トランス

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) トランス [tòráꜜǹsù] (Nakadaka – [2])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨ]

Noun

トランス • (toransu)

a trance
(music) trance

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English transformer, then shortened.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) トランス [tòráńsú] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]^[4]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨ]

Noun

トランス • (toransu)

(electronics) a transformer for changing voltage in an electrical current

Synonyms

変(へん)圧(あつ)器(き) (hen'atsuki)

Descendants

→ Korean: 도란스 (doranseu)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English trans-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨ]

- Pitch accent is based on the complete word.

Prefix

トランス • (toransu-)

(only in compounds) trans-

Usage notes

This prefix is only seldom used except where it appears as part of loan words that include the prefix trans- in the source language. For coinages in Japanese, Japanese writers are much more likely to use a native Japanese construction or phrase instead of this still-very-foreign loanword.

Synonyms

超(ちょう) (chō)
の向(む)こう側(がわ)の (no mukōgawa no)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[KDJ-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-4] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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