transmit

See also: transmît

English

Etymology

From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “over-send”). See also oversend.

Pronunciation

• enPR: trănsmĭt', trănzmĭt' IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈmɪt/, /tɹænzˈmɪt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪt
• Hyphenation: trans‧mit

Verb

transmit (third-person singular simple present transmits, present participle transmitting, simple past and past participle transmitted)

1. (transitive) To send or convey something from one person, place or thing to another.
2. (transitive) To spread or pass on something such as a disease or a signal.
3. (transitive) To impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity.
4. (transitive) To communicate news or information.
5. (transitive) To convey energy or force through a mechanism or medium.
   • 1960 December, “The first hundred 25 kV a.c. electric locomotives for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 728:

     The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way.

6. (intransitive) To send out a signal (as opposed to receive).

   A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel.

Synonyms

• oversend

Derived terms

• cross-transmit
• press-to-transmit
• push-to-transmit
• TX (abbreviation)

 

Related terms

• transmission
• transmittable
• transmittal
• transmittance
• transmittant
• transmitter
• mission

Translations

to send or convey from someone, some place or something to another

• Bulgarian: предавам (bg) (predavam)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Czech: přenést
• Danish: sende
• Dutch: doorgeven (nl)
• Esperanto: transdoni
• Estonian: edasi andma
• Finnish: lähettää (fi), siirtää (fi)
• Galician: transmitir (gl)
• Greek:

  Ancient: παραδίδωμι (paradídōmi)

• Irish: iompair
• Romanian: transmite (ro)

to spread or pass on e.g. a disease or signal

• Bulgarian: пренасям (bg) (prenasjam)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Czech: šířit (cs)
• Danish: transmittere, sende
• Dutch: doorgeven (nl)
• Finnish: (~ signal) lähettää (fi); (~ disease) levittää (fi)
• Greek: μεταδίδω (el) (metadído)

to impart, convey or hand down something by inheritance or heredity

• Bulgarian: предавам по наследство (predavam po nasledstvo)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Dutch: doorgeven (nl)
• Finnish: välittää (fi)

to communicate news or information

• Bulgarian: предавам (bg) (predavam), съобщавам (bg) (sǎobštavam)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Dutch: doorgeven (nl)
• Finnish: välittää (fi)
• German: übermitteln (de)
• Romanian: transmite (ro)
• Walloon: kissemer (wa)

to convey energy or force through a mechanism

• Bulgarian: пренасям (bg) (prenasjam)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Dutch: doorgeven (nl)
• Finnish: välittää (fi)
• Romanian: transmite (ro)
• Sindhi: پارمُڪَڻُ (sd) (Paarmukann-u)

to send out a signal

• Bulgarian: излъчвам (bg) (izlǎčvam)
• Catalan: transmetre (ca)
• Czech: vysílat (cs)
• Dutch: uitzenden (nl)
• Finnish: lähettää (fi)
• Greek: μεταδίδω (el) (metadído)
• Sindhi: پارمڪَڻُ (sd) (paarmukann-u)
• Swedish: sända (sv)

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

• French: ^{(please verify)} transmettre (fr) (1,2,3,4,5), ^{(please verify)} émettre (fr) (5)
• German: ^{(please verify)} senden (de) (1), ^{(please verify)} übertragen (de) (2), ^{(please verify)} weiterleiten (de) (3)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transmitir (es)

Anagrams

• tantrism

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

transmit

1. third-person singular past historic of transmettre

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tranˈsmit]

Verb

transmit

1. inflection of transmite:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative