Meanings
nouncis woman (plural cis women)
plural cis women · alternative cis-woman · alternative ciswoman
- A cisgender woman.
Not only do people harass and attack transwomen for being who they are: transwomen also face scrutiny from both ciswomen and cismen over “what” they are.
2010, Holly Kearl, Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57Synonyms: biowoman, biogirl, cisgirl, genetic girl, g-girl, woman-born-woman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cisgender woman.
Also see
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 順性別女性 /顺性别女性
- 順性別女性 /顺性别女性 (shùnxìngbié nǚxìng)cisgender woman
Dutch cisvrouw
- cisvrouwcisgender woman
Finnish cis-nainen
- cis-nainencisgender woman
French femme cis
- femme ciscisgender woman
Polish ciskobieta
- ciskobietacisgender woman
Portuguese mulher cis
- mulher ciscisgender woman
Spanish mujer cis
- mujer ciscisgender woman
Swedish ciskvinna
- ciskvinnacisgender woman
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cis woman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cis%20woman
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“cis woman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cis%20woman. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cis woman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cis%20woman.
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