transgender

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From trans- +‎ gender.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/

Adjective

transgender (comparative more transgender, superlative most transgender)

1. Pertaining to someone who does not identify with conventional categories of male or female, but combines elements of both or moves between the two; sometimes used as a general, inclusive term, and sometimes as synonymous with or opposed to more specific terms such as transsexual, transvestite etc.
   • 1992, Maximum rocknroll, number 109‎: 

     I think the new punk rockers are going to be more androgynous, more bisexual, more transgender, more ethnically diverse and less willing to take shit than ...

   • 1998, John Cloud, "Trans across America", Time, 20 Feb 1998:

     Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

   • 2010, Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian, 3 Mar 2010:

     One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender.

   • 2010, Natasha Lennard, "City Room", New York Times, 7 Apr 2010:

     But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.

Antonyms

• cisgender

Translations

pertaining to (etc.)

Catalan: transgènere (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 跨性别 (zh), 跨性别 (zh) (kuàxìngbié) Dutch: transgender (nl) French: transgenre (fr) German: transgender (de)

Greek: διεμφυλικός (el) (diemfylikós) m. Ido: transgenra (io) Russian: трансгендерный (ru) (transgéndɛrnyj), транссексуальный (ru) (transsɛksuál'nyj) Scottish Gaelic: tar-ghnèitheach (gd) Spanish: transgénero (es) m., transgénera (es) f.

Noun

transgender (usually uncountable; plural transgenders)

1. (now rare) Transgenderism.
2. A transgender person.

Translations

a transgender person

Chinese: Mandarin: 跨性別的人 (zh), 跨性别的人 (zh) (kuàxìngbié de rén), 跨性別者 (zh), 跨性别者 (zh) (kuàxìngbiézhě) French: transgenre (fr) m. and f. German: Transgender (de) m.

Greek: διεμφυλικός (el) (diemfylikós) m. Ido: transgenro (io) Japanese: トランスジェンダー (ja) (toransujendā) Russian: трансгендер (ru) (transgéndɛr) m., транссексуал (ru) (transsɛksuál) m. Serbian: transrodno (sr) (трансродно) n.

Related terms

• trans
• transy
• transgendered
• transgenderist
• transgenderism
• transman
• transperson
• transphobia
• transwoman

See also

• LGBT
• LGBTA
• LGBTQ
• LGBTQIA
• TG
• berdache
• crossdressing
• drag
• SRS
• two-spirit
• Wikipedia article on transgender

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Afrikaans

Adjective

transgender

1. transgender

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Dutch

Etymology

From English transgender. See also gender.

Adjective

transgender (invariable))

1. transgender

See also

• transseksueel