Trans (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. transgender: Their son is trans.Laura is a trans woman.
  2. (no longer in common use) transsexual.
noun, plural trans·es, (especially collectively) trans.
  1. a person who is transgender.
adjective
  1. of or relating to people with gender expressions outside traditional norms, as transgender, genderqueer, agender, or nonbinary: important trans* issues;campus groups that welcome trans* students.
noun
  1. a person with a gender identity outside traditional gender norms.
  1. 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; trans-Siberian; transempirical; transvalue.
  2. 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.
  3. a prefix denoting something farther from the sun (than a given planet): trans-Martian; trans-Neptunian.
  4. a prefix meaning “on the other side of,” referring to the misalignment of one’s gender identity with one's sex assigned at birth: transgender.
abbreviation
  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.
prefix
  1. across, beyond, crossing, on the other side
  2. changing thoroughly
  3. transcending
  4. transversely
  5. indicating that a chemical compound has a molecular structure in which two groups or atoms are on opposite sides of a double bond
abbreviation for
  1. transaction
  2. transferred
  3. transitive
  4. translated
  5. translator
Trans (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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