DictionaryRoot: trans-
Latin
trans-
across, beyond; from one side to another
Forms
- trans-
- tra- — Shortened in some Latin compounds.
- tres- — A later French development in some borrowings.
Origin
Connected with reconstructed Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-, ‘cross; pass through.’
Note
Crossing a boundary can become a metaphor for changing a condition or category.
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noun
tradition
truh-DISH-un/trəˈdɪʃn/
A custom or belief passed down through generations.
Etymology
The pieces express 'giving over' or handing something on. Tradition applies that image to beliefs and practices handed down from ancestors to descendants, rather than to a physical object being delivered.
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- transcendent
- transcontinental
- transcribe
- transcript
- transcription
- transducer
- transectSampling line
- transectCutting across
- transept
- transfer
- transfiguration
- transform
- transformation
- transfuse
- transfusion
- transgress
- transgression
- transgressor
- transient
- transit
- transition
- transitive
- transitory
- translateExpressing in another language
- translateMovement to another position
- translationRendering in another language
- translationMovement between places
- translator
- translucence
- translucent
- transmigration
- transmission
- transmit
- transmutation
- transmute
- transparency
- transparent
- transplant
- transplantation
- transportMovement between places
- transportOverwhelming emotion
- transportation
- transpose
- transposition
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