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trans- [links] ⓘ One or more forum threads is an exact match of your searched term in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | English Usage | Conjugator | in context | images WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025trans-, prefix.
  1. trans- comes from Latin, and is attached to verb roots that refer to movement or carrying from one place to another; it means "across; through'':transfer;transmit;transplant.
  2. trans- is also used to mean "complete change'':transform; transmute.
  3. Chemistrytrans- is also attached to roots to make adjectives that mean "crossing, going beyond, on the other side of (the place or thing named)'':transnational; trans-Siberian.
trans., an abbreviation of:
  1. transfer.
  2. Transporttransit.
  3. Grammartransitive.
  4. translation.
  5. Transporttransportation.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025trans-,
    1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin (transcend; transfix); on this model, used with the meanings "across,'' "beyond,'' "through,'' "changing thoroughly,'' "transverse,'' in combination with elements of any origin:transisthmian; transempirical;transvalue.
    2. [Chem.]a prefix denoting a geometric isomer having a pair of identical atoms or groups on the opposite sides of two atoms linked by a double bond. Cf. cis- (def. 2).
    3. [Astron.]a prefix denoting something farther from the sun (than a given planet):trans-Martian; trans-Neptunian.
    • Latin, combining form of trāns (adverb, adverbial and preposition) across, beyond, through
trans.,
    1. transaction; transactions.
    2. transfer.
    3. transferred.
    4. transformer.
    5. transit.
    6. transitive.
    7. translated.
    8. translation.
    9. translator.
    10. transparent.
    11. transportation.
    12. transpose.
    13. transverse.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trans-, (sometimes before s-) tran- prefix
  1. across, beyond, crossing, on the other side: transoceanic, trans-Siberian, transatlantic
  2. changing thoroughly: transliterate
  3. transcending: transubstantiation
  4. transversely: transect
  5. of or relating to people whose gender identity does not fully correspond to the sex assigned to them at birthCompare cis-
  6. (often in italics) indicating that a chemical compound has a molecular structure in which two groups or atoms are on opposite sides of a double bond: trans-butadiene
Etymology: from Latin trāns across, through, beyond 'trans-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): Chita - cis- - Fuchs - Irkutsk - Jordan - Lenin Peak - nectar - Niger - Novosibirsk - Saida - Siberia - sorbic acid - stilbene - thyristor - tiglic acid - Timbuktu - tradition - traduce - tramontane - trance - trans. - transact - transactinide - transceiver - transcend - transcribe - transducer - transect - transept - trans-fatty acid - transfer - transferrin - transfigure - transfix - transform - transfuse - transgress - transhumance - transient - Trans-Jordan - Trans-Jordanian - transliterate - translucent - transmit - transmute - transparent - transpire - transport - transpose - abduction In Lists: English prefixes, more...

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