transmute

See also: transmuté

English

Etymology

From Latin trānsmūtāre, from trans + mūtāre.

Verb

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

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

   Synonym: alchemise

   The alchemists tried to transmute base metals to gold.

   Did the base metals transmute to gold?

Related terms

• transmutability
• transmutable
• transmutant
• transmutate
• transmutation

Translations

to convert one thing into another

• Bulgarian: превръщам (bg) (prevrǎštam)
• Catalan: transmutar (ca)
• Dutch: omvormen (nl)
• Finnish: muuttaa (fi) (transitive), muuttua (fi) (intransitive)
• French: transmuer (fr)
• German: verwandeln (de), umwandeln (de)

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

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: transmutent, transmutes

Verb

transmute

1. inflection of transmuter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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