transpire

See also: transpiré

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French transpirer, from Medieval Latin transpirare (“to breathe through”), from Latin trans (“across”) spirare (“to breathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /tɹænˈspaɪ̯ɚ/

• Audio (US):

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Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.). [from 16th c.]
2. (obsolete, intransitive) To perspire. [17th-19th c.]
3. (botany, intransitive) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata. [from 17th c.]
4. (intransitive) To become known; to escape from secrecy. [from 18th c.]

   It eventually transpired that the murder victim had been a notorious blackmailer.

   • De Quincey

     The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.

   • 1839, Edmund Burke, The Annual Register of World Events:

     Hubert then recommends M. Leproux to be punctual to meet him at the rendezvous agreed on between them, where a third individual, whose name did not transpire, was to join them.

5. (loosely, intransitive) To happen, take place. [from 18th c.]
   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 166:

     Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired.

Synonyms

• (become known): be revealed, be discovered, come to light
• (happen): come about, come to pass, occur; See also Thesaurus:happen
• (perspire): perspire, sweat

Derived terms

• transpiration

Translations

to give off

• Catalan: transpirar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 散发 (zh)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: erittää (fi), huokua
• French: transpirer (fr)
• Hungarian: kiad (hu), kibocsát (hu), áraszt (hu)

obsolete: to perspire — see perspire

botany: to give off water and waste products through the stomata

• Catalan: transpirar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蒸腾 (zh) (zhēngténg)

• Finnish: haihduttaa
• French: transpirer (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: transpirar (gl)
• Hungarian: kipárologtat, kigőzölögtet
• Maori: tukuwai
• Vietnamese: thoát hơi nước

to become known

• Catalan: transpirar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泄露 (zh) (xièlù)

• Finnish: käydä ilmi, tulla ilmi, tulla tietoon, paljastua (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: transpirer (fr)
• Greek: μαθεύομαι (el) (mathévomai)
• Hungarian: kiderül (hu), kitudódik (hu)

to happen, take place — see happen

Anagrams

• earprints, pretrains, terrapins

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French

Verb

transpire

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

Anagrams

• reprisant
• respirant
• sprintera

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Galician

Verb

transpire

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of transpirar

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Portuguese

Verb

transpire

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Verb

transpire

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