different between transgressive vs transgressor

English

Etymology

From transgress +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?ænz????s?v/
• Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

transgressive (comparative more transgressive, superlative most transgressive)

1. Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
2. Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
   • 2004, Roger Ebert, P.S. movie review

     'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex.

Translations

Noun

transgressive (plural transgressives)

1. A form of verb in some languages.
2. An individual who transgresses, or breaks social rules.

Translations

See also

• adverbial participle
• converb

French

Adjective

transgressive

1. feminine singular of transgressif

English

Alternative forms

• transgressour (obsolete)

Etymology

transgress +? -or

Noun

transgressor (plural transgressors)

1. Someone who transgresses.

Related terms

• transgression
• transgressive

Translations

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t??ä??s???r?s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans??res.sor/, [t???ns??r?s??r]

Noun

tr?nsgressor m (genitive tr?nsgress?ris); third declension

1. transgressor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: transgressor
• French: transgresseur
• Galician: transgresor
• Italian: trasgressore
• Portuguese: transgressor
• Spanish: transgresor

References

• transgressor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• transgressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tr?nsgressor.

Noun

transgressor m (plural transgressores)

1. offender; transgressor (a person who commits an offence)

Adjective

transgressor m (feminine singular transgressora, masculine plural transgressores, feminine plural transgressoras, comparable)

1. transgressing (acting in violation of a rule)

Related terms

• transgredir

Further reading

• “transgressor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.