transparent

See also: Transparent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpæɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
  • IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)sˈpɛɹənt/, /tɹænz-/
• 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) (tʻapʻancʻik)
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 透明 (ja) (とうめい, tōmei)
• Korean: 투명하다 (ko) (tumyeonghada)
• Latin: pellūcidus, speculārius
• Latvian: caurspīdīgs, caurredzams, transparents
• Macedonian: прозрачен (prozračen)
• Malay: lutsinar
• Maori: puata
• Marathi: पारदर्शक (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (svaccha), शुद्ध (śuddha)
• Norman: transpathent
• Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no)
• Occitan: transparent
• Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl)
• Portuguese: transparente (pt)
• Romanian: transparent (ro) m or 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) (tʻapʻancʻik)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: průhledný (cs) m, transparentní (cs)
• Danish: gennemskuelig
• Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
• French: transparent (fr)
• German: transparent (de)
• Hebrew: שקוף (he) (shaqúf)
• Hindi: खुला (hi) (khulā)
• Japanese: 透明 (ja) (tōmei), 可視化 (kashi ka)
• Malay: telus
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Marathi: खुले (khule)
• Norman: transpathent
• Norwegian: gjennomsynlig, gjennomskuelig
• Polish: otwarty (pl)
• Portuguese: transparente (pt)
• Romanian: transparent (ro) m or n
• Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
• Slovene: transparenten
• Spanish: transparente (es)
• Tagalog: aninagin, naaaninag

obvious

• Asturian: tresparente
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 明顯／明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn), 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 (he) (galúi)
• Irish: follasach, trédhearcach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 or n, evident (ro) m or n, limpede (ro) m or n, vădit (ro) m or 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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} tejdukshëm (sq)
• Arabic: شَفّاف (šaffāf), ^{(please verify)} هَفَّاف (haffāf)
• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} şəffaf (az)
• (deprecated template usage) Bulgarian: прозрачен (bg) (prozračen)
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} transparant (nl), ^{(please verify)} doorzichtig (nl)
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} malkaŝema
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} läbipaistev (et)
• French: ^{(please verify)} transparent (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
• (deprecated template usage) Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
• (deprecated template usage) Hindi: निर्मल (hi) (nirmal), स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), प्रकाशबेदा (prakāśbedā)
• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} nyílt (hu)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} transparan (id)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} trasparente (it)
• (deprecated template usage) Korean: 투명한 (ko) (tumyeonghan)
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} skaidrus
• (deprecated template usage) Mandarin: 透光 (zh) (tòu guāng)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Mongolian: тунгалаг (mn) (tungalag)
• Persian: ^{(please verify)} شفاف (fa)
• (deprecated template usage) Romanian: transparent
• (deprecated template usage) Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: провидан

  Roman: providan, prozirno, progledno

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} čistý
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} transparente (es)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} anga (sw)
• (deprecated template usage) 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)
• (deprecated template usage) Telugu: పారదర్శకమైన (pāradarśakamaina)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} şeffaf (tr)
• (deprecated template usage) Ukrainian: прозорий (prozoryj)
• 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural transparents)

1. transparent

Antonyms

• opac

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Czech

Noun

1. banner or placard

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Danish

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent

Noun

transparent c or 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 transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

1. transparent; see-through

   Le verre est transparent.

   The glass is transparent.

2. translucid; allowing light to pass through

   Le voile est transparent.

   The veil is translucid.

3. clear

   un ciel transparent — a clear sky

   une lumière transparente — a clear light

4. transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous

   une allusion transparente — an unambiguous allusion

5. unnoticed; invisible

   J'étais transparent à ses regards.

   I was invisible to him/her.

6. (figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything

   Notre comptabilité est transparente.

   Our accounting is transparent.

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

   un mot transparent — an international word

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

• “transparent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Etymology

18th century, from French transparent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʁanspaˈʁɛnt/

• Audio:

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Adjective

transparent (comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)

1. translucent (allowing light to pass through)

   Synonym: lichtdurchlässig

2. (less common) fully transparent; see-through

   Synonym: durchsichtig

3. (figurative) transparent

   Synonyms: durchschaubar, nachvollziehbar

Derived terms

• Transparent
• Transparentpapier
• Transparenz

Further reading

• “transparent” in Duden online

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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 or 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