transpire
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See also transpiré
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the French transpirer, to perspire, from Latin transpirare, to breathe through, from trans, across + spirare, to breathe
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
transpire (third-person singular simple present transpires, present participle transpiring, simple past and past participle transpired)
- To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
- (botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
- To become known. [from 18th c.]
- (loosely) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:
- Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:
Synonyms [edit]
- (become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light
- (happen): come about, come to pass, occur
- (perspire): perspire, sweat
Translations [edit]
obsolete: to perspire — see perspire
botany: to give off water and waste products through the stomata
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to happen, take place — see happen
Derived terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
transpire
- first-person singular present indicative of transpirer
- third-person singular present indicative of transpirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirer
- second-person singular imperative of transpirer
Anagrams [edit]
Galician [edit]
Verb [edit]
transpire
- first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
transpire (infinitive transpirar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transpirar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of transpirar.
Categories:
- English verbs
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Botany
- en:Liquids
- French verb forms
- Galician verb forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
