trans-
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹænz/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Prefix
trans-
- 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.
Usage notes
- 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
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “chemistry, other side/beyond, gender”): cis-
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with trans-
Translations
across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of
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See also
Catalan
Derived terms
Catalan terms prefixed with trans-
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrɑns-/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠-]
Derived terms
Finnish terms prefixed with trans-
French
Derived terms
French terms prefixed with trans-
Galician
Alternative forms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁans/
(file)
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch trans-, from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Derived terms
Indonesian terms prefixed with trans-
Further reading
- “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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tra-, which was inherited.
Derived terms
Italian terms prefixed with trans-
Latin
Etymology
From trāns (preposition).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /trans/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /trans/, [t̪räns]
Usage notes
- 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
Latin terms prefixed with trans-
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of trás, which was inherited.
Derived terms
Portuguese terms prefixed with trans-
Serbo-Croatian
Derived terms
Category Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with trans- not found
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tras-, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾans/ [t̪ɾãns]
- Syllabification: trans-
Antonyms
Derived terms
Spanish terms prefixed with trans-
Further reading
- “trans-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Derived terms
Swedish terms prefixed with trans-
References
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