transmute

See also: transmuté

English

Etymology

• From Latin transmutare, from trans + mutare.

Verb

transmute (third-person singular simple present transmutes, present participle transmuting, simple past and past participle transmuted)

1. (transitive) To change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another.

   The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.

2. (intransitive) To change, transform or convert to another, or from one state or form to another.

   Did the base metals transmute to gold?

Translations

to convert one thing into another

• Catalan: transmutar (ca)
• Finnish: muuttaa (fi) (transitive), muuttua (fi) (intransitive)
• French: transmuer (fr)
• Interlingue: transmutar

• Japanese: 変移
• Maori: whakaahuakē
• Romanian: a transmuta
• Spanish: transmutar (es), trasladar (es); transmutarse (es), trasladarse (es)

Related terms

• transmutability
• transmutable
• transmutant
• transmutate
• transmutation

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: transmutent, transmutes

Verb

transmute

1. first-person singular present indicative of transmuter
2. third-person singular present indicative of transmuter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of transmuter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of transmuter
5. second-person singular imperative of transmuter

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Portuguese

Verb

transmute

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of transmutar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of transmutar
3. third-person singular imperative of transmutar

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Spanish

Verb

transmute

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of transmutar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of transmutar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of transmutar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of transmutar.