transversal

English

Etymology

From Middle French transversal, from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈvɜːsəl/, /tɹænz-/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈvɝsəl/, /tɹænz-/

Adjective

transversal (comparative more transversal, superlative most transversal)

1. Running or lying across; transverse.

   a transversal line

2. Exhibiting or pertaining to transversality; connecting heterogeneous elements (fields, kinds of people, etc).
   • 2017, Barbara Molony, Jennifer Nelson, Women’s Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 189:

     This kind of politics acknowledges what Yuval-Davis characterizes as transversal feminism which, much like the second wave feminist standpoint theory, “aims to be an alternative to the universalism/relativism dichotomy […] "

   • 2018, Catherine Eschle, Global Democracy, Social Movements, And Feminism, Routledge, →ISBN:

     First, transversal feminist activism rests on an understanding of structures and relations of power as pervasive,  […]

Noun

transversal (plural transversals)

1. A line which traverses or intersects any system of other lines transversely.
   1. (geometry) A line intersecting a pair of parallel lines.
      • 2012, G. E. Martin, The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane, page 357:

        Let l and m be two hyperparallel lines. All the transversals to l and m that form congruent corresponding angles with l and m lie in a pencil.

2. (mathematics) A set containing one member from each of a collection of disjoint sets.

Translations

a line which traverses or intersects

• Bulgarian: пресечна линия f (presečna linija)
• Finnish: transversaalinen
• French: transversal (fr)
• Galician: transversal f
• Latvian: šķērss, šķērsenisks, šķērsenisks
• Maori: rārangi whakawhiti
• Portuguese: transversal (pt)

Related terms

• transverse

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus (whence transverse and travers).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.vɛʁ.sal/

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

transversal (feminine transversale, masculine plural transversaux, feminine plural transversales)

1. transversal

   barre transversale ― crossbar

2. cross-sectional

   Coordinate term: longitudinal

Derived terms

• transversalement

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Adjective

transversal m or f (plural transversais)

1. transverse

Noun

transversal f (plural transversais)

1. (geometry) a transversal

German

Etymology

From Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁansvɛʁˈzaːl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

transversal (strong nominative masculine singular transversaler, not comparable)

1. transversal

Declension

Positive forms of transversal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist transversal	sie ist transversal	es ist transversal	sie sind transversal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transversaler	transversale	transversales	transversale
	genitive	transversalen	transversaler	transversalen	transversaler
	dative	transversalem	transversaler	transversalem	transversalen
	accusative	transversalen	transversale	transversales	transversale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transversale	die transversale	das transversale	die transversalen
	genitive	des transversalen	der transversalen	des transversalen	der transversalen
	dative	dem transversalen	der transversalen	dem transversalen	den transversalen
	accusative	den transversalen	die transversale	das transversale	die transversalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transversaler	eine transversale	ein transversales	(keine) transversalen
	genitive	eines transversalen	einer transversalen	eines transversalen	(keiner) transversalen
	dative	einem transversalen	einer transversalen	einem transversalen	(keinen) transversalen
	accusative	einen transversalen	eine transversale	ein transversales	(keine) transversalen

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsversālis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veʁˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.vehˈsaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veʁˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.vehˈsaʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veɾˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.veɾˈsaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.veʁˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.veχˈsaʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.veɻˈsaw/ [tɾɐ̃z.veɻˈsaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsal/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsal/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.bɨɾˈsal/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.βɨɾˈsaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.vɨɾˈsa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazi) -aw
• Hyphenation: trans‧ver‧sal

Adjective

transversal m or f (plural transversais)

1. transversal (running or lying across)

   Synonyms: cruzado, atravessado

Noun

transversal f (plural transversais)

1. a transversal line

Noun

transversal m (plural transversais)

1. (anatomy) transverse muscle

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transversal.

Adjective

transversal m or n (feminine singular transversală, masculine plural transversali, feminine and neuter plural transversale)

1. transverse

Declension

Declension of transversal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transversal		transversală	transversali	transversale
	definite	transversalul		transversala	transversalii	transversalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transversal		transversale	transversali	transversale
	definite	transversalului		transversalei	transversalilor	transversalelor

Spanish

Alternative forms

• trasversal

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānsversālis, from Latin trānsversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansbeɾˈsal/ [t̪ɾãnz.β̞eɾˈsal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: trans‧ver‧sal

Adjective

transversal m or f (masculine and feminine plural transversales)

1. transversal

   Synonyms: atravesado, de través

   acuerdos transversales ― cross-cutting agreements

Derived terms

• sección transversal
• transversalidad
• transversalmente

 

Noun

transversal f (plural transversales)

1. transversal

Further reading

• “transversal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014