English Online Dictionary. What means travesti? What does travesti mean?
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/
Noun
travesti m (plural travestis)
- transvestite
Derived terms
- travestissement
- travestisme
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
- vitrâtes
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
- traviste
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French travesti.
Pronunciation
- 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
- travestir
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- 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
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
- travesty
Declension
Synonyms
- parodi
- pastisch
Related terms
- travestera
References
- travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- travesti in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- travesti in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
From French travesti.
Noun
travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler)
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite