trans

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænz/

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• Rhymes: -ænz
• Hyphenation: trans

Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.

trans (not comparable)

1. (physical chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond.

   Antonym: cis

   • 1973, Kert F. Ivie, The Effect of Peroxidase on Model Systems of Lipoxidase and Linoleic Acid, page 10:

     A series of one electron shifts in this complex establish a new trans double bond at carbon ll which transfers the hydrogen to oxygen, forming the hydroperoxide and liberating the enzyme.

   • 2015, William P Edwards, The Science of Bakery Products, Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, page 26:

     A cis double bond is one where the hydrogen atoms are both on the same side. In contrast, a trans double bond has them on the opposite side.

2. (physical chemistry) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom.

   Antonym: cis

   The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.

3. (cytology) Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

   Antonym: cis

Compare trans- and its usage notes.

Clipping of transgender or transsexual.

trans (not comparable)

2. Transgender or transsexual.
   • Wiktionary:Guardian
   • 2024 October 21, Devan Cole, “ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The community also has faced political setbacks in recent years as states passed a flurry of laws, including health care bans like the one at issue in the case and measures that prohibit trans students from participating on sports teams that are consistent with their gender identity.

3. Alternative form of trans*.

Compare trans- and its usage notes; see also trans*.

trans (plural transes)

1. (informal, sometimes offensive or humorous) A trans person.
   • 2001 November 23, D a#344, “TS out and proud compensation for passabilty?”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet):

     Good thing about Thanksgiving with the transes is you don;t need to explain your need to dialate in the middle of a movie. ; ) Dana a#344.

trans (third-person singular simple present transes, present participle transing, simple past and past participle transed)

1. (transitive, social sciences or humorous) To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar).
   • 2012, Trystan Cotten, Transgender Migrations: The Bodies, Borders, and Politics of Transition, →ISBN:

     […] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.

   • 2012, Finn Enke, Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, →ISBN, pages 4 and 20:

     Although they did so in sometimes very different ways and in different communities, transsexuals, drag queens, butch lesbians, cross-dressers, feminine men, and masculine women all in some senses crossed, or transed, gender[.] […] People who trans gender as well as people who do not may receive cis-privileges, and people who do not intentionally trans gender as well as people who do are denied cis-privileges if they fail to pass (or pass enough) in the sex/gender they are expected to be.

2. (transitive, Internet slang, offensive or humorous) To render (someone) transgender.

   Doctors accused of transing kids.

3. (intransitive, Internet slang, offensive or humorous) To become transgender.
   • 2023 January 5, @WingsScotland [Wings Over Scotland], Twitter‎^[2] (post):

     They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.

• LGBT, LGBTQ
• non-binary

Clippings.

trans (plural transes)

1. Clipping of transaction.
2. Clipping of transmission.
   • 1998 May 14, Gary S. Callison, “Trans change (was: Something I just deleted and forgot)”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet):

     Most of the transes I've seen die started out by losing a gear, usually the high one. If this happens to you, first check the trans fluid level, *then* panic.

   • 2005 September 13, Richard, Re: Valvoline Transmission Fluid ATF+3 Chrysler Approved?, rec.autos.makers.chrysler, Usenet, quoting another user:

     If there really had been a difference and the transes were so forgiving as to be able to tolerate it, then cheaper alternatives like Lubeguard and […]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

trans

1. plural of tran

• trans in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “trans”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “trans”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Ranst, ranst, rants, snart, starn, tRNAs, tarns, trnas

• tran

Clipping of English transfer.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰɹaːns²²/

trans

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) to transfer

   trans科 [Hong Kong Cantonese]  ―  chrans⁶ fo¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to transfer a division/branch [of study]

   • 2021, “無光朔夜裏走過的路”, in 學苑‎^[3], 二零二一年第一回 [Volume 1, 2021], 《渡》, page 35:

     羅本來修讀通識教育，經「trans科（即轉換主修科目）」後，今年是政政系一年級生。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     罗本来修读通识教育，经「trans科（即转换主修科目）」后，今年是政政系一年级生。 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     lo⁴ bun² loi⁴ sau¹ duk⁶ tung¹ sik¹ gaau³ juk⁶, ging¹ “chraans⁶ fo¹ (zik¹ zyun³ wun⁶ zyu² sau¹ fo¹ muk⁶)” hau⁶, gam¹ nin⁴ si⁶ zing³ zing³ hai⁶ jat¹ nin⁴ kap¹ sang¹. [Jyutping]

     Law originally majored in liberal studies. After transferring, he is a year one student in government and public administration this year.

English trans.

trans

1. trans; transgender

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrans]

trans m inan

1. trance

Derived from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of tra.

• IPA^(key): /trans/

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• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trans

trans

1. across, on the other side of
2. over

• cis (“on this side of”)
• maltrans (“on this side of”)

• apud (“beside”)

• “trans”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “trans”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Learned borrowing from English trans, a clipping of English transgender.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑns/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑns
• Syllabification^(key): trans
• Hyphenation^(key): trans

trans (not comparable)

1. trans, transgender

   Synonyms: transsukupuolinen, (dated) transseksuaalinen

The adjective is mostly used predicatively. When an attribute, it is usually prefixed, so that *trans mies becomes transmies (“transman”).

Indeclinable.

• transseksuaali
• transu

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s/

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• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Learned borrowing from Latin trāns. Doublet of très.

trans (invariable)

1. (chemistry) trans

• trans-

trans (invariable)

1. trans (transgender or transsexual)

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

1. trans (transgender or transsexual)

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

From English trans. Within German, analyzable as a shortening of transgender, transident or transgeschlechtlich.

• IPA^(key): /tʁans/

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trans (indeclinable)

1. (slang) trans, transgender

   Synonyms: transgender, transgeschlechtlich, transident

   Antonym: cis

   trans Person ― trans person

   • 2022 September 6, Emma Rotermund, “Demo gegen Queerfeindlichkeit: Angriff auf trans Frau verstört”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[4], →ISSN:

     Viel Potenzial für Verbesserung der Situation für trans Personen sieht sie*­er unter den gegebenen Verhältnissen nicht: „Es ist nicht möglich, Transfeindlichkeit in diesem System auszulöschen. Das System muss beseitigt werden.“

     They do not see much potential for improving the situation for trans people under the current circumstances: “It is not possible to eradicate transphobia in this system. The system must be eliminated.”

• The adjective is usually treated as invariable, thus neither declined forms nor comparation forms are used.
• Compare usage notes at English trans- for usage of a standalone adjective trans vs. a prefix trans-.

Indeclinable.

• trans-
• transgender
• Transe

• “trans” in Duden online
• “trans”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German)

From Esperanto trans, from Latin trans. Not to be confused with the paronym tra.

trans

1. on the other side of, beyond, across

   Il pasas trans la rivero per ponto.

   He goes across the river by bridge.

• transe (“beyond”)
• transajo (“object on the other side”)
• trans-

• dop (“behind, after”)

• cis (“on this side of”)

• tra (“through”)

Borrowed from Dutch trance, from English trance, from Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/ [ˈt̪rans]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trans

trans (plural trans-trans)

1. (psychology) trance

• “trans”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

trans

1. across

Formed as a clipping of transessuale. See English trans.

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

1. transsexual

From Proto-Italic *trānts, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂-n̥ts, from *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Cognate with English through, Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

The accusative is from the pre-PIE directional. Compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtrans]

trāns (+ accusative)

1. across, beyond

• trāns-
• trānstrum

• meta (Greek)

• “trans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “trans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “trans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• trans in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[6], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

trans

1. alternative form of traunce

Borrowed from French transe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/

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• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trans
• Homophone: trans-

trans m inan (related adjective transowy)

1. trance (dazed or unconscious condition)
2. trance (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention)
3. (psychology) trance (such a state induced by hypnosis)

• “trans”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “trans”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[8] (in Polish)

Clipping of transexual or transgênero / transgénero. Doublet of trás and trans-.

• Hyphenation: trans

trans (invariable)

1. trans (transgender or transsexual)

trans m or f by sense (invariable)

1. trans, trans person

• “trans”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Clipping of transexual.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾans/ [ˈt̪ɾãns]
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trans

trans (invariable)

1. transgender, trans
   • 2015 July 30, Karla Avelar, ““Tengo miedo constantemente””, in El País (Spain)‎^[9]:

     Internacionalmente, presentan al país como perfecto cumplidor en cuanto a la protección de los derechos humanos de la población LGBTI. Hablan de la recientemente creada línea de atención y de la contratación de mujeres trans en organismos públicos.

     Internationally, they present the country as a perfect complier regarding the protection of the LGBTI population's human rights. They talk about the recently created support line and the hiring of trans women in public organizations.

   • 2019 September 4, Claudio Andrade, “Es abogada y quiere convertirse en la primera jueza trans de la Argentina”, in Clarín (Argentina)‎^[10]:

     En la Argentina solo existe un antecedente de una persona trans que haya aspirado a un cargo de juez.

     In Argentina only one precedent exists of a trans person who has aspired to the position of judge.

trans m or f by sense

1. (sometimes offensive) a trans person

trans c

1. trance

• snart

• IPA^(key): /tɯˈɾans/, [t̪ʰɯˈɾ̞ɑn̪s̪]
• Hyphenation: t‧rans

Borrowed from English trans

trans

1. (LGBTQ) transexual, transgender (person)

   Synonym: transseksüel

Borrowed from French transe

trans (definite accusative transı, plural translar)

1. the hypnotic state a medium or a sorcerer enters when communicating with or entering the spiritual or the mystical realm; trance

• transseksüel
• transa geçmek
• transa girmek
• trans hâli