travesti
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.
Noun
travesti (plural travestis)
- A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing men, a third gender or a trans woman.
Related terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛs.ti/
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Noun
travesti m (plural travestis)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Greek: τραβεστί m or f (travestí)
- → Portuguese: travesti m or f
- → Spanish: travesti m or f
- → Turkish: travesti
Participle
travesti (feminine travestie, masculine plural travestis, feminine plural travesties)
- past participle of travestir
Further reading
- “travesti”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Galician
Verb
travesti
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of travestir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Italian
Verb
travesti
- inflection of travestire:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French travesti.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾaˈvɛʃ.ti/, /tɾa.vɛʃˈti/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾaˈbɛʃ.ti/ [tɾaˈβɛʃ.ti], /tɾa.bɛʃˈti/ [tɾa.βɛʃˈti]
- Rhymes: -i, -ɛʃti
- Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti
Noun
travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)
- transvestite; cross-dresser (person who wears clothing of the opposite sex)
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ.bɨʃˈti/ [tɾɐ.βɨʃˈti]
- Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti
Verb
travesti
- inflection of travestir:
- first-person singular preterite indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French travestir.
Verb
a travesti (third-person singular present travestește, past participle travestit) 4th conjugation
- to disguise
Conjugation
| 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 | |||||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French travesti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾaˈbesti/ [t̪ɾaˈβ̞es.t̪i]
- Rhymes: -esti
- Syllabification: tra‧ves‧ti
Noun
travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis)
- transvestite, cross-dresser
- Synonym: travestí
Noun
travesti f (plural travestis)
- (Rioplatense, Chile, Andes) trans woman
- Synonym: mujer trans
Related terms
Further reading
- “travesti”, 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
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Travestie, from English travesty, from French travestir. Doublet of transvestit.
Noun
travesti c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | travesti | travestis |
| definite | travestin | travestins | |
| plural | indefinite | travestier | travestiers |
| definite | travestierna | travestiernas |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- travesti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler)
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite