transmute

See also: transmuté

English

Etymology

From Latin transmutare, from trans + mutare.

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) 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.

   Did the base metals transmute to gold?

Related terms

• transmutability
• transmutable
• transmutant
• transmutate
• transmutation

Translations

to convert one thing into another

• Catalan: transmutar (ca)
• Dutch: omvormen (nl)
• Finnish: muuttaa (fi) (transitive), muuttua (fi) (intransitive)
• French: transmuer (fr)
• German: verwandeln (de), umwandeln (de)
• Interlingue:
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 変移
• Maori: whakaahuakē
• Romanian: a transmuta
• Spanish: transmutar (es), trasladar (es); transmutarse (es), trasladarse (es)

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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.