トランス

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.[1][2]

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) トラ​ンス [tòráꜜǹsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
    • IPA(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

    Noun

    トランス • (toransu) 

    1. a trance
    2. (music) trance

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English transformer, then shortened.[1][2][3]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    トランス • (toransu) 

    1. (electronics) a transformer for changing voltage in an electrical current
    Synonyms
    Descendants
    • → Korean: 도란스 (doranseu)

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English trans-.

    Pronunciation
    • IPA(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

    Prefix

    トランス • (toransu-) 

    1. (only in compounds) trans-
    Usage notes

    This prefix is only seldom used except where it appears as part of loan words that include the prefix trans- in the source language. For coinages in Japanese, Japanese writers are much more likely to use a native Japanese construction or phrase instead of this still-very-foreign loanword.

    Synonyms

    References
    1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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