transparent

English

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin transpārentis (genitive singular of transpārens, present participle of transpāreō)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /trænsˈpærənt/, /trænzˈpærənt/

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Adjective

transparent (comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)

1. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

   The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.

   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man, chapter 19,

     "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."

2. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
3. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

   His reasons for the decision were transparent.

Usage notes

• (see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

Synonyms

• (see-through, clear): see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid
• (obvious): apparent, clear, obvious

Antonyms

• (see-through, clear): opaque
• (obvious): obscure, opaque

Derived terms

• transparently
• nontransparent

Related terms

• transparency
• transparently
• transparentness

Coordinate terms

• translucent

Translations

see-through, clear

Albanian: tejdukshëm (sq) Catalan: transparent (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 透明 (zh) (tòumíng) Czech: průhledný (cs) m. Danish: transparent (da), gennemsigtig (da), klar (da) Dutch: doorzichtig (nl) Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi) French: transparent (fr) Galician: transparente (gl) German: durchsichtig (de), transparent (de) Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís) Hebrew: שקוף (he) (shaqúf) Hindi: पारदर्शक (hi), पारदर्शी (hi), स्वच्छ (hi), शुद्ध (hi) Hungarian: átlátszó (hu) Indonesian: tembus pandang, bening

Irish: gléineach (ga), trédhearcach (ga) Italian: trasparente (it) Japanese: 透明 (ja) (とうめい, tōmē) Korean: 들여다보이다 (ko) (deul'yeodaboida) Latvian: caurspīdīgs (lv) Malay: lutsinar (ms) Marathi: पारदर्शक, पारदर्शी, स्वच्छ, शुद्ध Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no) Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl) Romanian: transparent (ro) m. and n. Russian: прозрачный (ru) (prozráčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir (gd), so-lèirsinneach Slovene: prozoren m., prozorna f., prozorno n. Spanish: transparente (es) Swedish: transparent (sv), genomskinlig (sv) Volapük: dulogamovik (vo)

open, publically visible

Chinese: Mandarin: 公開 (zh), 公开 (zh) (gōngkāi) Czech: průhledný (cs) m. Danish: gennemskuelig (da) Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi) French: transparent (fr) German: transparent (de) Hebrew: שקוף (he) (shaqúf) Hindi: खुला (hi) Japanese: 透明 (ja) (tōmē), 可視化 (ja) (kashi ka)

Malay: telus (ms) Marathi: खुले Norwegian: gjennomsynlig (no), gjennomskuelig (no) Polish: otwarty (pl) Romanian: transparent (ro) m. and n. Russian: прозрачный (ru) (prozráčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir (gd) Slovene: transparenten m., transparentna f., transparentno n. Spanish: transparente (es)

obvious

Chinese: Mandarin: 明顯 (zh), 明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn) Czech: zřejmý (cs), zřetelný (cs) Danish: åbenbar (da), klar (da), oplagt (da) Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi) French: transparent (fr) Galician: transparente (gl) German: erkennbar (de) Hebrew: גְּלוּי (he) (galúi) Irish: follasach (ga), trédhearcach (ga)

Japanese: 明らか (ja) (akiraka) Norwegian: opplagt (no), åpenbar (no) Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl) Romanian: clar (ro) m. and n., evident (ro) m. and n., limpede (ro) m. and n., vădit (ro) m. and n. Russian: прозрачный (ru) (prozráčnyj), ясный (ru) (jásnyj), очевидный (ru) (očevídnyj) Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir (gd) Spanish: transparente (es) Swedish: uppenbar (sv), tydlig (sv) Volapük: klülabik (vo)

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Albanian: tejdukshëm Arabic: شَفّاف (sháffaf), هَفّاف (háffaf) Azeri: şəffaf Serbo-Croatian: providan Bulgarian: прозрачен (prozračen) Mandarin: 透光 (tòu guāng) Serbo-Croatian: providan Dutch: transparant, doorzichtig Esperanto: malkaŝema Estonian: läbipaistev French: transparent Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamčvirvale) Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdaršak) Hindi: निर्मल (nirmala), स्वच्छ (svaćča), पारदर्शी (pārdaršī), प्रकाशबेदा (prakāšābedā) Hungarian: nyílt Indonesian: transparan Italian: trasparente

Korean: 투명한 (tumyeonghan) Lithuanian: skaidrus Mongolian: тунгалаг (tungalag) Persian: شفاف Portuguese: transparente Romanian: transparent Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: провидан Roman: providan, prozirno, progledno Slovak: čistý Spanish: transparente Swahili: anga Tagalog: nanganganinag, linaw, tagusang liwanag(light) o sinag(rays). water is clear-malinaw ang tubig, the sun rays penetrate the clear sky- Tagus ang sinag ng araw sa malinis na kalangitan/himpapawid. the direct tagalog equivalent is tagus/tagusan (penetration) Telugu: పారదర్శకమైన (paaradarSakamaina) Thai: ที่มองผ่านได้ง่าย ( têe mong pàan dâai ngâai) Turkish: şeffaf Ukrainian: прозорий (prozóryj) Uyghur: süzük Vietnamese: trong suốt Welsh: tryloyw

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

transparent m. and f. (plural transparents)

1. transparent

Antonyms

• opac

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Czech

Noun

transparent m.

1. banner or placard

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Danish

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent

Noun

transparent c. n. (singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)

1. banner
2. transparency, overhead

Synonyms

• (banner): banner n.
• (transparency): overhead c.

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French

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin transparens.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃/

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Adjective

transparent m. (f. transparente, m. plural transparents, f. plural transparentes)

1. transparent; see-through

   Le verre est transparent.

2. clear

   Un ciel (air, lumière, etc.) transparent.

3. transparent, easy to understand

   une allusion transparente.

4. unnoticed

   j'étais transparent à ses regards.

5. (figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything

   Notre comptabilité est transparente.

6. (linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages

   un mot transparent.

Antonyms

• (linguistics): faux-ami

Related terms

• transparence

Noun

transparent m. (plural transparents)

1. paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight

   Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.

2. (obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)

   Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.

3. plastic film used to show images with an overhead

   La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.

References

• "transparent" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent

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Latin

Verb

trānspārent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of trānspāreō

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Norwegian

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent Template:glossquality of a material

Inflection

    Inflection of transparent

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	transparent	transparente	Comparative	mer transparent	Superlative	mest transparent
	Feminine singular	transparent	transparente
	Neuter singular	transparent	transparente
	Plural	transparente	transparente
Nynorsk		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	transparent	transparente	Comparative	meir transparent	Superlative	mest transparent
	Feminine singular	transparent	transparente
	Neuter singular	transparent	transparente
	Plural	transparente	transparente

Synonyms

• gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent

1. banner

Inflection

    Inflection of transparent

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	transparent	transparenten	transparenter	transparentene
Bokmål n	transparent	transparentet	transparent/transparenter	transparenta/transparentene
Nynorsk m	transparent	transparenten	transparentar	transparentane
Nynorsk n	transparent	transparentet	transparent	transparenta [transparenti]

Synonyms

• (banner): banner

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /trãsˈparɛnt/

Noun

transparent m.

1. banner

Declension

    declension of transparent

	singular	plural
nominative	transparent	transparenty
genitive	transparentu	transparentów
dative	transparentowi	transparentom
accusative	transparent	transparenty
instrumental	transparentem	transparentami
locative	transparencie	transparentach
vocative	transparencie	transparenty