"transvestite" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tɹænzˈvɛstaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transvestite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transvestites [plural]
Etymology: From Latin trans + vestite, form of vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”) (as in English vestment, vest). Literally, a "cross-dresser". From transvestitism, from German Transvestitismus, coined in 1910 by Magnus Hirschfeld (the practice itself is much older). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trans}} Latin trans, {{m|la|vestite}} vestite, {{m|la|vestiō||I clothe, I dress}} vestiō (“I clothe, I dress”), {{m|en|vestment}} vestment, {{m|en|vest}} vest, {{m|en|transvestitism}} transvestitism, {{bor|en|de|Transvestitismus}} German Transvestitismus Head templates: {{en-noun}} transvestite (plural transvestites)
  1. A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice. Categories (topical): Crossdressing
    Sense id: en-transvestite-en-noun-ucwTtDA6 Disambiguation of Crossdressing: 40 44 16 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 41 43
  2. (clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment. Categories (topical): Clinical psychology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Crossdressing, People
    Sense id: en-transvestite-en-noun-VRN6oI7N Disambiguation of Crossdressing: 40 44 16 Disambiguation of People: 44 55 2 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 41 43 Topics: clinical-psychology, human-sciences, medicine, pathology, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
  3. (zoology, dated) An animal that engages in sexual mimicry. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Zoology, Crossdressing
    Sense id: en-transvestite-en-noun-se6MJTB~ Disambiguation of Crossdressing: 40 44 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 26 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 41 43 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cross-dresser, tranny [pejorative], TV Derived forms: transvestic fetishism, transvestic, transvestism, transvestitism Related terms: travesty, eonism, eonist Translations (cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser): травестит (travestit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), transvestit [masculine] (Catalan), transvestida [feminine] (Catalan), travestí [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 契弟 (kai³ dai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 異裝癖者 (Chinese Mandarin), 异装癖者 (yìzhuāngpǐzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), transvestita [masculine] (Czech), transvestit [common-gender] (Danish), travestiet [masculine] (Dutch), transvestulo (Esperanto), transvestulino [feminine] (Esperanto), transvestiitti (Finnish), travesti [masculine] (French), travelo [masculine] (French), travestí [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Transvestit [masculine] (German), Transvestitin [feminine] (German), Transe [feminine] (German), Transi [masculine] (German), τραβεστί (travestí) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), transzvesztita (Hungarian), banci (Indonesian), trasfheisteoir [masculine] (Irish), travestito [masculine] (Italian), 異性装者 (iseisōsha) (alt: いせいそうしゃ) (Japanese), háádadiitʼįįhígíí (Navajo), łaʼinidílnééh (Navajo), transvestitt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), transvestitt [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), transwestyta [masculine] (Polish), transwestytka [feminine] (Polish), travesti [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), трансвести́т (transvestít) [masculine] (Russian), трансвестит [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), transvestit [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), travesti [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), transformista [Venezuela, feminine, masculine] (Spanish), transvestit [common-gender] (Swedish), travesti (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser': 25 41 35

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      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
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      "word": "трансвести́т"
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      "_dis1": "25 41 35",
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      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
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      ],
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      "_dis1": "25 41 35",
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      "_dis1": "25 41 35",
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
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      "word": "tranny"
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      "word": "TV"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "travestit",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "травестит"
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      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travestí"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "kai³ dai⁶",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "契弟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "異裝癖者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìzhuāngpǐzhě",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "异装癖者"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestita"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "transvestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travestiet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "transvestulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestulino"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "transvestiitti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travestí"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Transvestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Transvestitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Transe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Transi"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "travestí",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τραβεστί"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "transzvesztita"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "banci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trasfheisteoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travestito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いせいそうしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "iseisōsha",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "異性装者"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "háádadiitʼįįhígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "łaʼinidílnééh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestitt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transwestyta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "transwestytka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "transvestít",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трансвести́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трансвестит"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transvestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "travesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "Venezuela",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transformista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "transvestit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cross-dresser — see also cross-dresser",
      "word": "travesti"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Magnus Hirschfeld",
    "transvestite"
  ],
  "word": "transvestite"
}

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