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Italian
Etymology
From trans- (“across”, “beyond”) + umano (“human”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tran.suˈma.no/
- Rhymes: -ano
- Hyphenation: tran‧su‧mà‧no
Adjective
transumano (feminine transumana, masculine plural transumani, feminine plural transumane)
- (rare) beyond human, superhuman
- Synonym: sovrumano
- Antonym: subumano
1882, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Fra' Lucerta”, in Terra vergine, Mondadori, published 2014:[...] non gli avrebbero turbati i sonni gl'inarrivabili splendori della pietra filosofale, ma i volti transumani raggianti delle tavole di Giotto o dell'Angelico.- his dreams would have been troubled not by the unparalleled splendours of the philosopher's stone, but by the shining superhuman faces in Giotto's or Angelico's paintings.