transseksuaalinen
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trans- + seksuaalinen (“sexual”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtrɑnsˌseksuɑːlinen/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠ˌs̠e̞ks̠uˌɑ̝ːline̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːlinen
- Hyphenation(key): trans‧seksu‧aa‧li‧nen
Adjective
[edit]transseksuaalinen (not comparable) (dated)
- transsexual
- Synonym: transsukupuolinen
Usage notes
[edit]Today, transsukupuolinen is preferred due to seksuaalinen being associated with sexual intercourse rather than sex. [1]
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “Tasa-arvosanasto [Vocabulary of equality]”, in THL [Finnish institute for health and welfare] (in Finnish), 2021 October 15, retrieved 24.10.2021: “Transseksuaalinen-termin käyttöä ei suositella, sillä kyse ei ole seksuaalisuudesta vaan sukupuolesta. ― The term transseksuaalinen is not recommended as this is not a question of sexual orientation but gender.”
Further reading
[edit]- “transseksuaalinen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03