transfer

See also: Transfer

English

Alternative forms

• xfer (abbreviation)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti

Proto-Italic *ferō

Latin ferō

Latin trānsferōder.

English transfer

From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/, /tɹænsˈfɜː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

  • (US) enPR: trănsfûrʹ, IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɚ/, /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/, /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/
  • (US) enPR: 'trănsfûr, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

   to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion

2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

   to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone

3. (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

   transfer to the Blue Line

4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
5. (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

   The title to land is transferred by deed.

6. (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

Conjugation

Conjugation of transfer

infinitive	(to) transfer
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	transfer	transferred
2nd-person singular	transfer, transferrest†	transferred, transferredst†
3rd-person singular	transfers, transferreth†	transferred
plural	transfer
subjunctive	transfer	transferred
imperative	transfer	—
participles	transferring	transferred

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
• (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
• (to be or become transferred):

Derived terms

• transferable
• transferee
• transferor

Translations

to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another

• Aklanon: halin
• Arabic: حَوَّلَ (ar) (ḥawwala)
• Armenian: փոխանցել (hy) (pʻoxancʻel)
• Azerbaijani: köçürmək (az)
• Bulgarian: премествам (bg) (premestvam), пренасям (bg) (prenasjam)
• Catalan: traslladar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 转移 (zh) (zhuǎnyí)

• Czech: přenést, převézt (cs)
• Danish: overføre, forflytte, overdrage (da)
• Dutch: overplaatsen (nl), verplaatsen (nl)
• Esperanto: translokigi
• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• French: transférer (fr)
• Galician: trasladar (gl)
• German: übertragen (de)
• Greek: μετακινώ (el) (metakinó), μεταφέρω (el) (metaféro), μεταθέτω (el) (metathéto)

  Ancient Greek: μεταφέρω (metaphérō)

• Hindi: स्थानांतरण m (sthānāntraṇ), हस्तांतरण (hi) m (hastāntraṇ)
• Hungarian: átvisz (hu), áttesz (hu), átszállít (hu), áthelyez (hu)
• Italian: trasferire (it)
• Japanese: 移す (ja) (うつす, utsusu), 運ぶ (ja) (はこぶ, hakobu), 乗り換える (ja) (のりかえる, norikaeru) (transfer between vehicles)
• Korean: 옮기다 (ko) (omgida),환승 (ko) (hwanseung)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: guhaztin (ku)

• Latin: trānsferō (la), trānsmoveō
• Malay: tukar (ms)
• Malayalam: സ്ഥലംമാറ്റം (sthalammāṟṟaṁ)
• Manobo:

  Western Bukidnon Manobo: halin

• Māori: whakawhiti, whakanekeneke
• Norman: transféther (Jersey)
• Polish: przenosić (pl) impf, przenieść (pl) pf
• Portuguese: transferir (pt)
• Romanian: transfera (ro)
• Russian: переноси́ть (ru) (perenosítʹ), перенести́ (ru) (perenestí)
• Slovak: presunúť, preniesť, previesť
• Spanish: transferir (es), trasladar (es)
• Swedish: överföra (sv)
• Tagalog: lipat
• Thai: ถ่ายโอน
• Turkish: transfer etmek (tr), aktarmak (tr), yollamak (tr)

to convey the impression of something from one surface to another

• Bulgarian: пренасям (bg) (prenasjam)
• Czech: přenést
• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• Greek: μεταθέτω (el) (metathéto), μεταβιβάζω (el) (metavivázo)
• Hungarian: átvisz (hu), átnyom (hu), átmásol (hu)
• Italian: decalcare (it), ricalcare (it)
• Polish: przenosić (pl) impf, przenieść (pl) pf
• Slovak: preniesť, odtlačiť, otlačiť
• Spanish: calcar (es), imprimir (es)

to be or become transferred

• Bulgarian: премествам се (premestvam se), пренасям се (prenasjam se)
• Czech: přenést se, převézt (cs) se
• Danish: blive forflyttet, stige om, skifte (da)
• Esperanto: translokiĝi
• Finnish: siirtyä (fi)
• German: versetzen (de)
• Greek: μεταφέρομαι (el) (metaféromai), μετακινούμαι (el) (metakinoúmai), μετατίθομαι (metatíthomai), μεταβιβάζομαι (el) (metavivázomai)
• Hungarian: áthurcolkodik (hu), átköltözik (hu), átmegy (hu)
• Italian: trasferirsi (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: veguhaztin (ku)

• Polish: przenosić się (pl) impf, przenieść się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: transferir (pt)
• Romanian: transfera (ro)
• Slovak: preniesť sa, presunúť sa, premiestniť sa
• Spanish: transferir (es)

arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else

• Bulgarian: прехвърлям (bg) (prehvǎrljam)
• Czech: přepsat (cs)
• Finnish: siirtää (fi)
• Hungarian: átruház (hu)
• Italian: trasferire (it), passare (it), conferire (it)
• Polish: przenosić (pl) impf, przenieść (pl) pf, przepisywać (pl) impf, przepisać (pl) pf
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir thairis
• Slovak: previesť, prepísať
• Vietnamese: sang tên (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 转移 (zh) (zhuanyi), ^{(please verify)} 调动 (zh) (tiaodong)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} overbrengen (nl)
• German: ^{(please verify)} bringen (de)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 옮긴 위하여 (omgin wihayeo)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} transferre (la)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} aktarmak (tr), ^{(please verify)} transfer etmek (tr)

Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)

1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

3. (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

   Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.

4. (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
5. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
   • 1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:

     All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram.

6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
7. (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
8. (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
9. (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
10. (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
11. (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
12. (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
    • 2015, Lisa Lighthall Haubert, et al, “Car transfer and wheelchair loading techniques in independent drivers with paraplegia”, in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology:

      Understanding car transfers and [wheelchair] loading in independent drivers is crucial to prevent shoulder pain and injury and preserve community participation.

    • 2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers (PDF) , Pioneer Network:

      Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility.

13. (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition, which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

Synonyms

• (act): transferal, transference
• (instance): transferal
• (college sports): transfer student

Derived terms

• asynchronous transfer mode
• balance transfer
• bank transfer
• bi-elliptic transfer
• Bosman transfer
• celestial transfer
• cold transfer
• credit transfer
• data transfer object
• data transfer rate
• dry transfer
• electronic benefit transfer
• electron transfer
• electron transfer reaction
• embryo transfer
• energy transfer
• e-transfer
• feedback transfer function
• forward transfer function
• free transfer
• gene transfer
• Gruen transfer
• hairpin transfer
• hip transfer
• Hohmann transfer
• Hohmann transfer orbit
• horizontal gene transfer
• Jacoby transfer
• language transfer
• lateral gene transfer
• lateral transfer
• loop transfer function
• negative transfer
• oblivious transfer
• personnel transfer basket
• phase transfer catalysis
• phase-transfer catalyst
• positive transfer
• proton transfer
• radiative transfer
• representational state transfer
• somatic cell nuclear transfer
• spine transfer
• technology transfer
• time and frequency transfer
• time transfer
• transfer agent
• transferal, transferral
• transferase
• transfer DNA
• transfer earnings
• transferee
• transference, transferrence
• transferent
• transferential
• transferer
• transfer exam
• transfer fee
• transfer function
• transfer list
• transfer market
• transfer orbit
• transfer paper
• transfer payment
• transfer pricing
• transfer rate
• transferrin
• transferring
• transfer RNA
• transfer tax
• transfer test
• transferware
• transfer window
• trophic transfer
• warm transfer
• wire transfer

Related terms

• translate
• translation

Translations

act

• Arabic: اِنْتِقَال (intiqāl)
• Armenian: փոխանցում (hy) (pʻoxancʻum)
• Belarusian: перада́ча f (pjeradáča)
• Bulgarian: прехвъ́рляне (bg) n (prehvǎ́rljane), прена́сяне (bg) n (prenásjane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 移動 / 移动 (zh) (yídòng), 移轉 / 移转 (zh) (yízhuǎn), 調動 / 调动 (zh) (diàodòng)

• Czech: přenos (cs) m, převod (cs) m
• Danish: forflyttelse c, overflytning c, transport (da) c
• Esperanto: delokigo
• Finnish: siirto (fi)
• French: transfert (fr) m
• Galician: traslado m
• German: Übertragung (de) f, Versetzung (de) f, Überweisung (de) f
• Greek: μεταφορά (el) f (metaforá), μεταβίβαση (el) f (metavívasi), παράδοση (el) f (parádosi)

  Ancient Greek: μεταβίβασις f (metabíbasis), παράδοσις f (parádosis)

• Hindi: स्थानांतरण m (sthānāntraṇ)
• Hungarian: áthelyezés (hu)
• Italian: trasferimento (it) m
• Japanese: 移動 (ja) (いどう, idō), 転勤 (ja) (てんきん, tenkin)
• Korean: 이동(移動) (ko) (idong), 전근(轉勤) (jeon'geun)
• Māori: whakawhitianga
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: تَرافِرِسْت (tarâferest), تِرانْسْفِر (terânsfer), اِنْتِقال (enteġâl)

• Polish: przenoszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: transferência (pt) f
• Russian: перехо́д (ru) m (perexód), перево́д (ru) m (perevód), трансфе́рт (ru) m (transfért), переда́ча (ru) f (peredáča)
• Slovak: prenos m, prevod m
• Spanish: transferencia (es) f
• Telugu: బదిలీ (te) (badilī)
• Turkish: transfer (tr), iletme (tr)
• Ukrainian: переда́ча f (peredáča)

instance

• Bulgarian: преда́ване (bg) n (predávane)
• Danish: flytning c, overflytning c, transport (da) c
• Finnish: siirto (fi)
• Galician: traslado m
• Hungarian: áthelyezés (hu), átvitel (hu), (of money) átutalás (hu)
• Italian: trasferimento bancario m, bonifico (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overdragelse m

• Polish: przeniesienie (pl) n
• Russian: перехо́д (ru) m (perexód)
• Turkish: etkin (tr), etkin (tr)

design

• Bulgarian: прехвъ́рляне (bg) n (prehvǎ́rljane)
• Finnish: siirtokuva
• Greek: μεταποτύπωση f (metapotýposi), χαλκομανία (el) f (chalkomanía)
• Irish: aistreog f
• Portuguese: transferência (pt) f
• Spanish: calco (es) m, impreso (es) m
• Turkish: dizayn (tr)

genetics

• French: transfert (fr)
• Italian: transfezione f, trasfezione (it) f
• Portuguese: transferência (pt)
• Spanish: transferencia (es)
• Turkish: genetik (tr)
• Turkish: genetik (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 調動 / 调动 (zh) (diàodòng), ^{(please verify)} 调动 (zh) (diàodòng), ^{(please verify)} 转递 (zh) (zhuǎndì)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} overdracht (nl) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Übertragung (de) f
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 이동(移動) (ko) (idong)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} transfer (tr), ^{(please verify)} aktarma (tr)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)

1. (sports, banking) transfer

Synonyms

• overdracht

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer, from Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtransfər/ [ˈt̪rans.fər]
• Rhymes: -ansfər
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Verb

transfêr (active mentransfer, passive ditransfer)

1. to transfer

Noun

transfêr (plural transfer-transfer)

1. transfer
2. (sports) transfer (the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs)

Derived terms

• ditransfer
• menransfer
• mentransfer
• pentransfer
• pentransferan
• tertransfer
• transferan

• transfer belajar
• transfer bilateral
• transfer dana otomatis
• transfer domain
• transfer elektron
• transfer embrio
• transfer gaya
• transfer kosong
• transfer massa
• transfer musim
• transfer negatif
• transfer nol
• transfer panas taktunak
• transfer pengetahuan
• transfer permanen
• transfer pos
• transfer uang

Further reading

• “transfer”, 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

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Noun

transfer m (invariable)

1. transport
2. transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

Latin

Verb

trānsfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English transfer, French transfert, German Transfer, ultimately from Latin trānsferō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans.fɛr/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ansfɛr
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m inan

1. (economics) transfer (payment to an individual or institution that does not arise out of current productive activity)

   Hypernym: przekaz

2. (transport) transfer (act of transporting individuals or objects from one place to another by some means of transport)

   Synonyms: przewóz, transport

3. (transport) transfer (act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey)

   Synonym: przesiadka

4. (sports) transfer (act of transferring of a player's registration from one club to another)
5. (computing) transfer (number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given data-transfer channel)
6. (psychology) transfer of learning

Declension

Declension of transfer

	singular	plural
nominative	transfer	transfery
genitive	transferu	transferów
dative	transferowi	transferom
accusative	transfer	transfery
instrumental	transferem	transferami
locative	transferze	transferach
vocative	transferze	transfery

Derived terms

adjective

• transferowy

verb

• transferować impf

Further reading

• “transfer”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “transfer”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transfert.

Noun

transfer n (plural transferuri)

1. transfer

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	transfer	transferul	transferuri	transferurile
genitive-dative	transfer	transferului	transferuri	transferurilor
vocative	transferule		transferurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎnsfeːr/
• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

trànsfēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)

1. transfer
2. transport

Declension

Declension of transfer

	singular	plural
nominative	trànsfēr	transferi
genitive	transféra	transfera
dative	transferu	transferima
accusative	transfer	transfere
vocative	transferu	transferi
locative	transferu	transferima
instrumental	transferom	transferima

Further reading

• “transfer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾansfeɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾãns.feɾ]
• Rhymes: -ansfeɾ
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m (plural transferes)

1. transfer (between transport)

Turkish

Etymology

From French transfert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɑns.fɛɾ/
• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)

1. transfer

Declension

Declension of transfer

singular plural nominative transfer transferler definite accusative transferi transferleri dative transfere transferlere locative transferde transferlerde ablative transferden transferlerden genitive transferin transferlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular transferim transferlerim 2nd singular transferin transferlerin 3rd singular transferi transferleri 1st plural transferimiz transferlerimiz 2nd plural transferiniz transferleriniz 3rd plural transferleri transferleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular transferimi transferlerimi 2nd singular transferini transferlerini 3rd singular transferini transferlerini 1st plural transferimizi transferlerimizi 2nd plural transferinizi transferlerinizi 3rd plural transferlerini transferlerini dative singular plural 1st singular transferime transferlerime 2nd singular transferine transferlerine 3rd singular transferine transferlerine 1st plural transferimize transferlerimize 2nd plural transferinize transferlerinize 3rd plural transferlerine transferlerine locative singular plural 1st singular transferimde transferlerimde 2nd singular transferinde transferlerinde 3rd singular transferinde transferlerinde 1st plural transferimizde transferlerimizde 2nd plural transferinizde transferlerinizde 3rd plural transferlerinde transferlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular transferimden transferlerimden 2nd singular transferinden transferlerinden 3rd singular transferinden transferlerinden 1st plural transferimizden transferlerimizden 2nd plural transferinizden transferlerinizden 3rd plural transferlerinden transferlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular transferimin transferlerimin 2nd singular transferinin transferlerinin 3rd singular transferinin transferlerinin 1st plural transferimizin transferlerimizin 2nd plural transferinizin transferlerinizin 3rd plural transferlerinin transferlerinin

References

• “transfer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu