trans-

See also trans

English

Etymology

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) Describing a compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on opposite sides of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound.
   • Note: also used without the hyphen as a pseudo-adjective
3. Transgender or transexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.

Antonyms

• cis-

See also

• epi-

Translations

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

• Armenian: անդր (hy) (andr)
• Asturian: tres- (ast)
• Catalan: trans- (ca)
• Czech: prů- (cs), přes- (cs)
• Dutch: trans- (nl)
• Galician: trans- (gl), tras- (gl)
• Greek: δια- (el) (dia-)
• Indonesian: trans- (id)
• Italian: tras- (it)

• Japanese: 超 (ちょう, chō), トランス (toransu)
• Malay: trans- (ms)
• Portuguese: trans- (pt)
• Romanian: dincolo de, peste (ro), prin (ro), trans- (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd- (gd), tair- (gd), tar- (gd)
• Spanish: trans- (es), tras- (es)

Derived terms

[+] English words prefixed with trans-

See also

• trans

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Prefix

trans-

1. trans

Derived terms

[+] Catalan words prefixed with trans-

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Galician

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

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

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

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Italian

Etymology

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

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

[+] Italian words prefixed with trans-

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

Category Portuguese words prefixed with trans- not found

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

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

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

[+] Spanish words prefixed with trans-