ့်ကျသော။ ချည့်နဲ့သော။ an effete civilization/government. (ခ) ချည့်နဲ့အားနည်းသော။ an effete young man.
Synonyms
barren, burnt out, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, exhausted, far-gone, feeble, fruitless, gynic, immoral, impotent, infecund, infertile, obsolete, overrefined, overripe, played out, soft, spent, spoiled, sterile, unfruitful, unproductive, unprolific, vitiated, washed-out, wasted, weak, womanhood, womanliness, worn out
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