tran

See also: Tran, trán, trần, Trần, trăn, trận, trấn, tràn, trân, Trân, and trän

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) a back-formation from trans mistaking it for a plural noun.

Noun

tran (plural trans)

1. (informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:tran.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

tran (plural trans)

1. Clipping of transmission.

Anagrams

• ar'n't, Tarn, tarn, natr-, tRNA, arn't, trna, rant, /rant

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʈan]

Verb

tran

1. to plant

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German trān, of Old Saxon verb trahan. Akin to German Träne (“tear”) and Tran (“whale oil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɑːn/

Noun

tran f or m (definite singular (feminine) trana or (masculine) tranen)

1. (chiefly uncountable) cod liver oil

See also

• lyse

References

• “tran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *trahnu (“tear”).

Noun

trān m

1. tear (in the eye)

Inflection

Declension of trān (masculine u-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	trān	trāni
accusative	trān	trāni
genitive	trānis	trāno
dative	trāni	trānon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: trâen
  • Dutch: traan
    • Afrikaans: traan
    • Negerhollands: traan
    • → West Frisian: traan (“fish oil”)
  • Limburgish: traon

References

• “trān”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Polish

tran

Etymology

Borrowed from German Tran.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tran
• Homophone: Tran

Noun

tran m inan (related adjective tranowy)

1. (usually in the singular) fish oil (oil derived from the tissues of oily fish; especially: a dietary supplement made therefrom, manufactured and sold in liquid, capsule, and tablet forms)

Declension

Declension of tran

	singular	plural
nominative	tran	trany
genitive	tranu	tranów
dative	tranowi	tranom
accusative	tran	trany
instrumental	tranem	tranami
locative	tranie	tranach
vocative	tranie	trany

Further reading

• “tran”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “tran”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• tran in PWN's encyclopedia