trans-
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tɹænz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Prefix
edittrans-
- Extending across, through, or over.
- trans- + national → transnational
- trans- + regional → transregional
- trans- + American → transamerican
- To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.
- trans- + alpine → transalpine
- trans- + uranic → transuranic
- (physical 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.)
- Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual. [from 17th c.]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:trans-.
Usage notes
edit- In the first two senses, "on the other side of", this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: transrhenane, trans-Neptunian.
- In the sex- or gender-related sense, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably transgender and transsexual. In other cases, the related standalone adjective trans is used: hence one speaks of issues facing the trans community and trans rights (not *transrights), etc. In particular, it can sometimes be considered offensive to write transman or trans-man, the preferred spelling being trans man (trans man). Compare cis- and cis.
Synonyms
edit- (abbreviation) x-
- (across, through): dia-, para-, per-
- (to or on the other side of): para-
- (beyond): para-, hyper-, ultra-, out-, extra-, preter-
- (outside of): ex-, ecto-
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “chemistry, other side/beyond, gender”): cis-
Coordinate terms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
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See also
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
edittrans-
Derived terms
editDutch
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Prefix
edittrans-
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see English trans-), ultimately from Latin trāns.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edittrans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin trāns. Doublet of très and trans.
Prefix
edittrans-
Derived terms
editGalician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
edittrans-
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edittrans-
Further reading
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editInternationalism, borrowed from Dutch trans-, from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
edittrans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “trans-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tra-, which was inherited.
Prefix
edittrans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom the preposition trāns.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /trans/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trans/, [t̪räns]
Prefix
edittrāns-
Usage notes
edit- Before s, trāns- becomes trān-.
- trans- + scandō (“climb, ascend”) → trānscendō (“climb over, cross, transcend”).
- trans- + scrībō (“write”) → trānscrībō (“transcribe, forge, transfer”).
- For some words, the prefix manifests as trā- far more often than as trāns-.
- trans- + dūcō (“lead, take”) → trādūcō (“bring across”), as opposed to trānsdūcō.
- trans- + iaciō (“throw, cast”) → trāiciō (“throw across, throw over”), as opposed to trānsiciō.
- trans- + loquor (“speak, tell”) → trāloquor (“talk over, recount”), as opposed to trānsloquor.
- trans- + nō (“swim”) → trānō (“swim across”), as opposed to trānsnō.
Derived terms
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of trás, which was inherited.
Prefix
edittrans-
Derived terms
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
edittrans- (Cyrillic spelling транс-)
Derived terms
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tras-, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
edittrans-
- trans- (all senses)
Antonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “trans-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Swedish
editPrefix
edittrans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₂-
- English terms derived from Proto-Italic
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English prefixes
- en:Physical chemistry
- English productive prefixes
- en:Chemical notation
- en:Gender
- en:Transgender
- Catalan terms borrowed from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan prefixes
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch prefixes
- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish terms derived from Latin
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish prefixes
- French terms borrowed from Latin
- French learned borrowings from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French doublets
- French lemmas
- French prefixes
- Galician terms borrowed from Latin
- Galician learned borrowings from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician lemmas
- Galician prefixes
- German terms borrowed from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German prefixes
- Indonesian internationalisms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Dutch
- Indonesian terms derived from Latin
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian prefixes
- Italian terms borrowed from Latin
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian doublets
- Italian lemmas
- Italian prefixes
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terh₂-
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 1-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin prefixes
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese prefixes
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian prefixes
- Spanish terms borrowed from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish 1-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish prefixes
- es:Gender
- es:Transgender
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish prefixes