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trans-

prefix
/tɹænz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Borrowed from Latin trans- (“across, beyond, on the far side”).

  1. derived from trans- Borrowed from Latin trans- — “across, beyond, on the far side”
  2. derived from *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor✻

Definitions

  1. Extending across, through, or over.

    • trans- + national → transnational
    • trans- + regional → transregional
    • trans- + American → transamerican

  2. To or on the other side of, beyond

    To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.

    • trans- + alpine → transalpine
    • trans- + uranic → transuranic

  3. A compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on opposite sides of some plane of…

    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.)

    • transacetylase, tranexamic acid, transaldolase
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.

      • transmasculine, transfeminist, transphobia
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:trans-.

The neighborhood

  • antonymcis-antonym(s) of “chemistry, other side/beyond, gender”

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for trans-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA