trans-

(word root) through, across, beyond

Examples of words with the root trans-: transportation, transaction

trans-

pref.

1. Across; on the other side; beyond: transpolar.

2. Through: transcontinental.

3. Change; transfer: transliterate.

4. Having a pair of identical atoms on opposite sides of two atoms linked by a double bond. Used of a geometric isomer: trans-butene.

[From Latin trāns-, from trāns, across, beyond, through; see terə- in Indo-European roots.]

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trans-

or 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. (Elements & Compounds) (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. Compare cis-²

[from Latin trāns across, through, beyond]

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trans-

1. a prefix meaning “across,” “through,” occurring orig. in loanwords from Latin, used in particular to form verbs denoting movement or conveyance from place to place (transfer; transmit; transplant) or complete change (transform; transmute), or to form adjectives meaning “crossing,” “on the other side of,” or “going beyond” the place named (transmontane; transnational; trans-Siberian).

2. a prefix used in the names of chemical compounds that are geometric isomers having two identical atoms or groups attached on opposite sides of a molecule divided by a given plane of symmetry. Compare cis- (def. 2).

[< Latin, prefixal use of trāns (preposition) across, through]

trans.

1. transaction.

2. transfer.

3. transferred.

4. transformer.

5. transit.

6. transitive.

7. translated.

8. translation.

9. translator.

10. transparent.

11. transportation.

12. transpose.

13. transverse.

Translations

trans-

pref → trans-, Trans-

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trans-

(trӕns) , (trӕnz)

across or through.