Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trans womyn

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: tran-s -wom-yn
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women.

Example Sentences

"I am a tweener dyke and more butch than femme. I know other trans womyn who are solidly butch, and others who are totally femme, and, of course, the equivalents among straight and bi womyn."
"… the officer responsible for the brutal beating of trans womyn Duanna Johnson who was shot and killed in the process of suing the Memphis Police Department has been sent caskets and death threats, corporate pride events have been stormed, …"
"The internal debate led to some awkward and confusing statements about who counts as womyn, such as, “Trans womyn who identify as womyn-born-womyn are welcome at Michfest.”"

Etymology

From trans woman, with woman respelled womyn (see that entry).

Inflected Forms

transwomyn (alternative)

Questions

What does trans womyn mean?: Feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women.
Where does trans womyn come from?: From trans woman, with woman respelled womyn (see that entry).

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