Phrase guide

trans woman

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A transgender or transsexual woman; a woman who was assigned male at birth, that is, a person who was assigned male at birth, but has a female or primarily female gender identity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 跨性別女性 /跨性别女性 (kuàxìngbié nǚxìng) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Danish: transkvinde — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Dutch: transvrouw — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Esperanto: transseksa ino — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Esperanto: vir-al-ina transseksulo — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Finnish: transnainen — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • French: femme trans — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Georgian: ტრანს-ქალი (ṭrans-kali) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Georgian: ტრანსქალი (ṭranskali) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Georgian: ტრანსსექსუალი ქალი (ṭransseksuali kali) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Georgian: ტრანსგენდერი ქალი (ṭransgenderi kali) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • German: Transfrau — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • German: Trans-Frau — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Hungarian: transz nő — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Icelandic: transkona — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Indonesian: transpuan — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Japanese: ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Japanese: トランス女性 (toransu josei) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Japanese: MtF (emu tū efu) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Māori: wahine irawhiti — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Mojave: alyha — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Nepali: पारलैङ्गिक महिला (pārlaiṅgik mahilā) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Newar: यितामिसा (yitāmisā) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Norwegian Bokmål: transkvinne — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: transkvinne — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Polish: transkobieta — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Portuguese: mulher trans — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Romanian: femeie transsexuală — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Russian: транс-женщина (trans-ženščina) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Slovak: trans žena — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Spanish: mujer trans — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Swedish: transkvinna — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Tamil: திருநங்கை (tirunaṅkai) — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Yurok: wergern — a transgender or transsexual woman
  • Yurok: wrgrn — a transgender or transsexual woman