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English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō. Displaced native Old English þurhsīene.
Pronunciation
Adjective
transparent (comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)
- (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.
- (graphic design) Of a graphical image or animated GIF, having parts that allow the background to show through.
- (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
- Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
His reasons for the decision were transparent. I love playing poker with Steve, because he's so transparent.
- (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
- (computing) Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
2003, Rolf Oppliger, Security Technologies for the World Wide Web, page 34:In order to make that transparent to the user, browsers usually cache the usernames and passwords and retransmit them automatically each time they contact the server.
Usage notes
- (see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.
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Translations
see-through, clear
- Albanian: tejdukshëm (sq)
- Arabic: شَفَّاف (šaffāf)
- Armenian: թափանցիկ (hy) (tʻapʻancʻik)
- Asturian: tresparente (ast)
- Azerbaijani: şəffaf (az)
- Belarusian: празры́сты (prazrýsty)
- Bikol:
- Central Bikol: silag (bcl)
- Bulgarian: прозра́чен (bg) (prozráčen)
- Catalan: transparent (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 透明 (zh) (tòumíng)
- Czech: průhledný (cs) m
- Danish: transparent, gennemsigtig (da), klar (da)
- Dutch: doorzichtig (nl), transparant (nl)
- Esperanto: travidebla
- Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
- French: transparent (fr)
- Galician: transparente (gl)
- Georgian: გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
- German: durchsichtig (de), transparent (de)
- Greek: διαφανής (el) (diafanís)
- Ancient Greek: διαφανής (diaphanḗs)
- Gujarati: પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
- Hebrew: שָׁקוּף (he) (shakúf)
- Hindi: पारदर्शक (hi) (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), शुद्ध (hi) (śuddh)
- Hungarian: átlátszó (hu)
- Icelandic: gagnsær, gegnsær (is)
- Indonesian: tembus pandang (id), bening (id), transparan (id)
- Ingrian: kirkas
- Irish: gléineach, trédhearcach
- Italian: trasparente (it)
- Japanese: 透明 (ja) (とうめい, tōmei)
- Kazakh: мөлдір (möldir)
- Korean: 투명하다 (ko) (tumyeonghada)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zelal (ku)
- Latin: pellūcidus, speculārius
- Latvian: caurspīdīgs, caurredzams, transparents
- Lithuanian: permatomas m
- Luxembourgish: duerchsiichteg
- Macedonian: прозрачен (prozračen), проѕирен (prodziren)
- Malay: lutsinar
- Māori: puata
- Marathi: पारदर्शक (mr) (pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (svaccha), शुद्ध (śuddha)
- Norman: transpathent
- Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no)
- Occitan: transparent (oc)
- Old English: þurhsīene
- Plautdietsch: derchsechtich
- Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl), ażurowy (pl), bezbarwny (pl)
- Portuguese: transparente (pt)
- Punjabi: ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ੀ (pārdarśī), ਪਾਰਦਰਸ਼ਕ (pārdarśak)
- Romanian: transparent (ro) m or n, străveziu (ro)
- Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir, so-lèirsinneach
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: прозиран
- Latin: proziran (sh)
- Slovak: priehľadný
- Slovene: prozoren, prosojen
- Spanish: transparente (es)
- Swedish: transparent (sv), genomskinlig (sv)
- Thai: ใส (th) (sǎi), โปร่งใส (bpròong-sǎi)
- Turkish: şeffaf (tr), saydam (tr), transparan (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish: شفاف (şeffaf)
- Ukrainian: прозо́рий (prozóryj)
- Vietnamese: trong suốt (vi)
- Volapük: dulogamovik (vo)
- Welsh: tryloyw (cy)
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obvious
- Asturian: tresparente (ast)
- Bulgarian: явен (bg) (javen), очевиден (bg) (očeviden)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 明顯 / 明显 (zh) (míngxiǎn)
- Czech: zřejmý (cs), zřetelný (cs)
- Danish: åbenbar, klar (da), oplagt
- Esperanto: malkaŝema
- Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi)
- French: transparent (fr)
- Galician: transparente (gl)
- German: erkennbar (de)
- Hebrew: גְּלוּי (he) (galúi)
- Hungarian: átlátható (hu), világos (hu)
- Irish: follasach, trédhearcach
- Japanese: 明らか (ja) (akiraka)
- Luxembourgish: transparent
- Norman: transpathent
- Norwegian: opplagt, åpenbar (no)
- Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl)
- Portuguese: transparente (pt), óbvio (pt), claro (pt)
- Romanian: clar (ro) m or n, evident (ro) m or n, limpede (ro) m or n, vădit (ro) m or n
- Russian: прозра́чный (ru) (prozráčnyj), я́сный (ru) (jásnyj), очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
- Spanish: transparente (es)
- Swedish: genomskinlig (sv)
- Volapük: klülabik (vo)
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- Albanian: (please verify) tejdukshëm (sq)
- Arabic: شَفّاف (šaffāf), (please verify) هَفَّاف (haffāf)
- Azerbaijani: (please verify) şəffaf (az)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: (please verify) 透光 (zh) (tòu guāng)
- Dutch: (please verify) transparant (nl), (please verify) doorzichtig (nl)
- Esperanto: (please verify) malkaŝema
- Estonian: (please verify) läbipaistev (et)
- French: (please verify) transparent (fr)
- Georgian: (please verify) გამჭვირვალე (gamč̣virvale)
- Gujarati: (please verify) પારદર્શક (pārdarśak)
- Hindi: (please verify) निर्मल (hi) (nirmal), (please verify) स्वच्छ (hi) (svacch), (please verify) पारदर्शी (hi) (pārdarśī), (please verify) प्रकाशबेदा (prakāśbedā)
- Hungarian: (please verify) nyílt (hu)
- Indonesian: (please verify) transparan (id)
- Italian: (please verify) trasparente (it)
- Korean: (please verify) 투명한 (ko) (tumyeonghan)
- Lithuanian: (please verify) skaidrus
- Mongolian: (please verify) тунгалаг (mn) (tungalag)
- Persian: (please verify) شفاف (fa)
- Romanian: (please verify) transparent (ro)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: (please verify) провидан
- Latin: (please verify) providan (sh), (please verify) prozirno (sh), (please verify) progledno
- Slovak: (please verify) čistý
- Spanish: (please verify) transparente (es)
- Swahili: (please verify) anga (sw)
- Tagalog: (please verify) nanganganinag, linaw, tagusang liwanag(light) o sinag(rays). water is clear-malinaw ang tubig, the sun rays penetrate the clear sky- Tagus ang sinag ng araw sa malinis na kalangitan/himpapawid. the direct tagalog equivalent is tagus/tagusan (penetration)
- Telugu: (please verify) పారదర్శకమైన (pāradarśakamaina)
- Turkish: (please verify) şeffaf (tr)
- Ukrainian: (please verify) прозорий (prozoryj)
- Uyghur: (please verify) süzük
- Vietnamese: (please verify) trong suốt (vi)
- Welsh: (please verify) tryloyw (cy)
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Noun
transparent (plural transparents)
- Something that is transparent.
- Coordinate terms: opaque, translucent
1858 March, G. Brodie, “Fashions for March”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XVI, number XCIV, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 576, column 2:The Dress Cap and Under-Sleeves are en suite. In both the puffings are separated by equal intervals, in which the transparents are uncovered.
1935 March, F. L. Nowosatka, “Making Colorful Modern Rings from Old Toothbrush Handles”, in Raymond J. Brown, editor, Popular Science Monthly, volume 126, number 3, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Home Workshop” section, page 97, column 2:They can be obtained in various thicknesses and in many colors, including beautiful imitations of pearl, mother-of-pearl, veins and mottles, stratifications, roll stratifications, imitation corals, and all colors of translucents, transparents and opaques, grained ivory, shell (plain and corrugated mottle), onyx, wood effects, plaids, checks, stripes, metallic, bronze pearl plain, bronze pearl with fancy blocks, bronze pearl in veins and stripes, and what is called “essence pearl.”
2011, Jeri L. Warhaftig, “Session 7: Silver Butterfly”, in Creating Glass Beads: A New Workshop to Expand Your Beginner Skills and Develop Your Artistic Voice, New York, N.Y.: Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., →ISBN, page 86, column 1:The trick is to make the white core slightly smaller than the size ultimately required for the press, so that after the transparents are added, the bead won’t overflow the press cavity.
Etymology 2
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Indo-European *pérh₃-t ~ *pr̥h₃-éntder. Proto-Italic *par-(e)nt- English transparent From trans- (“transgender or transsexual”) + parent.
Pronunciation
Noun
transparent (plural transparents)
- (nonstandard) A transgender or transsexual parent.
1999, Red Jordan Arobateau, “Tales of Transman: Part II”, in Autumn Changes, [Oakland, Calif.]: Red Jordan Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 68:He went to tranny day in the park. Transparents & their kids. Played baseball & cooked out; hot dogs & burgers & buns on the grill.
2016, Catherine L. Langford, “Trans*Forming Higher Education to Advance Workforce Diversity”, in Chaunda L. Scott, Jeanetta D. Sims, editors, Developing Workforce Diversity Programs, Curriculum, and Degrees in Higher Education (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development), Hershey, Pa.: Information Science Reference, →ISBN, section 3 (Future Direction for Workforce Diversity in Higher Education), page 225:Recently the genre has expanded to consider the lives of transpersons of color as well as the experiences of transparents.
2020, Lyndsey Hookway, “What about transgender co-parents?”, in Let’s Talk about Your New Family’s Sleep, London: Pinter & Martin, →ISBN, chapter 4 (Positive sleep starts in pregnancy):There are also important considerations and conversations that transmen need to have after birth – such as whether to chest/breastfeed, and whether supportive, knowledgeable care around the management of chest or breastfeeding is available. Please find an empathic breastfeeding counsellor or IBCLC who is familiar with supporting transparents to chest or breastfeed if you need further support.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin trānspārentem (“transparent”), present active participle of transpareō, from Latin trāns + pareō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
transparent m or f (masculine and feminine plural transparents)
- transparent
- Antonym: opac
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “transparent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “transparent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “transparent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “transparent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Czech
Noun
transparent m inan
- banner or placard
Declension
Declension of transparent (hard masculine inanimate)
Danish
Adjective
transparent
- transparent
Noun
transparent c or n (singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)
- banner
- transparency, overhead
Synonyms
French
Etymology
From Middle French transparent (late 14th c.), a borrowing from Medieval Latin trānspārēns (“transparent”), present participle of trānspārēre, from Latin trāns (“through”) + pārēre (“to appear”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
transparent (feminine transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)
- transparent; see-through
Le verre est transparent.- The glass is transparent.
- translucid; allowing light to pass through
Le voile est transparent.- The veil is translucid.
- clear
- un ciel transparent ― a clear sky
- une lumière transparente — a clear light
- transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous
- une allusion transparente ― an unambiguous allusion
- unnoticed; invisible
J'étais transparent à ses regards.- I was invisible to him/her.
- (figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything
Notre comptabilité est transparente.- Our accounting is transparent.
- (linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages
- Antonym: faux-ami
- un mot transparent ― an international word
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Descendants
Noun
transparent m (plural transparents)
- paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight
Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.- This child doesn't know how to write without ruled guides
- (obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)
Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.- At night, this store had a magnificent backlit screen for a sign.
- plastic film used to show images with an overhead, overhead transparency
La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.- The presentation was too fast. I didn't even have the time to copy down the transparencies
Further reading
German
Etymology
18th century, from French transparent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /transpaˈrɛnt/, [ˌtʁant͡s.paˈʁɛnt], [ˌtʁan.spaˈʁɛnt]
- Hyphenation: trans‧pa‧rent
Adjective
transparent (strong nominative masculine singular transparenter, comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)
- translucent (allowing light to pass through)
- Synonym: lichtdurchlässig
- (less common) fully transparent, see-through
- Synonym: durchsichtig
- (figurative) transparent
- Synonyms: durchschaubar, nachvollziehbar, offen
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Further reading
Latin
Verb
trānspārent
- third-person plural present active indicative of trānspāreō
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere.
Adjective
transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente, comparative mer transparent, superlative mest transparent)
- transparent (quality of a material)
Synonyms
Noun
transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparenter, definite plural transparentene)
transparent n (definite singular transparentet, indefinite plural transparent or transparenter, definite plural transparenta or transparentene)
- a banner
- a transparency (for use with a projector)
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References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere.
Adjective
transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente)
- transparent (quality of a material)
- Synonyms: gjennomsiktig, gjennomsynleg
Noun
transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparentar, definite plural transparentane)
- a banner
- Synonym: banner
- a transparency (for use with a projector)
- a White Transparent cultivar of apple
Usage notes
- (banner; transparency): In these senses, this noun was considered grammatically neuter prior to a 2018 spelling decision.
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French transparent, from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tranˈspa.rɛnt/
- Rhymes: -arɛnt
- Syllabification: tran‧spa‧rent
Noun
transparent m inan
- banner
Declension
Further reading
- “transparent”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “transparent”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French transparent, Medieval Latin trānspārēns, trānspārēntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpareō, from Latin trans + pareō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
transparent m or n (feminine singular transparentă, masculine plural transparenți, feminine/neuter plural transparente)
- transparent
Declension
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