transexual

English

Adjective

transexual (comparative more transexual, superlative most transexual)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of transsexual.

Noun

transexual (plural transexuals)

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of transsexual.
   • 1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia‎^[1], volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived from the original on 28 December 2021, page 65:

     As an afterthought, I think I might be entitled to point out that I (and others in the same position) who have had electrolysis, taken hormones and live as a woman full time am not a transexual, are wrong. While all of these things are done by those who ARE transexuals, it does not follow that all who do them are transexuals. This is the same false logic that society follows when it in effect says (wrongly in both cases) that homosexuals wear dresses and make up, therefore all males who wear dresses and make up are homosexuals. I’m sure most of you have been resenting that implication for as long as you’ve been TVs. Naturally I resent the assumption that I am a TS for the same reason—the logic is false. I, at least, know the difference between sex and gender and have simply elected to change the latter and not the former. If a word is necessary, I should be termed a “transgenderal.”

Further reading

• “transexual”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Galician

Adjective

transexual m or f (plural transexuais)

1. transsexual

Noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuais)

1. transsexual

Derived terms

• transexualidade

See also

• transxénero

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trans (clipping)
• transsexual (misspelling)

Etymology

From trans- +‎ sexual.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sek.suˈaw/ [tɾɐ̃.sek.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.sekˈswaw/ [tɾɐ̃.sekˈswaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sɛˈkswal/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.sɛˈkswaɫ], /tɾɐ̃.ʃɛˈkswal/ [tɾɐ̃.ʃɛˈkswaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sɛˈkswal/ [tɾɐ̃ʃ.sɛˈkswaɫ], /tɾɐ̃.ʃɛˈkswal/ [tɾɐ̃.ʃɛˈkswaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sɛˈkswa.li/, /tɾɐ̃.ʃɛˈkswa.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: tran‧se‧xu‧al

Adjective

transexual m or f (plural transexuais)

1. transsexual (of a person, having changed sex)
2. transsexual (relating to sex change)

Noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuais)

1. transsexual (a transsexual person)
   • 2006, Berenice Bento, A reinvenção do corpo: sexualidade e gênero na experiência transexual, Editora Garamond, →ISBN, page 181:

     A interpretação do autor de que o/a transexual vê seu corpo como "disforme", "doente", "monstruoso" não é uma posição isolada. De uma forma geral, o dispositivo da transexualidade define nesses termos a relação que o/a transexual tem com seu corpo. A suposta relação de abjeção que ele/ela tem com seu corpo gera outras interpretações, como, por exemplo, a ausência de sexualidade.

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Spanish

Etymology

From trans- +‎ sexual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾanseɡˈswal/ [t̪ɾãn.seɣ̞ˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: tran‧se‧xual

Adjective

transexual m or f (masculine and feminine plural transexuales)

1. transsexual

Noun

transexual m or f by sense (plural transexuales)

1. transsexual

Derived terms

• transexualidad
• transexualismo

See also

• transgénero

Further reading

• “transexual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024