trans

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

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹanz/
• Rhymes: -ænz

Etymology 1

From Latin trāns (“on the other side of”).

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.

Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes.

Derived terms

• trans fat

Coordinate terms

• cis

Verb

trans (third-person singular simple present transes, present participle transing, simple past and past participle transed)

1. (rare, transitive, social sciences) To cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or something in that vein).
   • 2012, Trystan Cotten, Transgender Migrations: The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition (ISBN 113666744X):

     […] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.

   • 2012, Finn Enke, Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies (ISBN 143990748X), pages 4 and 20:

     Although they did so in sometimes very different ways and in different communities, transsexuals, drag queens, butch lesbians, cross-dressers, feminine men, and masculine women all in some senses crossed, or transed, gender[.] […] People who trans gender as well as people who do not may receive cis-privileges, and people who do not intentionally trans gender as well as people who do are denied cis-privileges if they fail to pass (or pass enough) in the sex/gender they are expected to be.

Etymology 2

Clipping of transgender or of transsexual (ultimately from Latin trāns).

Adjective

trans (not comparable)

1. Transgender (or sometimes transsexual).
   • 2018, Shon Faye, The Guardian, 30 May:

     Last week, a study released in Belgium suggested that trans people’s brains – including those of trans children – more closely matched those belonging to other members of the gender they identified with than with members of the gender associated with their sex at birth.

2. Alternative form of trans*

Usage notes

Compare trans- and its usage notes; see also trans*.

Derived terms

• trans man; trans woman; trans person
• transness

Related terms

• transgender
• transsexual
• transvestite

Translations

transgender

• Bulgarian: транс (bg) (trans)

• French: trans (fr)

See also

• LGBTQ2
• LGBTQI
• LGBTQ
• LGBT
• non-binary

Etymology 3

Abbreviation.

Noun

trans

1. Abbreviation of transaction.

Anagrams

• rants, starn, tRNAs, 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”)
• maltrans (“on this side of”)

See also

• apud (“beside”)

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French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Etymology 1

Adjective

trans (invariable)

1. (chemistry) trans

Etymology 2

Noun

trans m, f (plural trans)

1. transsexual

Adjective

trans (invariable)

1. transsexual

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto trans, from Latin trans. Not to be confused with the paronym tra.

Preposition

trans

1. on the other side of, beyond, across

   Il pasas trans la rivero per ponto.

   He goes across the river by bridge.

Derived terms

• transe (“beyond”)
• transajo (“object on the other side”)
• trans-

Synonyms

• dop (“behind, after”)

Antonyms

• cis (“on this side of”)

Paronyms

• tra (“through”)

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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): /trans/, [trãːs]
• Rhymes: -ãːs

Preposition

trāns (+ accusative)

1. across, beyond

Derived terms

• trānstrum

Descendants

• Aromanian: trã
• English: trans-
• French: très ; tré- (tres- before s)
• Italian: tra-
• Picard: ter-
• Portuguese: trás
• Spanish: tras

See also

• meta (Greek)

References

• trans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• trans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• trans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• trans in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Adjective

trans (plural, comparable)

1. Short for transexual.
2. Short for transgênero.

Noun

trans m, f (plural trans)

1. Short for transexual.
2. Short for transgênero.

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Spanish

Adjective

trans (plural trans)

1. transgender, trans
   • 2015 July 30, ““Tengo miedo constantemente””, in El País‎^[2]:

     Internacionalmente, presentan al país como perfecto cumplidor en cuanto a la protección de los derechos humanos de la población LGBTI. Hablan de la recientemente creada línea de atención y de la contratación de mujeres trans en organismos públicos.

Synonyms

• transexual

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Swedish

Noun

trans c

1. trance