Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transexion

/tɹænˈsɛkʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tran-sex-ion
IPA: /tɹænˈsɛkʃən/

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But surely it much impeacheth this iterated transexion of hares, if that be true which Cardan and other physicians affirm, that transmutation of sex is only so in opinion; and that these transfeminated persons were really men at first […]"
"[…] transexion or change from female to male, and hence "from imperfection to perfection"; the transmutation of species in closely allied animals and plants, as horses and asses, dogs and foxes, pheasants and cocks, barley and oats[…]"
"Albert Engleman, 'Un cas de transposition de sexes', Revue Métapsychique, no. 27 (January-February 1954): 126-128; Albert Engleman, 'A Case of Transexion upon Viewing a Painting', American Imago: A Psychoanalytic Journal for the Arts and Sciences 9, no. 3/4"

Etymology

From tran- + Latin sexus (“sex”) + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

transexions (plural)

Synonyms

sex change

Homonyms

transection

Questions

How do you pronounce transexion?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹænˈsɛkʃən/.
What does transexion mean?: Change of sex.
Where does transexion come from?: From tran- + Latin sexus (“sex”) + -ion.

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