transgendered
/tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.
Offensive
verb
Example Sentences
- "RAQUEL WELCH (left), moviedom's sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal's transgendered "Myra Breckinridge," will be featured in her first television special at 8 p.m. today on CBS."
- "There are many reasons why transgendered people enter psychotherapy. One is to meet the requirements of the medical profession and obtain the procedures they seek. The desire for sex reassignment is a powerful motivator to individuals convinced that only a major physical modification of their body will relieve feelings of gender dysphoria."
- "In determining how to accommodate the employee, both attorneys said it is important to take your "cue" from the employee, but also to examine what medical criteria says about transgendereds."
- "In addition to ex-convicts and drug addicts, stigmas are also applied to lesbians, gays, transgendereds, and people who have been hospitalized for mental illness, even after they leave the hospital."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English gendered English transgendered From trans- + gendered (adjective).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndəɹd/
- British English: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə(ɹ)d/