trans-

See also: trans, trans., and trans*

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Prefix

trans-

2. Extending across, through, or over.

   ‎trans- + ‎national → ‎transnational

   ‎trans- + ‎regional → ‎transregional

   ‎trans- + ‎American → ‎transamerican

4. To or on the other side of, beyond; outside of.

   ‎trans- + ‎alpine → ‎transalpine

   ‎trans- + ‎uranic → ‎transuranic

5. (physical chemistry) 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.)

   transacetylase, tranexamic acid, transaldolase

7. Transgender or transsexual, or pertaining to those who are transgender or transsexual. [from 17th c.]

   transmasculine, transfeminist, transphobia

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:trans-.

Usage notes

• In the first two senses, "on the other side of", this prefix is usually attached directly to the word it modifies, or sometimes separated from it by a hyphen: transrhenane, trans-Neptunian.
• In the sex- or gender-related sense, this prefix is attached directly to certain words, most notably transgender and transsexual. In other cases, the related standalone adjective trans is used: hence one speaks of issues facing the trans community and trans rights (not *transrights), etc. In particular, it can sometimes be considered offensive to write transman or trans-man, the preferred spelling being trans man (trans man). Compare cis- and cis.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) x-
• (across, through): dia-, para-, per-
• (to or on the other side of): para-
• (beyond): para-, hyper-, ultra-, out-, extra-, preter-
• (outside of): ex-, ecto-

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “chemistry, other side/beyond, gender”): cis-

Coordinate terms

• dia-
• epi-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with trans-

Related terms

• intra-
• inter-
• supra-

Translations

across, through, over, beyond, to or on the other side of, outside of

• Armenian: անդր (hy) (andr)
• Asturian: tres-
• Breton: treuz-
• Catalan: trans- (ca)
• Czech: prů-, přes-
• Dutch: trans- (nl)
• Finnish: läpi- (fi), trans- (fi)
• French: trans- (fr)
• Galician: trans- (gl), tras-
• Georgian: იმიერ- (imier-), ტრანს- (ṭrans-)
• German: trans- (de)
• Greek: δια- (el) (dia-)
• Hungarian: transz- (hu), át- (hu), túl- (hu), között (hu), kívül (hu)
• Indonesian: trans-
• Irish: tras-
• Italian: tras- (it)
• Japanese: 超 (ja) (ちょう, chō), トランス (ja) (toransu)
• Malay: trans- (ms)
• Persian: ترا (fa) (tarâ)
• Portuguese: trans- (pt)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} dincolo de , ^{(please verify)} peste (ro), ^{(please verify)} prin (ro), ^{(please verify)} trans- (ro)
• Russian: транс- (ru) (trans-), за- (ru) (za-), через- (ru) (čerez-), чрез- (ru) (črez-), пере- (ru) (pere-), пре- (ru) (pre-)
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd-, tair-, tar-
• Spanish: trans- (es), tras- (es)

See also

• trans

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

Catalan terms prefixed with trans-

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Prefix

trans-

1. trans

Dutch terms prefixed with trans-

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English trans-), ultimately from Latin trāns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑns-/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠-]

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

Finnish terms prefixed with trans-

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trāns. Doublet of très and trans.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

French terms prefixed with trans-

Galician

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁans/

• Audio:

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Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Further reading

• “trans-” in Duden online
• “trans-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch trans-, from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with trans-

Further reading

• “trans-” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tra-, which was inherited.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with trans-

Latin

Etymology

From the preposition trāns.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /trans/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /trans/, [t̪räns]

Prefix

trāns-

1. through, across, beyond

Usage notes

• Before s, trāns- becomes trān-.

  ‎trans- + ‎scandō (“climb, ascend”) → ‎trānscendō (“climb over, cross, transcend”).

  ‎trans- + ‎scrībō (“write”) → ‎trānscrībō (“transcribe, forge, transfer”).

• For some words, the prefix manifests as trā- far more often than as trāns-.

  ‎trans- + ‎dūcō (“lead, take”) → ‎trādūcō (“bring across”), as opposed to trānsdūcō.

  ‎trans- + ‎iaciō (“throw, cast”) → ‎trāiciō (“throw across, throw over”), as opposed to trānsiciō.

  ‎trans- + ‎loquor (“speak, tell”) → ‎trāloquor (“talk over, recount”), as opposed to trānsloquor.

  ‎trans- + ‎nō (“swim”) → ‎trānō (“swim across”), as opposed to trānsnō.

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with trans-

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of trás, which was inherited.

Prefix

trans-

1. trans-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with trans-

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”).

Prefix

trans- (Cyrillic spelling транс-)

1. trans-

Derived terms

Category Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with trans- not found

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tras-

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of tras-, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾans/ [t̪ɾãns]
• Syllabification: trans-

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Antonyms

• cis-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with trans-

Further reading

• “trans-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Prefix

trans-

1. trans- (all senses)

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with trans-

References

• trans- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trans- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)