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Tran¹
- /tɹæn/
Where it comes from
Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan, Chen, and Chan.
proper noun Trans
- A surname from Vietnamese. Police say Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, on Saturday night, before fatally shooting himself after a manhunt across the region on Sunday. […] It is unclear how frequently Tran visited the dance hall, if at all, in recent years.
tran²
Where it comes from
Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) a back-formation from trans mistaking it for a plural noun.
noun trans
- A trans person. For quotations using this term, see Citations:tran.
tran³
Where it comes from
Shortening.
noun trans
- Clipping of transmission
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crosswise, lefort, jin, chen, thao, substantiation, trad, tram, chan, ieee, conv, minh, trinh, trang, truong, troung
Translations
Talk about this word "tran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tran. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tran. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tran "tran." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tran.Cite this
@misc{tran_2026,
title = {tran},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tran},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
