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

    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
    • 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 as an abbreviation for transgender: hence one speaks of issues facing the trans community and trans rights (not *transrights), etc. the same way one would speak of issues facing the transgender community and transgender rights. In particular, it can sometimes be considered offensive to write transman or trans-man, the preferred spelling being trans man (trans man), the same way you would say transgender men and not transgendermen. Compare cis- and cis.
    • (antonym(s) of “chemistry, other side/beyond, gender”): cis-

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

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

    trans-

    1. trans-

    trans-

    1. trans

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

    • IPA(key): /ˈtrɑns-/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠-]

    trans-

    1. (usually in loanwords) trans- (all senses)

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

    trans-

    1. trans-

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

    trans-

    1. trans-

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

    trans-

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

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

    trans-

    1. trans- (all senses)

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

    trans-

    1. trans- (all senses)

      From the preposition trāns.

      trāns-

      1. through, across, beyond
      • 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.

      Borrowed from Latin trāns (“across, on the far side, beyond”). Doublet of trás and trans.

      trans-

      1. trans-

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

      trans- (Cyrillic spelling транс-)

      1. trans-

      Category Serbo-Croatian terms prefixed with trans- not found

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

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

      trans-

      1. trans- (all senses)
        Antonym: cis-

      trans-

      1. trans- (all senses)