English Explanatory Dictionary

transparent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
  2. Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.
  3. Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
  4. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
  5. Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
  6. Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
noun
  1. Something that is transparent.
noun
  1. A transgender or transsexual parent.

Pronunciation

/tɹænsˈpæɹ.ənt/ /tɹænzˈpæɹ.ənt/ /tɹænz-/ /tɹænsˈpɛɹ.ənt/ en-us-transparent.ogg

Word forms

transparent more transparent most transparent transparents

Etymology

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

Synonyms

see-through diaphanous clear crystalline limpid sheer clear as crystal glassy hyaline hyaloid lucid pellucid perspicuous serene transparent transpicuous vitreous apparent obvious

Antonyms

opaque obscure nontransparent non-transparent hazy translucent

Related words

transparency transparently transparentness

Derived words

referentially transparent semitransparent transparently transparent pie

Translations

Albanian: tejdukshëm Arabic: شَفَّاف Armenian: թափանցիկ Asturian: tresparente Azerbaijani: şəffaf Belarusian: празры́сты Central Bikol: silag Bulgarian: прозра́чен Catalan: transparent Chinese Mandarin: 透明 Czech: průhledný Danish: transparent Danish: gennemsigtig Danish: klar Dutch: doorzichtig Dutch: transparant Esperanto: travidebla Finnish: läpinäkyvä French: transparent Galician: transparente Georgian: გამჭვირვალე German: durchsichtig German: transparent Greek: διαφανής Ancient Greek: διαφανής Gujarati: પારદર્શક Hebrew: שָׁקוּף Hindi: पारदर्शक Hindi: पारदर्शी Hindi: स्वच्छ Hindi: शुद्ध Hungarian: átlátszó Icelandic: gagnsær Icelandic: gegnsær Indonesian: tembus pandang Indonesian: bening Indonesian: transparan Ingrian: kirkas Irish: gléineach Irish: trédhearcach Italian: trasparente Japanese: 透明 Kazakh: мөлдір Korean: 투명하다 Northern Kurdish: zelal Latin: pellūcidus Latin: speculārius Latvian: caurspīdīgs Latvian: caurredzams Latvian: transparents Lithuanian: permatomas Luxembourgish: duerchsiichteg Macedonian: прозрачен Macedonian: проѕирен Malay: lutsinar
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