trans

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

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹænz/
Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -ænz

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

(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.
(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.
(cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes.

Antonyms

cis

Derived terms

trans fat

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

Transgender (or sometimes transsexual).
Trans rights are human rights.
- 2018, Shon Faye, The Guardian, 30 May:
  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.
Alternative form of trans*

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

trans man; trans woman; trans girl; trans person
transness
trans the gay away

Related terms

transgender
transsexual
transvestite

Translations

transgender

Bulgarian: транс (bg) (trans)
French: trans (fr)
Russian: транс (ru) (trans)
Spanish: trans (es)
Welsh: traws (cy) m

Noun

trans (plural transes)

(informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
- 2001 November 23, "D a#344", TS out and proud compensation for passabilty?, 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.

Verb

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

(chiefly humorous or social sciences, transitive) 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.
(Internet slang, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous, transitive) To render (someone) transgender.
Synonym: trans someone's gender
(Internet slang, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous, intransitive) To become transgender.
- 2023, 5 January, @WingsScotland on Twitter
  They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

trans (plural transes)

Clipping of transaction.
Clipping of transmission.
- 1998 May 14, Gary S. Callison, Trans change (was: Something I just deleted and forgot), 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

Inflection.

Noun

trans

plural of tran

References

trans at OneLook Dictionary Search
trans in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
trans in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

Ranst, ranst, rants, snart, starn, tRNAs, tarns, trnas

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [trans]
Audio:
(file)
Hyphenation: trans

Preposition

trans

across, on the other side of
over

Antonyms

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

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑns/, [ˈt̪rɑns̠]
Rhymes: -ɑns
Syllabification^(key): trans

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

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.

French

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin trans. Doublet of très.

Adjective

trans (invariable)

(chemistry) trans

Related terms

trans-

Noun

trans m or f by sense (plural trans)

transsexual

Adjective

trans (invariable)

transsexual

German

Etymology

From English trans, or Clipping of transgender, from English transgender.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁans/
Audio (file)

Adjective

trans (indeclinable)

(slang) trans, transgender
Synonyms: transgender, transident
Antonym: cis
- 2022 September 6, Emma Rotermund, “Demo gegen Queerfeindlichkeit: Angriff auf trans Frau verstört”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, ISSN 0931-9085:
  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 quote)

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.

Ido

Etymology

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

Preposition

trans

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

Derived terms

transe (“beyond”)
transajo (“object on the other side”)
trans-

Synonyms

dop (“behind, after”)

Antonyms

cis (“on this side of”)

Paronyms

tra (“through”)

Interlingua

Preposition

trans

across

Italian

Etymology

See English trans.

Noun

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

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.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /trans/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans/, [t̪räns]
Rhymes: -ãːs

Preposition

trāns (+ accusative)

across, beyond

Derived terms

trāns-
trānstrum

Descendants

Aromanian: trã
Catalan: tra-, tras-, trans-
→ English: trans-
→ Esperanto: tra
- → Ido: tra
- → Novial: tra
Old French: trés, tres
- Middle French: trés, tres; très
  - French: très
    - → Esperanto: tre
      - → Ido: tre
French: tré- (tres- before s)
Galician: tras
Italian: tra-, trans-, trans
Ladin: tres
Picard: ter-
Portuguese: trás, trans-, trans
Spanish: tras, trans-, trans

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Middle English

Noun

trans

Alternative form of traunce

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French transe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trans/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ans
Syllabification: trans

Noun

trans m inan

trance (dazed or unconscious condition)
trance (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention)
(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

transowy

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃s/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃ʃ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃ʃ/

Adjective

trans (invariable)

Clipping of transexual.
Clipping of transgênero, transgénero.

Noun

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

Clipping of transexual.
Clipping of transgênero, transgénero.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of transexual.

Adjective

trans (invariable)

transgender, trans
- 2015 July 30, Karla Avelar, ““Tengo miedo constantemente””, in El País (Spain)‎:
  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)‎:
  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

chica trans
hombre trans

Swedish

Noun

trans c

trance

Anagrams

snart

trans

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Usage notes

Antonyms

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Usage notes

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

Noun

Verb

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

References

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Antonyms

See also

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

Declension

See also

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Related terms

Noun

Adjective

Further reading

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Usage notes

Declension

Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Preposition

Derived terms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Paronyms

Interlingua

Preposition

Italian

Etymology

Noun

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

References

Middle English

Noun

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading