travestir
French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to disguise
- (reflexive) to dress up especially in clothes of the opposite sex
- (transitive) to travesty (to make a travesty of), distort
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian travestire (dress up, disguise).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
travestire
Gloss
dress up, disguise
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vestiō Latin
- travestimento Italian
- travestire Italian
- travestitura Italian
- vestire Italian
- travestie Dutch, Flemish
- travestiet Dutch, Flemish
- travesti French
- travestissement French
- travestir Spanish, Castilian
- travestido Portuguese
- travestir Portuguese