Phrase guide

gender transition

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gendertransisie — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Albanian: tranzicioni gjinor — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Basque: genero-trantsizio — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Catalan: transició de gènere — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 性別過渡 /性别过渡 — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • French: transition de genre — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Georgian: გენდერული ტრანზიცია (genderuli ṭranzicia) — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Hungarian: tranzíció — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Italian: transizione di genere — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Japanese: 性別移行 — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Polish: tranzycja — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Portuguese: transição de género — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Portuguese: transição de gênero — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Russian: трансгендерный переход (transgendernyj perexod) — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Sardinian: transitzione de gènere — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Slovene: spolna tranzicija — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Spanish: transición de género — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Swedish: transition — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Ukrainian: гендерний перехід (hendernyj perexid) — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Vietnamese: chuyển đổi giới tính — process of affirming one's gender identity
  • Welsh: trawsnewid rhywedd — process of affirming one's gender identity