shemale

English

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Alternative forms

• she-male

Etymology

she +‎ male

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈʃi.meɪl/

Audio (US, Northern California)

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Noun

shemale (plural shemales)

1. (usually pejorative) A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person.

Antonyms

• hefemale

Translations

a male-to-female transsexual or transgender person

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人妖 (cmn) (rényāo) (transvestite, ladyboy)

• Finnish: (has no specific word; sukupuolenvaihtaja (fi) "transgender person" may be used)

• German: Shemale (de) f (anglicism, uncommon)
• Persian: شیمیل (fa) (šimeyl) (anglicism)
• Portuguese: travesti (pt)
• Russian: шимейл (ru) (šimɛ́jl) m and f (anglicism, indeclinable if used as feminine)
• Swedish: shemale (sv) (anglicism), transsexuell person (sv)

translations to be checked

• Georgian: ქალაბიჭა (ka) (k'alabiča)
• Japanese: シーメール (ja) (shīmēru) (anglicism), ニューハーフ (ja) (nyūhāfu) (pseudo-anglicism: from "new half")