trance

See also: Trance and trancé

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹæns/
  • Rhymes: -æns

Noun

trance (countable and uncountable, plural trances)

1. (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
2. (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:10:

     And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance.

   • 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XXXIX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:

     My soul was ravished quite as in a trance.

3. (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
4. (uncountable, music) Short for trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).

Alternative forms

• traunce (obsolete)

Derived terms

• consensus trance
• dissociative trance disorder
• dream trance
• possession trance disorder
• trance gate
• trance-like
• trancester

 

Descendants

• → French: trance

Translations

dazed or unconscious condition

• Bulgarian: унесеност (bg) f (unesenost), транс (bg) m (trans)
• German: Trance (de) f
• Ido: tranco (io)
• Maori: moe tūtoro
• Middle English: traunce
• Polish: trans (pl) m
• Portuguese: desmaio (pt) m, transe (pt)
• Russian: транс (ru) m (trans)
• Welsh: perlewyg m

state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention

• Bulgarian: унесеност (bg) f (unesenost)
• Catalan: trànsit (ca) m, estat de trànsit m
• German: Trance (de) f
• Ido: tranco (io)
• Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu)
• Polish: trans (pl) m
• Portuguese: tontura (pt) f, transe (pt)
• Russian: транс (ru) m (trans)
• Swedish: trans (sv)

such a state induced by hypnosis

• Bulgarian: хипноза (bg) f (hipnoza)
• German: Trance (de) f
• Hungarian: transz (hu)
• Ido: tranco (io)
• Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu)
• Polish: trans (pl) m
• Portuguese: hipnose (pt) m, transe (pt)
• Russian: транс (ru) m (trans)
• Swedish: trans (sv)
• Welsh: perlewyg m

genre of electronic dance music

• Albanian: trance
• Arabic: ترانس
• Belarusian: транс (trans)
• Bulgarian: транс (bg) (trans)
• Catalan: trance
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: , 勸世音樂 / 劝世音乐 (quànshì yīnyuè), 出神音樂 / 出神音乐 (chūshén yīnyuè), 傳思音樂 / 传思音乐 (chuánsī yīnyuè)

• Czech: trans (cs), trance (cs)
• Danish: trance
• Dutch: trance (nl) c
• Esperanto: trenco
• Estonian: trance (et)
• Finnish: trance (fi)
• French: trance (fr) f
• Galician: trance
• Georgian: ტრანსი (ṭransi)
• German: Trance (de) m
• Greek: trance, τρανς (el) (trans)
• Hebrew: טראנס m (trans)
• Hindi: ट्रान्स (ṭrāns)
• Hungarian: trance (hu)
• Icelandic: trans
• Indonesian: trance
• Italian: trance (it) f
• Japanese: トランス (ja) (toransu)
• Kannada: ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ (ṭrāns‌‌)
• Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu)
• Latin: trancia f
• Latvian: transs
• Lithuanian: trance
• Lombard: trance (lmo)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: trance

• Occitan: trance f
• Ossetian: транс (trans)
• Polish: trance (pl) m
• Portuguese: trance (pt) m
• Quechua: trance
• Romanian: trance
• Russian: транс (ru) m (trans)
• Serbo-Croatian: транс, тренс, trance (sh)
• Slovak: trance
• Slovene: trance
• Spanish: trance (es) m
• Swedish: trance (sv)
• Thai: แทรนซ์
• Turkish: trance
• Ukrainian: транс (trans)
• Vietnamese: trance (vi)
• Welsh: trans

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 着迷 (zh) (zháomí)

Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

     And there I left him tranced.

2. (transitive, rare) To create in or via a trance.
   • 2014, Geoffrey Benjamin, Temiar Religion, 1964-2012, page 64:

     The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […]

   • 1995, Sue Jennings, Kevin Jennings, Theatre, Ritual, and Transformation: The Senoi Temiars, page 111:

     What is interesting for us here is that Chingkai and her familiars dreamed and tranced the Temiar world into being. […]

Derived terms

• trance out

Etymology 2

The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.

Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)

1. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

2. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

   • 1626 February 1 (licensing date), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Trance the world o'er.

   • 1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “Mariana”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza II, page 11:

     After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats.

3. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

Noun

trance (plural trances)

1. (obsolete outside British, dialectal) A tedious journey.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

   • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:

     So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; […]

References

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “trance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtræns/, [ˈt̪ræns̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑnse/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -æns

Noun

trance

1. trance (genre of electronic dance music)

Declension

Inflection of trance (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		trance	trancet
genitive		trancen	trancejen
partitive		trancea	tranceja
illative		tranceen	tranceihin
		singular	plural
nominative		trance	trancet
accusative	nom.	trance	trancet
	gen.	trancen
genitive		trancen	trancejen trancein rare
partitive		trancea	tranceja
inessive		trancessa	tranceissa
elative		trancesta	tranceista
illative		tranceen	tranceihin
adessive		trancella	tranceilla
ablative		trancelta	tranceilta
allative		trancelle	tranceille
essive		trancena	tranceina
translative		tranceksi	tranceiksi
abessive		trancetta	tranceitta
instructive		—	trancein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of trance (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tranceni tranceni accusative nom. tranceni tranceni gen. tranceni genitive tranceni trancejeni tranceini rare partitive tranceani trancejani inessive trancessani tranceissani elative trancestani tranceistani illative tranceeni tranceihini adessive trancellani tranceillani ablative tranceltani tranceiltani allative trancelleni tranceilleni essive trancenani tranceinani translative trancekseni tranceikseni abessive trancettani tranceittani instructive — — comitative — tranceineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative trancesi trancesi accusative nom. trancesi trancesi gen. trancesi genitive trancesi trancejesi tranceisi rare partitive tranceasi trancejasi inessive trancessasi tranceissasi elative trancestasi tranceistasi illative tranceesi tranceihisi adessive trancellasi tranceillasi ablative tranceltasi tranceiltasi allative trancellesi tranceillesi essive trancenasi tranceinasi translative tranceksesi tranceiksesi abessive trancettasi tranceittasi instructive — — comitative — tranceinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative trancemme trancemme accusative nom. trancemme trancemme gen. trancemme genitive trancemme trancejemme tranceimme rare partitive tranceamme trancejamme inessive trancessamme tranceissamme elative trancestamme tranceistamme illative tranceemme tranceihimme adessive trancellamme tranceillamme ablative tranceltamme tranceiltamme allative trancellemme tranceillemme essive trancenamme tranceinamme translative tranceksemme tranceiksemme abessive trancettamme tranceittamme instructive — — comitative — tranceinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative trancenne trancenne accusative nom. trancenne trancenne gen. trancenne genitive trancenne trancejenne tranceinne rare partitive tranceanne trancejanne inessive trancessanne tranceissanne elative trancestanne tranceistanne illative tranceenne tranceihinne adessive trancellanne tranceillanne ablative tranceltanne tranceiltanne allative trancellenne tranceillenne essive trancenanne tranceinanne translative tranceksenne tranceiksenne abessive trancettanne tranceittanne instructive — — comitative — tranceinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative trancensa trancensa accusative nom. trancensa trancensa gen. trancensa genitive trancensa trancejensa tranceinsa rare partitive tranceaan tranceansa trancejaan trancejansa inessive trancessaan trancessansa tranceissaan tranceissansa elative trancestaan trancestansa tranceistaan tranceistansa illative tranceensa tranceihinsa adessive trancellaan trancellansa tranceillaan tranceillansa ablative tranceltaan tranceltansa tranceiltaan tranceiltansa allative trancelleen trancellensa tranceilleen tranceillensa essive trancenaan trancenansa tranceinaan tranceinansa translative trancekseen tranceksensa tranceikseen tranceiksensa abessive trancettaan trancettansa tranceittaan tranceittansa instructive — — comitative — tranceineen tranceinensa

Further reading

• “trance”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s/
• Homophones: transe, transes
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

trance f (uncountable)

1. trance (music genre)

Anagrams

• carnet, centra, cernât, créant, encrât, tancer

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

trance f (invariable)

1. trance (music genre)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -antʃe
• Hyphenation: tràn‧ce

Noun

trance

1. plural of trancia

Anagrams

• Trenca, c'entra, cantre, centra

Middle English

Noun

trance

1. Alternative form of traunce

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancer, definite plural trancene)

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by transe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancar, definite plural trancane)

1. (pre-1984) alternative form of transe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trance

Noun

trance m inan

1. trance music

Declension

Declension of trance

	singular
nominative	trance
genitive	trance'u
dative	trance'owi
accusative	trance
instrumental	trance'em
locative	transie
vocative	transie

References

• Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, M. Bańko, PWN 2003, →ISBN

Further reading

• trance in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɐ̃.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: tran‧ce

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Noun

trance m (uncountable)

1. (music) trance (a genre of electronic dance music)

Etymology 2

Verb

trance

1. inflection of trançar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

trance m (plural trances)

1. Obsolete form of transe.

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Noun

trance m (plural trances)

1. trance

Derived terms

• a todo trance

 

Etymology 2

Verb

trance

1. inflection of tranzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trance”, 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