trans

See also: trans., trans-, and trans*

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). The gender-related sense is a clipping of transsexual or of transgender (from Latin trāns).

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.

   the trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands

2. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.
3. (colloquial) Transgender, transsexual.
4. An umbrella term that refers to all the identities, other then cisgender, that are within the gender identity spectrum.

Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes, particularly with regard to the gender-related sense. Compare trans* and and its usage notes with regards to the umbrella sense.

Derived terms

• trans fat
• (transgender, transsexual): transman / trans man; transwoman / trans woman

Related terms

• transgender
• transsexual
• transvestite

Coordinate terms

• cis

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Noun

trans

1. Abbreviation of transaction.

Anagrams

• rants
• tarns
• tRNAs

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin trans.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

trans

1. across, on the other side of
2. over

Antonyms

• cis (“on this side of”)

See also

• apud (“beside”)

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Interlingua

Preposition

trans

1. across

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Italian

Noun

trans m, f (invariable)

1. transsexual

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtraːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Preposition

trāns + accusative

1. across, beyond

Related terms

• meta (Greek)
• tra-
• transport
• transpose

Descendants

• English: trans-
• French: très
• Italian: tra-
• Portuguese: trás
• Spanish: tras

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Swedish

Noun

trans c

1. trance