English
wikipedia
Noun
en-noun
- A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion.
Usage notes
Transvestite should not be confused with term|transsexual||someone lives as the sex opposite that of his or her birth. Transvestites generally have less desire to permanently change their sex, but simply enjoy being able to cross-dress from time to time. The term should also not be confused with term|drag queen||A male who wears womenâs clothing for public performance
Synonyms
cross-dresser
qualifier|pejorative tranny
qualifier|slang|pejorative Trap
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Derived terms
transvestic
transvestism
transvestitism
Translations
trans-top|cross-dresser
Cantonese: kai daih (å¥ç¬¬)
Chinese: rén yÄo (人å¦), yì zhÅ«ang pì (ç°è£ç)
Czech: transvestita m
Dutch: travestiet
Danish: transvestit
Finnish: transvestiitti
French: travesti
German: Transvestit
Hokkien (min nan yu): ah qua / ah kua
trans-mid
Malay: mak nyah
Russian: ÑÑанÑвеÑÑиÑ
Spanish: travesti, transformista italbrac|Venezuela
Swedish: transvestit
Turkish: travesti
trans-bottom
See also
transgender
transsexual
transvestic fetishism
vi:transvestite
tr:transvestite
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