transparent

See also: Transparent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.

Pronunciation

(General American)
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpɛɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹænzˈpæɹənt/
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

transparent (comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)

(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.
- 1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter 19, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 904345282:
  "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
(of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
His reasons for the decision were transparent.
I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.
(signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
(computing) Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
- 2003, Rolf Oppliger, Security Technologies for the World Wide Web (page 34)
  In order to make that transparent to the user, browsers usually cache the usernames and passwords and retransmit them automatically each time they contact the server.
Of an image or animated gif, having parts that do not overwrite the color of the background the image is placed over.

Usage notes

(see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

Synonyms

(see-through, clear): see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid
(obvious): apparent, clear, obvious

Antonyms

(see-through, clear): opaque
(obvious): obscure, opaque
nontransparent
non-transparent

Coordinate terms

translucent

Derived terms

transparently

Related terms

transparency
transparently
transparentness

Translations

see-through, clear

Albanian: tejdukshëm (sq)
Arabic: شَفَّاف‎ (šaffāf)
Armenian: թափանցիկ (hy) (tʿapʿancʿik)
Asturian: tresparente (ast)
Belarusian: празры́сты (prazrýsty)
Bikol Central: silag
Bulgarian: прозра́чен (bg) (prozráčen)
Catalan: transparent (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 透明 (zh) (tòumíng)
Czech: průhledný (cs) m
Danish: transparent, gennemsigtig (da), klar (da)
Dutch: doorzichtig (nl), transparant (nl)
Esperanto: travidebla
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
Galician: transparente
Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
German: durchsichtig (de), transparent (de)
Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís)
Ancient: διαφανής (diaphanḗs)
Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
Hebrew: שָׁקוּף‎ (he) (shakúf)
Hindi: पारदर्शक (hi) (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), शुद्ध (hi) (śuddh)
Hungarian: átlátszó (hu)
Icelandic: gagnsær, gegnsær (is)
Indonesian: tembus pandang (id), bening (id), transparan (id)
Irish: gléineach, trédhearcach
Italian: trasparente (it)
Japanese: 透明 (ja) (とうめい, tōmei)
Korean: 투명하다 (ko) (tumyeonghada)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: zelal (ku)
Latin: pellūcidus, speculārius
Latvian: caurspīdīgs, caurredzams, transparents
Luxembourgish: duerchsiichteg
Macedonian: прозрачен (prozračen)
Malay: lutsinar
Maori: puata
Marathi: पारदर्शक (mr) (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (svaccha), शुद्ध (śuddha)
Norman: transpathent
Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no)
Occitan: transparent (oc)
Old English: þurhsīene
Plautdietsch: derchsechtich
Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl), ażurowy (pl), bezbarwny (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt)
Romanian: transparent (ro) m or n, străveziu (ro)
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir, so-lèirsinneach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прозиран
Roman: proziran (sh)
Slovak: priehľadný
Slovene: prozoren, prosojen
Spanish: transparente (es)
Swedish: transparent (sv), genomskinlig (sv)
Thai: ใส (th) (sǎi), โปร่งใส (bpròong-sǎi)
Ukrainian: прозо́рий (prozóryj)
Volapük: dulogamovik (vo)
Welsh: tryloyw (cy)

open, publicly visible

Armenian: թափանցիկ (hy) (tʿapʿancʿik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公開／公开 (zh) (gōngkāi)
Czech: průhledný (cs) m, transparentní (cs)
Danish: gennemskuelig
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
German: transparent (de)
Hebrew: שקוף‎ (he) (shaqúf)
Hindi: खुला (hi) (khulā)
Hungarian: transzparens (hu), átlátható (hu)
Japanese: 透明 (ja) (tōmei), 可視化 (kashi ka)
Luxembourgish: transparent
Malay: telus
Marathi: खुले (khule)
Norman: transpathent
Norwegian: gjennomsynlig, gjennomskuelig
Polish: otwarty (pl), transparentny (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt)
Romanian: transparent (ro) m or n
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
Slovene: transparenten
Spanish: transparente (es)
Tagalog: aninagin, naaaninag
Ukrainian: прозо́рий (prozóryj)

obvious

Asturian: tresparente (ast)
Bulgarian: явен (bg) (javen), очевиден (bg) (očeviden)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn)
Czech: zřejmý (cs), zřetelný (cs)
Danish: åbenbar, klar (da), oplagt
Esperanto: malkaŝema
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
Galician: transparente
German: erkennbar (de)
Hebrew: גְּלוּי‎ (he) (galúi)
Hungarian: átlátható (hu), világos (hu)
Irish: follasach, trédhearcach
Japanese: 明らか (ja) (akiraka)
Luxembourgish: transparent
Norman: transpathent
Norwegian: opplagt, åpenbar (no)
Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt), óbvio (pt), claro (pt)
Romanian: clar (ro) m or n, evident (ro) m or n, limpede (ro) m or n, vădit (ro) m or n
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj), я́сный (ru) (jásnyj), очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
Spanish: transparente (es)
Swedish: uppenbar (sv), tydlig (sv)
Volapük: klülabik (vo)

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

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} tejdukshëm (sq)
Arabic: شَفّاف‎ (šaffāf), ^{(please verify)} هَفَّاف‎ (haffāf)
Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} şəffaf (az)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} transparant (nl), ^{(please verify)} doorzichtig (nl)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malkaŝema
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} läbipaistev (et)
French: ^{(please verify)} transparent (fr)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} निर्मल (hi) (nirmal), ^{(please verify)} स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), ^{(please verify)} पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), ^{(please verify)} प्रकाशबेदा (prakāśbedā)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nyílt (hu)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} transparan (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasparente (it)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 투명한 (ko) (tumyeonghan)
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} skaidrus
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 透光 (zh) (tòu guāng)
Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} тунгалаг (mn) (tungalag)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} شفاف‎ (fa)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} transparent (ro)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: провидан
Roman: providan, prozirno, progledno
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} čistý
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transparente (es)
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} anga (sw)
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} nanganganinag, linaw, tagusang liwanag(light) o sinag(rays). water is clear-malinaw ang tubig, the sun rays penetrate the clear sky- Tagus ang sinag ng araw sa malinis na kalangitan/himpapawid. the direct tagalog equivalent is tagus/tagusan (penetration)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} పారదర్శకమైన (pāradarśakamaina)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şeffaf (tr)
Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} прозорий (prozoryj)
Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} süzük
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trong suốt (vi)
Welsh: ^{(please verify)} tryloyw (cy)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /tɾəns.pəˈɾent/

(Central) IPA^(key): /tɾəns.pəˈɾen/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾans.paˈɾent/
Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

transparent (masculine and feminine plural transparents)

transparent
Antonym: opac

Derived terms

transparentment

Related terms

transparència

Czech

Noun

transparent m

banner or placard

Danish

Adjective

transparent

transparent

Noun

transparent c or n (singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)

banner
transparency, overhead

Synonyms

(banner): banner n
(transparency): overhead c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃/
audio (file)

Adjective

transparent (feminine transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

transparent; see-through
Le verre est transparent.
The glass is transparent.
translucid; allowing light to pass through
Le voile est transparent.
The veil is translucid.
clear
un ciel transparent ― a clear sky
une lumière transparente — a clear light
transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous
une allusion transparente ― an unambiguous allusion
unnoticed; invisible
J'étais transparent à ses regards.
I was invisible to him/her.
(figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything
Notre comptabilité est transparente.
Our accounting is transparent.
(linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages
Antonym: faux-ami
un mot transparent ― an international word

Related terms

transparence

Descendants

→ Turkish: transparan

Noun

transparent m (plural transparents)

paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight
Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.
(obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)
Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.
plastic film used to show images with an overhead
La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.

References

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

German

Etymology

18th century, from French transparent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt/
Audio (file)

Adjective

transparent (strong nominative masculine singular transparenter, comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)

translucent (allowing light to pass through)
Synonym: lichtdurchlässig
(less common) fully transparent; see-through
Synonym: durchsichtig
(figurative) transparent
Synonyms: durchschaubar, nachvollziehbar

Declension

Positive forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparent	sie ist transparent	es ist transparent	sie sind transparent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenter	transparente	transparentes	transparente
	genitive	transparenten	transparenter	transparenten	transparenter
	dative	transparentem	transparenter	transparentem	transparenten
	accusative	transparenten	transparente	transparentes	transparente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparente	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
	genitive	des transparenten	der transparenten	des transparenten	der transparenten
	dative	dem transparenten	der transparenten	dem transparenten	den transparenten
	accusative	den transparenten	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenter	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten
	genitive	eines transparenten	einer transparenten	eines transparenten	(keiner) transparenten
	dative	einem transparenten	einer transparenten	einem transparenten	(keinen) transparenten
	accusative	einen transparenten	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten

Comparative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparenter	sie ist transparenter	es ist transparenter	sie sind transparenter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenterer	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
	genitive	transparenteren	transparenterer	transparenteren	transparenterer
	dative	transparenterem	transparenterer	transparenterem	transparenteren
	accusative	transparenteren	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparentere	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
	genitive	des transparenteren	der transparenteren	des transparenteren	der transparenteren
	dative	dem transparenteren	der transparenteren	dem transparenteren	den transparenteren
	accusative	den transparenteren	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenterer	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren
	genitive	eines transparenteren	einer transparenteren	eines transparenteren	(keiner) transparenteren
	dative	einem transparenteren	einer transparenteren	einem transparenteren	(keinen) transparenteren
	accusative	einen transparenteren	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren

Superlative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am transparentesten	sie ist am transparentesten	es ist am transparentesten	sie sind am transparentesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparentester	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
	genitive	transparentesten	transparentester	transparentesten	transparentester
	dative	transparentestem	transparentester	transparentestem	transparentesten
	accusative	transparentesten	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparenteste	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
	genitive	des transparentesten	der transparentesten	des transparentesten	der transparentesten
	dative	dem transparentesten	der transparentesten	dem transparentesten	den transparentesten
	accusative	den transparentesten	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparentester	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten
	genitive	eines transparentesten	einer transparentesten	eines transparentesten	(keiner) transparentesten
	dative	einem transparentesten	einer transparentesten	einem transparentesten	(keinen) transparentesten
	accusative	einen transparentesten	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten

Derived terms

Transparent
Transparentpapier
Transparenz

Latin

Verb

trānspārent

third-person plural present active indicative of trānspāreō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere.

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente, comparative mer transparent, superlative mest transparent)

transparent (quality of a material)

Synonyms

gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparenter, definite plural transparentene)
transparent n (definite singular transparentet, indefinite plural transparent or transparenter, definite plural transparenta or transparentene)

a banner
a transparency (for use with a projector)

Synonyms

(banner): banner

References

“transparent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere.

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente)

transparent (quality of a material)
Synonyms: gjennomsiktig, gjennomsynleg

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparentar, definite plural transparentane)

a banner
Synonym: banner
a transparency (for use with a projector)
a White Transparent cultivar of apple

Usage notes

(banner; transparency): In these senses, this noun was considered grammatically neuter prior to a 2018 spelling decision.

References

“transparent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French transparent, from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tranˈspa.rɛnt/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -arɛnt
Syllabification: tran‧spa‧rent

Noun

transparent m inan

banner

Declension

Declension of transparent

	singular	plural
nominative	transparent	transparenty
genitive	transparentu	transparentów
dative	transparentowi	transparentom
accusative	transparent	transparenty
instrumental	transparentem	transparentami
locative	transparencie	transparentach
vocative	transparencie	transparenty

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transparent, Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtran.spaˈrent/

Adjective

transparent m or n (feminine singular transparentă, masculine plural transparenți, feminine and neuter plural transparente)

transparent

Declension

Declension of transparent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transparent		transparentă	transparenți	transparente
nominative/ accusative	definite	transparentul		transparenta	transparenții	transparentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transparent		transparente	transparenți	transparente
genitive/ dative	definite	transparentului		transparentei	transparenților	transparentelor

Related terms

transparență
transpărea

transparent

English

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Adjective

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Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

Czech

Noun

Danish

Adjective

Noun

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Related terms

Descendants

Noun

References

Further reading

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adjective

Synonyms

Noun

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adjective

Noun

Usage notes

References

Polish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Related terms

See also