trans-
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tran- (before s)
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin trans- (“across, beyond, on the far side”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (frequently used before vowels or voiced consonants) IPA(key): /tɹænz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (frequently used before unvoiced consonants) IPA(key): /tɹæns/
Prefix
[edit]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. [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 as an abbreviation for transgender: hence one speaks of issues facing the trans community and trans rights (not *transrights), etc. the same way one would speak of issues facing the transgender community and transgender rights. In particular, it can sometimes be considered offensive to write e.g. transman or trans-man, the preferred spelling being trans man (trans man), the same way you would say transgender men and not transgendermen. 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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of
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See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
[edit]trans-
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Prefix
[edit]trans-
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English trans-), ultimately from Latin trāns.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]trans-
- (usually in loanwords) trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin trāns. Doublet of très and trans.
Prefix
[edit]trans-
Derived terms
[edit]Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
[edit]trans-
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]trans-
Further reading
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch trans-, from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
[edit]trans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trans-”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tra- and tras-, which were inherited.
Prefix
[edit]trans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
[edit]Latin
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Inherited from Proto-Italic *trāns-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtrans]
Prefix
[edit]trāns-
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
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin trans- (“across, beyond, on the far side”). Doublet of trás and trans.
Prefix
[edit]trans-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trans-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “trans-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).
Prefix
[edit]trans- (Cyrillic spelling транс-)
Derived terms
[edit]Category Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with trans- not found
Slovene
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Learned borrowing from Latin trans-.
Prefix
[edit]trans or trȃns-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trans-”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “trans-”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tras-, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
[edit]Prefix
[edit]trans-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trans-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
[edit]Prefix
[edit]trans-
- trans- (all senses)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “trans-”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “trans-”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
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