How do you pronounce transsexual?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/.

transsexual

/ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: trans-sex-ual
IPA: /ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/

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Meaning

adj

Of a person, having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex by undergoing medical treatment, such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS).

Dated

adj

Of or relating to such a change.

Dated

noun

A transsexual person.

Dated; Offensive

Example Sentences

""'I'm in the process of going through surgery, a transsexual operation.'" She [Sharon Davis] continued, "He [my partner] said that made no difference to him. And when he said that, just like that, I just stopped crying. I was so happy." They've been together ever since."
"Stormy […] […] returned from Morocco, where she'd had transsexual surgery."
"Before the Iranian Revolution, transsexual treatments were tacitly allowed, but Molkara wanted a ruling that provided clerical legitimacy. After the Revolution, she met with Khomeini and got a fatwa or ruling that transsexual transition was permitted."
"Lesbians for Justice therefore appeals to the organizers of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival to nullify its "womyn-born-womyn only" policy, and to allow the attendance of post-operative male-to-female transsexuals at all future festivals."
"When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual."
"He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual-to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery, […]"

Etymology

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌtɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/
British English: /tɹænzˈsɛkʃuəl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more transsexual (comparative) most transsexual (superlative) transexual (alternative, rare) transsexuals (plural)

Derived Forms

antitranssexual nontranssexual transgenderal transsensual transsexualism transsexualist transsexuality transsexualization transsexualize transsexually transsexualness tryke

Phrases

anti-transsexual trans-testicle homosexual transsexual male-to-female female-to-male

Frequently Paired Words

transsex transsexed transgender male-to-female female-to-male intersexual intersex transvestite

Synonyms

transsex transsexed TS trans person transexual transgendered

Rhymes With

sexual homosexual bisexual heterosexual asexual sapiosexual demisexual lumbersexual omnisexual ambisexual technosexual machosexual