trans

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See also: trans., trans-, and trans*

English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”).

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

  1. (physical chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.
    • 1973, Kert F. Ivie, The Effect of Peroxidase on Model Systems of Lipoxidase and Linoleic Acid:
      A series of one electron shifts in this complex establish a new trans double bond at carbon ll which transfers the hydrogen to oxygen, forming the hydroperoxide and liberating the enzyme.
    • 2015, William P Edwards, The Science of Bakery Products, Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, page 26:
      A cis double bond is one where the hydrogen atoms are both on the same side. In contrast, a trans double bond has them on the opposite side.
  2. (physical chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.
    The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.
  3. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes.

Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Clipping of transgender or transsexual (ultimately from Latin trāns).

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

  2. Transgender or transsexual.
    • 2018 May 30, Shon Faye, The Guardian‎[1]:
      Last week, a study released in Belgium suggested that trans people’s brains – including those of trans children – more closely matched those belonging to other members of the gender they identified with than with members of the gender associated with their sex at birth.
  3. Alternative form of trans* (“having any gender identity other than cisgender”)
Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes; see also trans*.

Derived terms
Translations
See also

Noun

trans (plural transes)

  1. (informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
    • 2001 November 23, D a#344, “TS out and proud compensation for passabilty?”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet):
      Good thing about Thanksgiving with the transes is you don;t need to explain your need to dialate in the middle of a movie. ; ) Dana a#344.
Derived terms

Verb

trans (third-person singular simple present transes, present participle transing, simple past and past participle transed)

  1. (transitive, chiefly humorous or social sciences) To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).
    • 2012, Trystan Cotten, Transgender Migrations: The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition, →ISBN:
      […] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.
    • 2012, Finn Enke, Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, →ISBN, pages 4 and 20:
      Although they did so in sometimes very different ways and in different communities, transsexuals, drag queens, butch lesbians, cross-dressers, feminine men, and masculine women all in some senses crossed, or transed, gender[.] […] People who trans gender as well as people who do not may receive cis-privileges, and people who do not intentionally trans gender as well as people who do are denied cis-privileges if they fail to pass (or pass enough) in the sex/gender they are expected to be.
  2. (transitive, Internet slang, offensive or humorous) To render (someone) transgender.
    Synonym: trans someone's gender
    doctors accused of transing kids
  3. (intransitive, Internet slang, offensive or humorous) To become transgender.
    • 2023 January 5, @WingsScotland, Twitter‎[2]:
      They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

trans (plural transes)

  1. Clipping of transaction.
  2. Clipping of transmission.
    • 1998 May 14, Gary S. Callison, “Trans change (was: Something I just deleted and forgot)”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):
      Most of the transes I've seen die started out by losing a gear, usually the high one. If this happens to you, first check the trans fluid level, *then* panic.
    • 2005 September 13, Richard, Re: Valvoline Transmission Fluid ATF+3 Chrysler Approved?, rec.autos.makers.chrysler, Usenet, quoting another user:
      If there really had been a difference and the transes were so forgiving as to be able to tolerate it, then cheaper alternatives like Lubeguard and […]

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

trans

  1. plural of tran

References

Anagrams

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Clipping of English transfer.

Pronunciation

Verb

trans

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to transfer
    trans科 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  trans fo1 [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

trans m inan

  1. trance

Declension

Declension of trans (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative trans transy
genitive transu transů
dative transu transům
accusative trans transy
vocative transe transy
locative transu transech
instrumental transem transy

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of tra.

Pronunciation

Preposition

trans

  1. across, on the other side of
  2. over

Antonyms

  • cis (“on this side of”)
  • maltrans (“on this side of”)

See also

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English trans, a clipping of English transgender.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑns/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠]
  • Rhymes: -ɑns
  • Syllabification(key): trans

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

  1. trans, transgender
    Synonyms: transsukupuolinen, (dated) transseksuaalinen

Usage notes

The adjective is mostly used predicatively. When an attribute, it is usually prefixed, so that *trans mies becomes transmies (“transman”).

Declension

Indeclinable.

See also

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin trāns. Doublet of très.

Adjective

trans (invariable)

  1. (chemistry) trans

Etymology 2

Noun

trans m or f by sense (plural trans)

  1. transsexual

Adjective

trans (invariable)

  1. transsexual

Further reading

German

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Etymology

From English trans. Within German, analyzable as a shortening of transgender, transident or transgeschlechtlich.

Pronunciation

Adjective

trans (indeclinable)

  1. (slang) trans, transgender
    Synonyms: transgender, transgeschlechtlich, transident
    Antonym: cis
    trans Person ― trans person
    • 2022 September 6, Emma Rotermund, “Demo gegen Queerfeindlichkeit: Angriff auf trans Frau verstört”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[4], →ISSN:
      Viel Potenzial für Verbesserung der Situation für trans Personen sieht sie*­er unter den gegebenen Verhältnissen nicht: „Es ist nicht möglich, Transfeindlichkeit in diesem System auszulöschen. Das System muss beseitigt werden.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

  • The adjective is usually treated as invariable, thus neither declined forms nor comparation forms are used.
  • Compare usage notes at English trans- for usage of a standalone adjective trans vs. a prefix trans-.

Declension

Indeclinable.

Further reading

  • “trans” in Duden online
  • “trans” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto trans, from Latin trans. Not to be confused with the paronym tra.

Preposition

trans

  1. on the other side of, beyond, across
    Il pasas trans la rivero per ponto.
    He goes across the river by bridge.

Derived terms

Synonyms

  • dop (“behind, after”)

Antonyms

  • cis (“on this side of”)

Paronyms

  • tra (“through”)

Interlingua

Preposition

trans

  1. across

Italian

Etymology

See English trans.

Noun

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

  1. transsexual

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *trānts, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-n̥ts, from *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Cognate with English through, Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

    The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. Compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras).

    Pronunciation

    Preposition

    trāns (+ accusative)

    1. across, beyond

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    See also

    References

    • “trans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “trans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • trans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • trans in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

    Middle English

    Noun

    trans

    1. Alternative form of traunce

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French transe.

    Pronunciation

    Template:pl-p

    Noun

    trans m inan

    1. trance (dazed or unconscious condition)
    2. trance (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention)
    3. (psychology) trance (such a state induced by hypnosis)

    Declension

    Declension of trans
    singular plural
    nominative trans transy
    genitive transu transów
    dative transowi transom
    accusative trans transy
    instrumental transem transami
    locative transie transach
    vocative transie transy

    Derived terms

    adjective

    Further reading

    • trans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • trans in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     

    Adjective

    trans (invariable)

    1. Clipping of transexual.
    2. Clipping of transgênero, transgénero.

    Noun

    trans m or f by sense (invariable)

    1. Clipping of transexual.
    2. Clipping of transgênero, transgénero.

    Spanish

    Etymology

    Clipping of transexual.

    Adjective

    trans (invariable)

    1. transgender, trans
      • 2015 July 30, Karla Avelar, ““Tengo miedo constantemente””, in El País (Spain)‎[6]:
        Internacionalmente, presentan al país como perfecto cumplidor en cuanto a la protección de los derechos humanos de la población LGBTI. Hablan de la recientemente creada línea de atención y de la contratación de mujeres trans en organismos públicos.
        Internationally, they present the country as a perfect complier regarding the protection of the LGBTI population's human rights. They talk about the recently created support line and the hiring of trans women in public organizations.
      • 2019 September 4, Claudio Andrade, “Es abogada y quiere convertirse en la primera jueza trans de la Argentina”, in Clarín (Argentina)‎[7]:
        En la Argentina solo existe un antecedente de una persona trans que haya aspirado a un cargo de juez.
        In Argentine only one precedent exists of a trans person who has aspired to the position of judge.

    Derived terms

    Swedish

    Noun

    trans c

    1. trance

    Anagrams

    Turkish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tɯˈɾɑns/, [t̪ʰɯˈɾ̞ɑn̪s̪]
    • Rhymes: -ɑns
    • Hyphenation: t‧rans

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English trans

    Adjective

    trans

    1. (LGBT) Transexual (person)
      Synonym: transseksüel

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from French transe

    Noun

    trans (definite accusative transı, plural translar)

    1. (spiritualism) the hypnotic state a medium or a sorcerer enters when they are communicating with or entering the spiritual or the mystical realm, trance
    Declension
    Inflection
    Nominative trans
    Definite accusative transı
    Singular Plural
    Nominative trans translar
    Definite accusative transı transları
    Dative transa translara
    Locative transta translarda
    Ablative transtan translardan
    Genitive transın transların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transım translarım
    2nd singular transın transların
    3rd singular transı transları
    1st plural transımız translarımız
    2nd plural transınız translarınız
    3rd plural transları transları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transımı translarımı
    2nd singular transını translarını
    3rd singular transını translarını
    1st plural transımızı translarımızı
    2nd plural transınızı translarınızı
    3rd plural translarını translarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transıma translarıma
    2nd singular transına translarına
    3rd singular transına translarına
    1st plural transımıza translarımıza
    2nd plural transınıza translarınıza
    3rd plural translarına translarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transımda translarımda
    2nd singular transında translarında
    3rd singular transında translarında
    1st plural transımızda translarımızda
    2nd plural transınızda translarınızda
    3rd plural translarında translarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transımdan translarımdan
    2nd singular transından translarından
    3rd singular transından translarından
    1st plural transımızdan translarımızdan
    2nd plural transınızdan translarınızdan
    3rd plural translarından translarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transımın translarımın
    2nd singular transının translarının
    3rd singular transının translarının
    1st plural transımızın translarımızın
    2nd plural transınızın translarınızın
    3rd plural translarının translarının
    Predicative forms
    Singular Plural
    1st singular transım translarım
    2nd singular transsın translarsın
    3rd singular trans
    transtır     		translar
    translardır
    1st plural transız translarız
    2nd plural transsınız translarsınız
    3rd plural translar translardır
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