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transsexual en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /tɹæns-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌtɹæn(t)s-/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tɹɑːnz-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/ (General-American)
  • /tɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English transsexual From trans- + sexual. Introduced to English along with transsexualism by David Oliver Cauldwell in 1949, based on the German word Transsexualismus coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1923. Popularized in the mid 1960s, around the same time that transgender was coined; transgender had become an umbrella term and largely but not entirely displaced transsexual by the 1990s.

Meanings

  1. (dated) Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
  2. (dated) Of or relating to such a change.
    • Stormy […] […] returned from Morocco, where she'd had transsexual surgery. 2011 January 19, Aleshia Brevard, Woman I Was Not Born To Be: A Transsexual Journey, Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 116:
    • Before the Iranian Revolution, transsexual treatments were tacitly allowed, but Molkara wanted a ruling that provided clerical legitimacy. After the Revolution, she met with Khomeini and got a fatwa or ruling that transsexual transition was permitted. 2016 November 14, Dana Jennett Bevan Ph.D., Being Transgender: What You Should Know, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:
    • "'I'm in the process of going through surgery, a transsexual operation.'" She [Sharon Davis] continued, "He [my partner] said that made no difference to him. And when he said that, just like that, I just stopped crying. I was so happy." They've been together ever since. 1983 October 10, “Jet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 31:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most transsexual Degree=Sup lexicographic
more transsexual Degree=Cmp lexicographic
transexual alternative, rare lexicographic

Deriveds

antitranssexual · transsexualness · nontranssexual · transsexualize · transsensual · transsexuality · transsexually · transgenderal · transsexualization · trans-testicle · transsexualism · tryke · anti-transsexual · transsexualist

Descendants

トランスセクシャル

Synonyms

transsexed · transsex

Translations (28)

fr transsexuelle (being a transsexual) · eo transsekseca (being a transsexual) · fo umkyndur (being a transsexual) · gl transexual (being a transsexual) · nrf transsexuel (being a transsexual) · es transexual (being a transsexual) · sv transsexuell (being a transsexual) · ja 性別移行の (being a transsexual) · ja 性同一性障害の (being a transsexual) · fa دوجنسه (being a transsexual) · da transseksuel (being a transsexual) · nn transseksuell (being a transsexual) · fi transsukupuolinen (being a transsexual) · nb transseksuell (being a transsexual) · ru транссексуа́льный (being a transsexual) · pt transexual (being a transsexual) · el τρανσέξουαλ (being a transsexual) · de transsexuell (being a transsexual) · ja 性転換の (being a transsexual) · mi hinehī (being a transsexual) · nl transseksueel (being a transsexual) · ca transexual (being a transsexual) · fr transsexuel (being a transsexual) · el διαφυλικός (being a transsexual) · ga trasghnéasach (being a transsexual) · pl transseksualny (being a transsexual) · it transessuale (being a transsexual) · cs transsexuální (being a transsexual)

wikipedia: David Oliver Cauldwell · wikipedia: Magnus Hirschfeld

transsexual en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɹæns-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌtɹæn(t)s-/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /tɹɑːnz-/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/ (General-American)
  • /tɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English transsexual From trans- + sexual. Introduced to English along with transsexualism by David Oliver Cauldwell in 1949, based on the German word Transsexualismus coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1923. Popularized in the mid 1960s, around the same time that transgender was coined; transgender had become an umbrella term and largely but not entirely displaced transsexual by the 1990s.

Meanings

  1. (dated, offensive) A transsexual person.
    • Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals. 1992 May 8, Tamara Severns, “Open Letter To Michigan Festival Organizers”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
    • He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual-to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery, […] a. 1998, Myra Love, Reality’s Friends, excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, SUNY Press (1999), page 107
    • Being a transsexual is not something that can be ignored or suppressed forever. Unlike the fascinations of the cross dresser or the partially altered transgenderist, the absolute compulsion of classical transsexualism is a matter of life and death. 2012, Patrick Slattery, Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era:
    • He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual, and they (amazingly) stayed together. a. 2006, anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future, Destiny Image Publishers (2006), page 133
    • Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual, says a new study by a top sexologist. 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in Weekly World News, ISSN 0199-574X, page 14
    • When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual. 1995, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
transsexuals Number=Plur lexicographic
transexual alternative, rare lexicographic

Deriveds

homosexual transsexual

Hyponyms

trans woman · trans man

Relateds

intersexual · transgender · transsexed · male-to-female · intersex · transsex · female-to-male · transvestite

Synonyms

TS · trans person

Translations (35)

fi transsukupuolinen (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · el διαφυλικός (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · fi transu (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · gl transexual (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ga trasghnéasach (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · nl transseksueel (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ar مُتَحَوِّل جِنْسِيّ (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · no transperson (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ja 性転換者 (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · pl transseksualistka (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ko 성전환자 (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ar مُتَحَوِّلَة جِنْسِيَّة (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · hu transzszexuális (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · fr transsexuel (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ru транссексуа́л (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · it transessuale (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · cs transsexuál (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · el τρανσέξουαλ (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · fr transsexuelle (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · mi hinehī (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · de Transsexuelle (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · pl transseksualista (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · nrf transsexuel (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ca transsexual (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · fa دوجنسه (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · es transexual (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · de Transsexueller (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · mi irawhiti (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · sv transsexuell (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · pt transexual (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · cmn 變性者 /变性者 (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · nrf transsexuelle (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ja 性別移行者 (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · eo transseksulo (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex) · ja 性同一性障害者 (person whose gender identity did not match their birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex)

wikipedia: David Oliver Cauldwell · wikipedia: Magnus Hirschfeld