transgression

transgression

English

Etymology

From Middle English transgressioun, from Old French transgression, from Late Latin trānsgressiō, from Latin trānsgressus (perfect active participle of trānsgredior (“I step across”)) + -iō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈɡɹɛʃən/

Noun

transgression (countable and uncountable, plural transgressions)

1. A violation of a law, duty or commandment.
2. An act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries.
3. (geology) A relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata.

Translations

violation of a law, command or duty

Catalan: transgressió f Czech: přestupek (cs) m Dutch: overtreding (nl) Faroese: brot n, lógarbrot n Finnish: rikkomus (fi), rike (fi) French: infraction (fr) f Galician: transgresión f German: Transgression (de) f, Verstoß (de) m, Übertretung f, Überschreitung (de) f, Gesetzesverstoß (de) m Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌳𐌴𐌸𐍃 f (missadēþs) Greek: παράβαση (el) f (parávasi) Hungarian: kihágás (hu) Icelandic: brot (is) n, afbrot (is) n, lögbrot (is) n Malay: takahanga Middle English: transgressioun Norn: brut Persian: نافرمانی‎ (fa) (nāfarmāni) Plautdietsch: Äwaträdunk f Portuguese: transgressão (pt) f Romanian: infracțiune (ro) f, transgresiune (ro) f, încălcare de lege f Russian: просту́пок (ru) m (prostúpok), преступле́ние (ru) n (prestuplénije), правонаруше́ние (ru) n (pravonarušénije) Sanskrit: आगस् (sa) n (āgas) Spanish: transgresión (es) f Swedish: överträdelse (sv) c Turkish: ihlal (tr) Ukrainian: просту́пок m (prostúpok)

act that goes beyond generally accepted boundaries

Finnish: omavaltaisuus (fi) Galician: transgresión f German: Verstoß (de) m, Übertretung f, Regelverstoß (de) m, Regelübertretung f Polish: transgresja (pl) f, wykroczenie (pl) n Ukrainian: просту́пок m (prostúpok)

relative rise in sea level resulting in deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata

Finnish: transgressio French: transgression (fr) f Icelandic: áflæði n Polish: transgresja (pl) f Romanian: transgresiune (ro) f

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French

Noun

transgression f (plural transgressions)

1. transgression (violation)

Further reading

• “transgression”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Noun

transgression

1. Alternative form of transgressioun