transgender
adj.-
1 relating to the community (adj.) B2 Upper Intermediaterelating to transgender people, their lives, or the places they use.
pertaining to the transgender community, its members, or social spaces designated for their use.
ExampleThe city opened a new community center to support transgender youth.
ExampleThe university updated its policies to ensure that transgender students have access to inclusive housing and healthcare services.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Italic *trānts Latin trāns Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgender The adjective sense is derived from trans- (“extending across, through, or over”) + gender, modelled after transsexual (adjective) and probably modified from transgenderism which was coined by the American psychiatrist John F. Oliven (1915–1975) in 1965; the terms transgender, transgenderal, transgendered, transgenderist, and similar terms arose in the decades after this. By the 1990s, the word transgender had acquired its current senses, and had also largely displaced the earlier term transsexual: see the usage notes. The noun and verb senses are derived from the adjective. Regarding noun noun sense 2 ("synonym of transgenderism"), compare transsex (noun).
- Adjectivetrans
- Adjectivetransgender