transfer

See also Transfer

English

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Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (RP) IPA: /trɑːnsˈfɜː/, /trænzˈfɜː/; SAMPA: /trA:nz"f3:/, /tr{nz"f3:/
  • (US) enPR: trănzfûrʹ, IPA: /trænzˈfɝ/, SAMPA: /tr{nz"f3`/
• (noun)
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈtrɑːnsfɜː/, /ˈtrænzfɜː/; SAMPA: /"trA:nzf3:/, /"tr{nzf3:/
  • (US) enPR: trănzʹfûr, IPA: /ˈtrænzfɝ/, SAMPA: /"tr{nzf3`/

Etymology

From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”).

Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)

1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
3. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
4. (transitive) (law) To arrange for something to officially belong to or be controlled by somebody else.

Synonyms

• (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
• (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
• (to be or become transferred):

Translations

to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another

Arabic: حول (ħáwwala) Chinese: 转移 (zhuǎnyí) Czech: přenést (cs), převézt (cs) Danish: overføre, forflytte, overdrage Dutch: overplaatsen, verplaatsen (nl) Finnish: siirtää (fi) French: transférer (fr) Galician: trasladar (gl) German: übertragen (de) Greek: μετακινώ (el), μεταφέρω (el), μεταθέτω (el) Hungarian: átvisz (hu), áttesz (hu), átszállít (hu), áthelyez (hu) Italian: trasferire (it)

Japanese: 移す (ja) (うつす, utsusu), 運ぶ (ja) (はこぶ, hakobu), 乗り換える (ja) (のりかえる, norikaeru) (transfer between vehicles) Korean: 옮기다 (omgida) Latin: trānsmoveō (la) Malayalam: സ്ഥലംമാറ്റം (sthalammaattam) Portuguese: transferir (pt) Romanian: transfera (ro) Russian: переносить (perenosít’), перенести (perenestí) Spanish: transferir (es) Swedish: överföra Thai: แปล (th) (plae) Turkish: transfer etmek (tr)

to convey the impression of sth from one surface to another

Czech: přenést (cs) Finnish: siirtää (fi) Greek: μεταθέτω (el), μεταβιβάζω (el)

Hungarian: átvisz (hu), átnyom (hu), átmásol (hu) Spanish: calcar (es), imprimir (es)

to be or become transferred

Czech: přenést (cs) se, převézt (cs) se Danish: blive forflyttet, stige om, skifte Finnish: siirtyä (fi) Greek: μεταφέρομαι, μετακινούμαι, μετατίθομαι, μεταβιβάζομαι

Hungarian: áthurcolkodik (hu), átköltözik (hu), átmegy (hu) Portuguese: transferir (pt) Romanian: transfera (ro) Spanish: transferir (es)

arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else

Czech: přepsat (cs) Finnish: siirtää (fi)

Hungarian: átruház (hu) Scottish Gaelic: thoir thairis (gd)

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Mandarin: 转移 (zhuanyi), 调动 (tiaodong) Dutch: overbrengen German: bringen

Korean: 옮긴 위하여 (omgin wihayeo) Latin: transferre Turkish: aktarmak, transfer etmek

Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable; plural transfers)

1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
3. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.

Synonyms

• (act): transferal, transference
• (instance): transferal
• (design):

Usage notes

• In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

Translations

act

Arabic: انتقال (ar) (intiqál) Chinese: Mandarin: 移動 (cmn), 移动 (cmn) (yídòng), 移轉 (cmn), 移转 (cmn) (yízhuǎn), 調動 (cmn), 调动 (cmn) (diàodòng) Czech: přenos (cs) m., převod (cs) m. Danish: forflyttelse c., overflytning c., transport c. Finnish: siirto (fi) French: transfert (fr) m. Galician: traslado (gl) m.

German: Übertragung (de) f., Versetzung (de) f., Überweisung (de) f. Greek: μεταφορά (el) (metaphorá) f., μεταβίβαση (el) (metavívasi) f. Italian: trasferimento (it) m. Japanese: 移動 (いどう, idō), 転勤 (ja) (てんきん, tenkin) Portuguese: transferência (pt) f. Russian: переход (ru) (perexód) m., перевод (ru) (perevód) m., трансферт (ru) (transfért) m. Spanish: transferencia (es) f. Telugu: బదిలీ (badili) Turkish: transfer (tr)

instance

Danish: flytning c., overflytning c., transport c. Finnish: siirto (fi)

Galician: traslado (gl) m. Russian: переход (pereχód) m.

design

Finnish: siirtokuva Greek: μεταποτύπωση f., χαλκομανία f.

Portuguese: transferência f. Spanish: calco (es) m., impreso (es) m.

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Mandarin: 調動, 调动; 转递 Dutch: overdracht f. German: Übertragung f.

Korean: 이동 (idong) Turkish: transfer, aktarma

Related terms

hip transfer spine transfer transferable, transferrable transferal, transferral transferase transferee

transference transferent transferential

transferer transferrin transferring transfer list transfer market transfer window

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

transfer m. inv.

1. transport
2. transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

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Latin

Verb

trānsfer

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /trǎnsfeːr/
• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

trànsfēr m. (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)

1. transfer
2. transport

Declension

    declension of transfer

	singular	plural
nominative	trànsfēr	transferi
genitive	transféra	transfera
dative	transferu	transferima
accusative	transfer	transfere
vocative	transferu	transferi
locative	transferu	transferima
instrumental	transferom	transferima