transparent

See also: Transparent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans- + pareō.

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpɛɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹænzˈpæɹənt/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

transparent (comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)

1. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

   The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.

   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man, chapter 19,

     "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."

2. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
3. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

   His reasons for the decision were transparent.

4. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.

Usage notes

• (see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

Synonyms

• (see-through, clear): see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid
• (obvious): apparent, clear, obvious

Antonyms

• (see-through, clear): opaque
• (obvious): obscure, opaque
• nontransparent
• non-transparent

Coordinate terms

• translucent

Derived terms

• transparently

Related terms

• transparency
• transparently
• transparentness

Translations

see-through, clear

• Albanian: tejdukshëm (sq)
• Arabic: شَفَّاف‎ (šaffāf)
• Armenian: թափանցիկ (hy) (tʿapʿancʿik)
• Asturian: tresparente
• Belarusian: празры́сты (prazrýsty)
• Bulgarian: прозра́чен (bg) (prozráčen)
• Catalan: transparent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 透明 (zh) (tòumíng)

• Czech: průhledný (cs) m
• Danish: transparent, gennemsigtig (da), klar (da)
• Dutch: doorzichtig (nl), transparant (nl)
• Esperanto: travidebla
• Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
• French: transparent (fr)
• Galician: transparente
• Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
• German: durchsichtig (de), transparent (de)
• Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís)

  Ancient: διαφανής (diaphanḗs)

• Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
• Hebrew: שָׁקוּף‎ (he) (shakúf)
• Hindi: पारदर्शक (hi) (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), शुद्ध (hi) (śuddh)
• Hungarian: átlátszó (hu)
• Icelandic: gagnsær, gegnsær (is)
• Indonesian: tembus pandang (id), bening (id)
• Irish: gléineach, trédhearcach

• Italian: trasparente (it)
• Japanese: 透明 (ja) (とうめい, tōmei)
• Korean: 투명하다 (ko) (tumyeonghada)
• Latin: speculārius
• Latvian: caurspīdīgs, caurredzams, transparents
• Macedonian: прозрачен (prozračen)
• Malay: lutsinar
• Maori: puata
• Marathi: पारदर्शक (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (svacch), शुद्ध (śuddh)
• Norman: transpathent
• Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no)
• Occitan: transparent
• Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl)
• Portuguese: transparente (pt)
• Romanian: transparent (ro) m, n, străveziu (ro)
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir, so-lèirsinneach
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прозиран

  Roman: proziran (sh)

• Slovak: priehľadný
• Slovene: prozoren, prosojen
• Spanish: transparente (es)
• Swedish: transparent (sv), genomskinlig (sv)
• Thai: ใส (th) (sǎi), โปร่งใส (bpròong-sǎi)
• Ukrainian: прозо́рий (prozóryj)
• Volapük: dulogamovik (vo)
• Welsh: tryloyw (cy)

open, publicly visible

• Armenian: թափանցիկ (hy) (tʿapʿancʿik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公開 (zh), 公开 (zh) (gōngkāi)

• Czech: průhledný (cs) m
• Danish: gennemskuelig
• Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
• French: transparent (fr)
• German: transparent (de)
• Hebrew: שקוף‎ (he) (shaqúf)
• Hindi: खुला (hi) (khulā)
• Japanese: 透明 (ja) (tōmē), 可視化 (kashi ka)
• Malay: telus

• Marathi: खुले (khule)
• Norman: transpathent
• Norwegian: gjennomsynlig, gjennomskuelig
• Polish: otwarty (pl)
• Portuguese: transparente (pt)
• Romanian: transparent (ro) m, n
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
• Slovene: transparenten
• Spanish: transparente (es)
• Tagalog: aninagin, naaaninag

obvious

• Asturian: tresparente
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明顯 (zh), 明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn)

• Czech: zřejmý (cs), zřetelný (cs)
• Danish: åbenbar, klar (da), oplagt
• Esperanto: malkaŝema
• Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi)
• French: transparent (fr)
• Galician: transparente
• German: erkennbar (de)
• Hebrew: גְּלוּי‎ (galúi)
• Irish: follasach, trédhearcach

• Japanese: 明らか (ja) (akiraka)
• Norman: transpathent
• Norwegian: opplagt, åpenbar (no)
• Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl)
• Portuguese: transparente (pt), óbvio (pt), claro (pt)
• Romanian: clar (ro) m, n, evident (ro) m, n, limpede (ro) m, n, vădit (ro) m, n
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj), я́сный (ru) (jásnyj), очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
• Spanish: transparente (es)
• Swedish: uppenbar (sv), tydlig (sv)
• Volapük: klülabik (vo)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} tejdukshëm (sq)
• Arabic: شَفّاف‎ (šaffāf) (sháffaf), ^{(please verify)} هَفَّاف‎ (haffāf)
• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} şəffaf (az)
• Bulgarian: прозрачен (prozračen)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} transparant (nl), ^{(please verify)} doorzichtig (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malkaŝema
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} läbipaistev (et)
• French: ^{(please verify)} transparent (fr)
• Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamčvirvale)
• Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdaršak)
• Hindi: निर्मल (nirmala), स्वच्छ (svaćča), पारदर्शी (pārdaršī), प्रकाशबेदा (prakāšābedā)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nyílt (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} transparan (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasparente (it)
• Korean: 투명한 (tumyeonghan)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} skaidrus
• Mandarin: 透光 (tòu guāng)
• Mongolian: тунгалаг (tungalag)

• Persian: ^{(please verify)} شفاف‎ (fa)
• Romanian: transparent
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: провидан

  Roman: providan, prozirno, progledno

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} čistý
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transparente (es)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} anga (sw)
• Tagalog: nanganganinag, linaw, tagusang liwanag(light) o sinag(rays). water is clear-malinaw ang tubig, the sun rays penetrate the clear sky- Tagus ang sinag ng araw sa malinis na kalangitan/himpapawid. the direct tagalog equivalent is tagus/tagusan (penetration)
• Telugu: పారదర్శకమైన (paaradarSakamaina)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şeffaf (tr)
• Ukrainian: прозорий (prozóryj)
• Uyghur: ^{(please verify)} süzük
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} trong suốt (vi)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} tryloyw (cy)

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans- + pareō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

transparent (masculine and feminine plural transparents)

1. transparent

Antonyms

• opac

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Czech

Noun

transparent m

1. banner or placard

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Danish

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent

Noun

transparent c, n (singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)

1. banner
2. transparency, overhead

Synonyms

• (banner): banner n
• (transparency): overhead c

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans- + pareō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃/

• audio

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Adjective

transparent (feminine singular transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

1. transparent; see-through

   Le verre est transparent.

2. clear

   Un ciel (air, lumière, etc.) transparent.

3. transparent, easy to understand

   une allusion transparente.

4. unnoticed

   j'étais transparent à ses regards.

5. (figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything

   Notre comptabilité est transparente.

6. (linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages

   un mot transparent.

Antonyms

• (linguistics): faux-ami

Related terms

• transparence

Noun

transparent m (plural transparents)

1. paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight

   Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.

2. (obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)

   Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.

3. plastic film used to show images with an overhead

   La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.

References

• “transparent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “transparent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt/

• Audio

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Adjective

transparent (comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)

1. translucent (allowing light to pass through)
2. (less common) fully transparent; see-through
3. (figuratively) transparent

Declension

Positive forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparent	sie ist transparent	es ist transparent	sie sind transparent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenter	transparente	transparentes	transparente
	genitive	transparenten	transparenter	transparenten	transparenter
	dative	transparentem	transparenter	transparentem	transparenten
	accusative	transparenten	transparente	transparentes	transparente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparente	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
	genitive	des transparenten	der transparenten	des transparenten	der transparenten
	dative	dem transparenten	der transparenten	dem transparenten	den transparenten
	accusative	den transparenten	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenter	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten
	genitive	eines transparenten	einer transparenten	eines transparenten	(keiner) transparenten
	dative	einem transparenten	einer transparenten	einem transparenten	(keinen) transparenten
	accusative	einen transparenten	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten

Comparative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparenter	sie ist transparenter	es ist transparenter	sie sind transparenter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenterer	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
	genitive	transparenteren	transparenterer	transparenteren	transparenterer
	dative	transparenterem	transparenterer	transparenterem	transparenteren
	accusative	transparenteren	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparentere	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
	genitive	des transparenteren	der transparenteren	des transparenteren	der transparenteren
	dative	dem transparenteren	der transparenteren	dem transparenteren	den transparenteren
	accusative	den transparenteren	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenterer	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren
	genitive	eines transparenteren	einer transparenteren	eines transparenteren	(keiner) transparenteren
	dative	einem transparenteren	einer transparenteren	einem transparenteren	(keinen) transparenteren
	accusative	einen transparenteren	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren

Superlative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am transparentesten	sie ist am transparentesten	es ist am transparentesten	sie sind am transparentesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparentester	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
	genitive	transparentesten	transparentester	transparentesten	transparentester
	dative	transparentestem	transparentester	transparentestem	transparentesten
	accusative	transparentesten	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparenteste	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
	genitive	des transparentesten	der transparentesten	des transparentesten	der transparentesten
	dative	dem transparentesten	der transparentesten	dem transparentesten	den transparentesten
	accusative	den transparentesten	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparentester	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten
	genitive	eines transparentesten	einer transparentesten	eines transparentesten	(keiner) transparentesten
	dative	einem transparentesten	einer transparentesten	einem transparentesten	(keinen) transparentesten
	accusative	einen transparentesten	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten

Synonyms

• (translucent): lichtdurchlässig
• (see-through): durchsichtig
• (figuratively): durchschaubar; nachvollziehbar

Further reading

• transparent in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

trānspārent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of trānspāreō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente, comparative mer transparent, superlative mest transparent)

1. transparent (quality of a material)

Synonyms

• gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparenter, definite plural transparentene)
transparent n (definite singular transparentet, indefinite plural transparent or transparenter, definite plural transparenta or transparentene)

1. a banner
2. a transparency (for use with a projector)

Synonyms

• (banner): banner

References

• “transparent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente, comparative meir transparent, superlative mest transparent)

1. transparent (quality of a material)

Synonyms

• gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparentar, definite plural transparentane)
transparent n (definite singular transparentet, indefinite plural transparent, definite plural transparenta)

1. a banner
2. a transparency (for use with a projector)

Synonyms

• (banner): banner

References

• “transparent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tranˈspa.rɛnt/

• Audio

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Noun

transparent m inan

1. banner

Declension

declension of transparent

	singular	plural
nominative	transparent	transparenty
genitive	transparentu	transparentów
dative	transparentowi	transparentom
accusative	transparent	transparenty
instrumental	transparentem	transparentami
locative	transparencie	transparentach
vocative	transparencie	transparenty

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transparent, Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans- + pareō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtran.spaˈrent/

Adjective

transparent m, n (feminine singular transparentă, masculine plural transparenți, feminine and neuter plural transparente)

1. transparent

Declension

declension of transparent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transparent		transparentă	transparenți	transparente
	definite	transparentul		transparenta	transparenții	transparentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transparent		transparente	transparenți	transparente
	definite	transparentului		transparentei	transparenților	transparentelor

Related terms

• transparență
• transpărea

See also

• translucid
• străveziu
• clar
• limpede