transcendent
English edit
Etymology edit
From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.
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transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)
- Surpassing usual limits.
- 2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary[1], archived from the original on 27 January 2024:
- "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."
- Supreme in excellence.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:
- Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.
- Beyond the range of usual perception.
- Free from constraints of the material world.
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Noun edit
transcendent (plural transcendents)
- That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin trānscendēns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
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transcendent (not comparable)
- (mathematics) transcendental, not algebraic
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Inflection of transcendent | ||||
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uninflected | transcendent | |||
inflected | transcendente | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | transcendent | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | transcendente | ||
n. sing. | transcendent | |||
plural | transcendente | |||
definite | transcendente | |||
partitive | transcendents |
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transcendent
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tranˈsken.dent/, [t̪rä̃ːˈs̠kɛn̪d̪ɛn̪t̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tranˈʃen.dent/, [t̪rän̠ʲˈʃɛn̪d̪en̪t̪]
Verb edit
trānscendent
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.
Adjective edit
transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendentă, masculine plural transcendenți, feminine and neuter plural transcendente)
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Declension of transcendent
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indefinite | transcendent | transcendentă | transcendenți | transcendente | ||
definite | transcendentul | transcendenta | transcendenții | transcendentele | |||
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indefinite | transcendent | transcendente | transcendenți | transcendente | ||
definite | transcendentului | transcendentei | transcendenților | transcendentelor |