ladyboy

See also: lady boy

English

Etymology

lady +‎ boy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪdiˌbɔɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

ladyboy (plural ladyboys)

1. (colloquial, chiefly Thailand) A trans woman or transfeminine person in or from Asia.

Usage notes

• The use of ladyboy to refer to trans women is common and accepted in Southeast Asia especially Thailand, but considered offensive outside of it.

Translations

effeminate homosexual man, especially an intergender person — see also kathoey

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人妖 (zh) (rényāo)

• Finnish: napsu (fi), transu (fi), kikityty
• French: ladyboy m (anglicism)
• Georgian: ქალაბიჭა (kalabič̣a)
• German: Ladyboy m (anglicism, uncommon)
• Japanese: ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu) ((pseudo-anglicism: from "new half"), レディーボーイ (redībōi) (anglicism)
• Khmer: ខ្ទើយ (km) (khtəəy)
• Lao: ກະເທີຍ (lo) (ka thœ̄i)
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: ladyboy (pl) m
• Russian: ледибо́й m (ledibój) (anglicism)
• Swedish: ladyboy c (anglicism), flickpojke (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: กะเทย (th) (gà-təəi)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• kathoey
• shemale

References

• OED 2006