- across, beyond, crossing, on the other side: transoceanic, trans-Siberian, transatlantic
- changing thoroughly: transliterate
- transcending: transubstantiation
- transversely: transect
- of or relating to people whose gender identity does not fully correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth
Compare cis- - (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
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trans-, prefix.
trans., an abbreviation of:
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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. - trans- is also used to mean "complete change'':transform; transmute.
- 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:
- transfer.
- Transporttransit.
- Grammartransitive.
- translation.
- Transporttransportation.
trans-,
- 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. - [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).
- [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
- transaction;
transactions. - transfer.
- transferred.
- transformer.
- transit.
- transitive.
- translated.
- translation.
- translator.
- transparent.
- transportation.
- transpose.
- transverse.
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trans-, (sometimes before s-) tran- prefix
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trans. abbreviation for
- transaction
- transferred
- transitive
- translated
- translator
'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.
- 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