Meaning

3 senses
  1. (derogatory, especially, offensive, proscribed)A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.

    Shemale

    шиме́йлšimɛ́jl, членоде́вкаčlenodévka, шмельšmelʹ

  2. A male-to-female transsexual or transgender person; a trans woman.

    (broadly, derogatory, especially, offensive, proscribed, uncommon)A male or non-binary person with feminine characteristics; a femboy.

  3. (nonstandard)A male animal which displays female traits or behaviors; for example, a male reptile which gives off female pheromones.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Tom is a shemale.

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  2. I didn't know Catherine was a shemale.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
male-to-female transsexual or transgender person:
Deutsch
male-to-female transsexual or transgender person:

Origin

From she- + male.

From she- + male.

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Forms

plural: shemales

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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