trance
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Middle English traunce, from Old French transe (“fear of coming evil", "passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear", "die", "pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”)
Alternative forms [edit]
- traunce (obsolete)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
trance (plural trances)
- A dazed or unconscious condition.
- (consciousness) A state of concentration, awareness and/or focus that filters information and experience; e.g. meditation, possession, etc.
- (psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention.
- (psychology) The previous state induced by hypnosis.
- (uncountable) Trance music, a genre of electronic dance music.
Descendants [edit]
- French: trance
Translations [edit]
dazed or unconscious condition
state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
such a state induced by hypnosis
A genre of electronic dance music
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Verb [edit]
trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English trance
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
trance f (usually uncountable)
- trance (music genre)
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English trance
Noun [edit]
trance f (invariable)
- trance (music genre)
Anagrams [edit]
Polish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English trance
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈtrɛ̃s/
Noun [edit]
trance m
- trance (music genre)
Declension [edit]
declension of trance
References [edit]
- Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, M. Bańko, PWN 2003, ISBN 978-83-01-14455-5
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