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See also: Tran,
trán,
trần,
Trần,
trăn,
trận,
trấn,
tràn,
trân,
Trân, and trän
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) mistaking trans for a plural noun.
Noun
tran (plural trans)
- (informal, sometimes offensive, sometimes humorous) A trans person.
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
tran (plural trans)
- Clipping of transmission.
Anagrams
Drehu
Pronunciation
Verb
tran
- to plant
References
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German trān, of Old Saxon verb trahan. Akin to German Träne (“tear”) and Tran (“whale oil”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tran f or m (definite singular (feminine) trana or (masculine) tranen)
- (chiefly uncountable) cod liver oil
See also
References
- “tran” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Tran.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tran/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: tran
Noun
tran m inan
- fish oil
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- tran in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tran in Polish dictionaries at PWN