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 man, 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 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch travestie (“travesty”), from French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), tra- (“across”) +‎ vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”), the verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /traˈvɛsti/ [t̪raˈfɛs.t̪i] Rhymes: -ɛsti Syllabification: tra‧ves‧ti === Noun === travesti (plural travesti-travesti) travesty parody or stylistic imitation Synonyms: karikatur, parodi absurd or grotesque misrepresentation parody caricature mockery crossdressing (drama) male ludruk performers wearing women's costumes === Further reading === “travesti”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == 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 f (plural travestis) (Brazil) A person with a Latin American transgender identity of people who were assigned male at birth but identify as female, non-binary or even a third gender. Luís Roberto Barroso (18 April 2021), ADPF 527 MC / DF‎[1] (in Portuguese) (court ruling), Brasília, page 16: ==== Noun ==== travesti m or f by sense (plural travestis) (now offensive) transvestite; cross-dresser (person who wears clothing of the opposite sex) Synonym: traveco (Brazil, offensive) ===== 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 === Further reading === “travesti”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “travesti”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == 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 Mountains) 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == 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 [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “travesti”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “travesti”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === From French travesti. === Noun === travesti (definite accusative travestiyi, plural travestiler) (slang, derogatory, offensive) transvestite ==== Declension ====