קוקסינל

English translation: transvestite or transgendered person

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Hebrew term or phrase:קוקסינל
English translation:transvestite or transgendered person
Entered by: SeiTT

15:35 Jan 30, 2013
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Slang
Hebrew term or phrase: קוקסינל
Hi

I'd better mark this as potentially offensive as I don't know how rude it is (if at all).

My source:
English-Hebrew Hebrew-English Dictionary - M.H. Segal & M.B. Dagut

This gives קוקסינל as meaning "transvestite; person who has undergone a sex change". But I'm sure I've come across other meanings too.

My purpose is simply to confirm whether or not the dictionary entry is correct and, if not, to amend it.

Best

Simon
SeiTT
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:02
transvestite or transgendered person
Explanation:
זה נכון - המקור הוא דראג קווין צרפתייה משנות ה-60 שהתחפשה לפרת משה רבנו (קוקסינל בצרפתית). זה יכול להתייחס להומואים, טרנסג'נדריות או גברים בלבוש אישה.
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Yael Cahane-Shadmi
Israel
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5 +2transvestite or transgendered person
Yael Cahane-Shadmi
4Coccinelle
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transvestite or transgendered person


Explanation:
זה נכון - המקור הוא דראג קווין צרפתייה משנות ה-60 שהתחפשה לפרת משה רבנו (קוקסינל בצרפתית). זה יכול להתייחס להומואים, טרנסג'נדריות או גברים בלבוש אישה.

Yael Cahane-Shadmi
Israel
Native speaker of: Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
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Many thanks, excellent.

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Coccinelle


Explanation:
It refers to a male-to-female transsexual, it's not very commonly used but now it mostly refers to a trans woman usually one who is working as a sex worker.

jotranslator
Israel
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of: English
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