English Explanatory Dictionary

trans-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Extending across, through, or over.
  2. To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.
  3. A compound in which two atoms or groups are situated on opposite sides of some plane of symmetry passing through the compound. (Also used without the hyphen as an adjective; see trans.)
  4. Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual.

Pronunciation

/tɹænz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trans-.wav

Word forms

trans- tran-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Borrowed from Latin trans- (“across, beyond, on the far side”).

Synonyms

dia- para- per- hyper- ultra- out- extra- preter- ex- ecto- x-

Antonyms

cis-

Related words

trans intra- inter- supra-
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