transgender
adjective · verb
Simple meaning
Of a person: having a gender which is different from one's assigned sex.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
tranzjehnderSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtɹænzˈdʒɛndɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
loosely
Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.
looselystrictly
Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male but having a female gender, or vice versa (that is, not including a non-binary identity).
loosely
Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.
Of or pertaining to transgender people (adjective, sense 1), or their experiences or identity.
Of a space: available for use by transgender people, rather than only non-transgender people.
Of a space: intended primarily for transgender people.
verb
transitive
To change the gender of (someone).
transitiveloosely
To change the sex of (someone).
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: (loosely) Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.
Used this way, transgender is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use transgender
- “The new policy includes and supports all transgender students in the school.”adjective
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