travesti

See also: travestí and travestì

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.vɛs.ti/

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Noun

travesti m (plural travestis)

1. transvestite

Derived terms

• travestissement
• travestisme

Descendants

• → Greek: τραβεστί m or f (travestí)
• → Portuguese: travesti f
• → Spanish: travesti m or f
• → Turkish: travesti

Participle

travesti (feminine travestie, masculine plural travestis, feminine plural travesties)

1. past participle of travestir

Further reading

• “travesti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• vitrâtes

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Italian

Verb

travesti

1. inflection of travestire:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• traviste

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French travesti.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛʃ.ti/, /tɾa.vɛʃˈti/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛʃ.ti/, /tɾa.vɛʃˈti/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbɛʃ.ti/ [tɾaˈβɛʃ.ti], /tɾa.bɛʃˈti/ [tɾa.βɛʃˈti]

Noun

travesti f or (usually offensive) m (plural travestis)

1. transvestite; cross-dresser (person, almost always a man, who wears clothing of the opposite sex)

Usage notes

• The word travesti is sometimes used in the masculine form but this is almost always considered offensive.
• While the word literally means cross-dresser it is almost never used to refer to AFABs who dress as men.

Related terms

• travestir

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Romanian

Etymology

From French travestir.

Verb

a travesti (third-person singular present travestește, past participle travestit) 4th conj.

1. to disguise

Conjugation

    conjugation of travesti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a travesti
gerund			travestind
past participle			travestit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	travestesc	travestești	travestește	travestim	travestiți	travestesc
	imperfect	travesteam	travesteai	travestea	travesteam	travesteați	travesteau
	simple perfect	travestii	travestiși	travesti	travestirăm	travestirăți	travestiră
	pluperfect	travestisem	travestiseși	travestise	travestiserăm	travestiserăți	travestiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să travestesc	să travestești	să travestească	să travestim	să travestiți	să travestească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		travestește			travestiți
	negative		nu travesti			nu travestiți

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Spanish

Etymology

From French travesti.

Noun

travesti m or f (plural travestis)

1. transvestite, cross-dresser

   Synonym: travestí

Noun

travesti f (plural travestis)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) trans woman

   Synonym: mujer trans

Related terms

• travestir

Further reading

• “travesti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Turkish

Etymology

From French travesti.

Noun

travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite