travesti

See also: travestí and travestì

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.

Noun

travesti (plural travestis)

1. A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing men, a third gender or a trans women.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁa.vɛs.ti/

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Noun

travesti m (plural travestis)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of travestir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Italian

Verb

travesti

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

Anagrams

• traviste

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French travesti.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/

 

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

• (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)

1. 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.vesˈt͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veʃˈt͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨʃˈti/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.bɨʃˈti/ [tɾɐ.βɨʃˈti]

• Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧ti

Verb

travesti

1. inflection of travestir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French travestir.

Verb

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

1. to disguise

Conjugation

    conjugation of travesti (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

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)

1. transvestite, cross-dresser

   Synonym: travestí

Noun

travesti f (plural travestis)

1. (Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay) trans woman

   Synonym: mujer trans

Related terms

• travestir

 

Further reading

• “travesti”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

travesti c

1. travesty

Declension

Declension of travesti

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	travesti	travestis
	definite	travestin	travestins
plural	indefinite	travestier	travestiers
	definite	travestierna	travestiernas

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)

1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite