transcendent

English

Etymology

From transcend +‎ -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)

1. Surpassing usual limits.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

     In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent.

   • 2020 June 13, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 January 2024:

     "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there."

2. Supreme in excellence.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters Restored”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 218:

     Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.

3. Beyond the range of usual perception.
4. Free from constraints of the material world.

Derived terms

• hypertranscendent
• nontranscendent
• supertranscendent
• transcendentness

Related terms

• transcendence
• transcendency
• transcendental
• transcendently

Translations

free from constraints of the material world

• Esperanto: transcenda
• Irish: tarchéimnitheach
• Japanese: 超越的 (ちょうえつてき, chouetsuteki)

Noun

transcendent (plural transcendents)

1. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānscendēns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtrɑn.sɛnˈdɛnt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: trans‧cen‧dent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Adjective

transcendent (not comparable)

1. (mathematics) transcendental, not algebraic

Declension

Declension of transcendent
uninflected	transcendent
inflected	transcendente
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		transcendent
indefinite	m./f. sing.	transcendente
	n. sing.	transcendent
	plural	transcendente
definite		transcendente
partitive		transcendents

Descendants

• → Indonesian: transenden, transendens

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/

Verb

transcendent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of transcender

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [trãːˈskɛn.dɛnt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [tran̠ʲˈʃɛn.dent]

Verb

trānscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of trānscendō

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Proto-Indo-European *skend-der.

Proto-Italic *skandō

Latin scandō

Latin trānscendō

Latin transcendens

French transcendantbor.

Romanian transcendent

Borrowed from French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.

Adjective

transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendentă, masculine plural transcendenți, feminine/neuter plural transcendente)

1. transcendent

Declension

Declension of transcendent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	transcendent		transcendentă	transcendenți	transcendente
	definite	transcendentul		transcendenta	transcendenții	transcendentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	transcendent		transcendente	transcendenți	transcendente
	definite	transcendentului		transcendentei	transcendenților	transcendentelor