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

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

Anagrams

Italian

Verb

travesti

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

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French travesti.

Pronunciation

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

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.

Romanian

Etymology

From French travestir.

Verb

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

  1. to disguise

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From French travesti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾaˈbesti/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es.t̪i]
  • Rhymes: -esti
  • Syllabification: tra‧ves‧ti

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

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Travestie, from English travesty, from French travestir. Doublet of transvestit.

Noun

travesti c

  1. travesty

Declension

Declension of travesti 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative travesti travestin travestier travestierna
Genitive travestis travestins travestiers travestiernas

Synonyms

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French travesti.

Noun

travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite
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