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katoey

katoey is the alternative form of kathoey.

Meaning of kathoey

Noun

kathoey (plural kathoeys)

  1. (Thailand) A feminine or effeminate transgender person or person of a third gender assigned male at birth from Cambodia, Laos, or Thailand.
    Synonyms:
    ladyboy
  2. (Thailand) A effeminate gay man.

Forms of katoey

pluralkatoeys

Questions about katoey

What is katoey the alternative form of?
Katoey is the alternative form of kathoey.

Words near katoey in the dictionary

  1. Kato Achaia
  2. kato-
  3. katoaga
  4. Katoch
  5. Katochs
  6. katoey
  7. katoeys
  8. katoforite
  9. katoforites
  10. katogo
  11. Katoh

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Adapted from Wiktionary: katoey (page history and authors); kathoey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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