Trans Definition
Alternative form of trans.
Abbreviation of transaction.
Origin of Trans
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L trans- (contracted to tra- before d-, m-, n-, l-, v-, j-) < trans, across, over, orig., prob. prp. of *trare, to pass, seen in intrare, extrare < IE base *ter-, to go, over, beyond > through
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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From Latin trāns (“on the other side of"). The gender-related sense is a clipping of transsexual or of transgender (from Latin trāns).
From Wiktionary
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From Latin trāns- from trāns across, beyond, through terə-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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trans + *, as used as a wildcard in programming.
From Wiktionary
Short for transgender transsexual
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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