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English
Etymology 1
From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).
Pronunciation
Noun
trance (countable and uncountable, plural trances)
- (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
- (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
- (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
- (uncountable, music) Short for trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
dazed or unconscious condition
state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
such a state induced by hypnosis
genre of electronic dance music
Translations to be checked
Verb
trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)
- (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :And there I left him tranced.
- (transitive, rare) To create in or via a trance.
2014, Geoffrey Benjamin, Temiar Religion, 1964-2012, page 64:The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […]
1995, Sue Jennings, Kevin Jennings, Theatre, Ritual, and Transformation: The Senoi Temiars, page 111:What is interesting for us here is that Chingkai and her familiars dreamed and tranced the Temiar world into being. […]
Etymology 2
The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.
Verb
trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)
- (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
- Synonym: (dialectal) trounce
- (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
- Synonym: (dialectal) trounce
1626 February 1 (licensing date), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):Trance the world o'er.
1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “Mariana”, in Poems. , volume I, London: Edward Moxon, , published 1842, →OCLC, stanza II, page 11:After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats.
- (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.
- Synonym: (dialectal) trounce
Noun
trance (plural trances)
- (obsolete outside British, dialectal) A tedious journey.
- Synonym: (dialectal) trounce
1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; […]
References
- ^ Compare “trance, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1914; “trounce, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1915.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English trance.
Pronunciation
Noun
trance
- trance (genre of electronic dance music)
Declension
Further reading
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English trance.
Pronunciation
Noun
trance f (uncountable)
- trance (music genre)
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English trance.
Pronunciation
Noun
trance f (invariable)
- trance (music genre)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Noun
trance
- plural of trancia
References
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
trance
- Alternative form of traunce
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancer, definite plural trancene)
- form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by transe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancar, definite plural trancane)
- (pre-1984) alternative form of transe
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English trance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trans/
- Rhymes: -ans
- Syllabification: trance
Noun
trance m inan
- trance music
Declension
References
- Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, M. Bańko, PWN 2003, →ISBN
Further reading
- trance in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English trance.
Noun
trance m (uncountable)
- (music) trance (a genre of electronic dance music)
Etymology 2
Verb
trance
- inflection of trançar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Noun
trance m (plural trances)
- Obsolete form of transe.
Spanish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English trance.
Noun
trance m (plural trances)
- trance
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
trance
- inflection of tranzar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading