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trans¹

  • /tɹænz/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ænz

Where it comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin trāns (“on the other side of”). Doublet of très.

adjective

  1. not comparable, physical In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the opposite side of the bond. A series of one electron shifts in this complex establish a new trans double bond at carbon ll which transfers the hydrogen to oxygen, forming the hydroperoxide and liberating the enzyme.

    Opposite: cis

  2. not comparable, physical In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are on opposite sides of the central atom. The trans effect is the labilization of ligands which are trans to certain other ligands.

    Opposite: cis

  3. not comparable Of the side of the Golgi apparatus farther from the endoplasmic reticulum.

    Opposite: cis

trans²

  • /tɹænz/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ænz

Where it comes from

Clipping of transgender or transsexual.

adjective

  1. not comparable Transgender or transsexual. Last week, a study released in Belgium suggested that trans people’s brains – including those of trans children – more closely matched those belonging to other members of the gender they identified with than with members of the gender associated with their sex at birth.
  2. alternative, not comparable Alternative form of trans*

noun transes

  1. humorous, informal, offensive, sometimes A trans person. Good thing about Thanksgiving with the transes is you don;t need to explain your need to dialate in the middle of a movie. ; ) Dana a#344.

verb transes · transing · transed

  1. humorous, transitive To cause to cross from one side to another of (gender, sex or similar). […] as they interact with bodies transing gender (and other) borders and spaces.
  2. Internet, humorous, offensive, transitive To render (someone) transgender. Doctors accused of transing kids.
  3. Internet, humorous, intransitive, offensive To become transgender. They thought of that. The proposals make an exception for "affirmative" practices. You can say yes to your kid transing, but not no.

trans³

  • /tɹænz/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ænz

Where it comes from

Clippings.

noun transes

  1. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of translation —What do you know about it? shouted Stephen. You never read a line of anything in your life except a trans or Boland either.
  2. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of transaction
  3. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of transmission Most of the transes I've seen die started out by losing a gear, usually the high one. If this happens to you, first check the trans fluid level, *then* panic.

trans⁴

  • /tɹænz/ US, UK

Rhymes with -ænz

Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of tran

Trans⁵

proper noun

  1. plural plural of Tran

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crosswise, isomerism, isomerization, isomerisation, photoisomerization, isomerase, retinol, retinene, retinal, legge, oper, tranny, transaction, isomerases, octi, transgender

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adj transgender

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Portuguêstrans
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@misc{trans_2026,
  title = {trans},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trans},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}