English word newhalf comes from Japanese ハーフ, Japanese ニュー (New (used in phrases borrowed from English) new.), English trans-, English gender
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ハーフ | Japanese (jpn) | A person of mixed race, often Japanese and other ancestry. Half. |
| ニュー | Japanese (jpn) | New (used in phrases borrowed from English) new. |
| trans- | English (en) | (chemistry) A compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on opposite sides of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound. (Also used without the hyphen as an adjective; see trans.). Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of.. Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual. |
| gender | English (en) | (archaic) To engender.. (archaic, or, obsolete) To breed. (grammar). (grammar) A division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech) into masculine or feminine, and sometimes other categories like neuter or common. [from 14th c.]. (grammar) Any division of nouns and pronouns (and sometimes of other parts of speech), such as masculine / feminine / neuter, or animate / [...] |
| transgender | English (en) | (broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare genderqueer, transsexual.). (narrowly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was [...] |
| ニューハーフ | Japanese (jpn) | A drag queen. A shemale. A transgender. |
| newhalf | English (en) | (countable, slang) A trans woman. |