trans-

See also: trans, trans., and trans*

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. Across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of.
2. (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.)
3. Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.

Usage notes

• In the first sense, "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: hence one speaks of issues facing the trans community and trans rights (not *transrights), etc. In particular, it is now considered offensive to write transman or trans-man, the preferred spelling being trans man (trans man). Compare cis- and cis.

Antonyms

• cis-

Coordinate terms

• dia-
• epi-

Derived terms

► English words prefixed with trans-

Related terms

• intra-
• inter-
• supra-

Translations

across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of

• Armenian: անդր (hy) (andr)
• Asturian: tres-
• Breton: treuz-
• Catalan: trans- (ca)
• Czech: prů-, přes-
• Dutch: trans- (nl)
• Finnish: läpi-, trans- (fi)
• Galician: trans-, tras-
• German: trans- (de)
• Greek: δια- (el) (dia-)
• Hungarian: transz-

• Indonesian: trans-
• Irish: tras-
• Italian: tras- (it)
• Japanese: 超 (ja) (ちょう, chō), トランス (ja) (toransu)
• Malay: trans-
• Persian: ترا‎ (fa) (tarâ)
• Portuguese: trans- (pt)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} dincolo de , ^{(please verify)} peste (ro), ^{(please verify)} prin (ro), ^{(please verify)} trans- (ro)
• Russian: транс- (ru) (trans-), за- (ru) (za-), через- (čerez-), чрез- (črez-), пере- (ru) (pere-), пре- (ru) (pre-)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-, tair-, tar-
• Spanish: trans- (es), tras- (es)

See also

• trans

Anagrams

• rants, starn, tRNAs, tarns, trnas

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

► Catalan words prefixed with trans-

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Prefix

trans-

1. trans

► Dutch words prefixed with trans-

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French

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

► French words prefixed with trans-

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Galician

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

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Italian

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tra-, which was inherited.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

► Italian words prefixed with trans-

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of trás, which was inherited.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

► Portuguese words prefixed with trans-

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans- (Cyrillic spelling транс-)

1. trans-

Derived terms

Category Serbo-Croatian words prefixed with trans- not found

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tras, which was inherited.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

► Spanish words prefixed with trans-