transcender

English

Etymology

From transcend +‎ -er.

Noun

transcender (plural transcenders)

1. One who transcends.
   • 1995, Antoine Culioli, Michel Liddle, Cognition and Representation in Linguistic Theory, page v:

     British and North American practitioners tend to ignore the heirs, gainsayers and transcenders of the framework set out by Ferdinand de Saussure.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānscendere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.de/

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Verb

transcender

1. to transcend

Conjugation

Conjugation of transcender (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	transcender
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	transcendant /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		transcendé /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	transcende /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcendes /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcende /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcendons /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/	transcendez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.de/	transcendent /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/
	imperfect	transcendais /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɛ/	transcendais /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɛ/	transcendait /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɛ/	transcendions /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/	transcendiez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dje/	transcendaient /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	transcendai /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.de/	transcendas /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.da/	transcenda /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.da/	transcendâmes /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dam/	transcendâtes /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dat/	transcendèrent /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	transcenderai /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁe/	transcenderas /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁa/	transcendera /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁa/	transcenderons /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	transcenderez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁe/	transcenderont /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	transcenderais /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	transcenderais /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	transcenderait /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/	transcenderions /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	transcenderiez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.də.ʁje/	transcenderaient /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	transcende /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcendes /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcende /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	transcendions /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/	transcendiez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dje/	transcendent /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	transcendasse /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.das/	transcendasses /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.das/	transcendât /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.da/	transcendassions /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	transcendassiez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.da.sje/	transcendassent /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	transcende /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/	—	transcendons /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/	transcendez /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “transcender”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānscendere (“to climb over, step over, surpass, transcend”). Compare Spanish trascender, French transcender.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.sẽˈde(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, /tɾɐ̃.ʃẽˈdeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sẽˈdeɾ/, /tɾɐ̃.ʃẽˈdeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃ʃ.sẽˈde.ɾi/, /tɾɐ̃.ʃẽˈde.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: trans‧cen‧der

Verb

transcender (first-person singular present transcendo, first-person singular preterite transcendi, past participle transcendido)

1. to transcend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transcender (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	transcender
Personal	transcender	transcenderes	transcender	transcendermos	transcenderdes	transcenderem
Gerund
	transcendendo
Past participle
Masculine	transcendido			transcendidos
Feminine	transcendida			transcendidas
Indicative
Present	transcendo	transcendes	transcende	transcendemos	transcendeis	transcendem
Imperfect	transcendia	transcendias	transcendia	transcendíamos	transcendíeis	transcendiam
Preterite	transcendi	transcendeste	transcendeu	transcendemos	transcendestes	transcenderam
Pluperfect	transcendera	transcenderas	transcendera	transcendêramos	transcendêreis	transcenderam
Future	transcenderei	transcenderás	transcenderá	transcenderemos	transcendereis	transcenderão
Conditional	transcenderia	transcenderias	transcenderia	transcenderíamos	transcenderíeis	transcenderiam
Subjunctive
Present	transcenda	transcendas	transcenda	transcendamos	transcendais	transcendam
Imperfect	transcendesse	transcendesses	transcendesse	transcendêssemos	transcendêsseis	transcendessem
Future	transcender	transcenderes	transcender	transcendermos	transcenderdes	transcenderem
Imperative
Affirmative		transcende	transcenda	transcendamos	transcendei	transcendam
Negative (não)		não transcendas	não transcenda	não transcendamos	não transcendais	não transcendam

Related terms

• descender

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /tɾansθenˈdeɾ/ [t̪ɾãns.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /tɾansenˈdeɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: trans‧cen‧der

Verb

transcender (first-person singular present transciendo, first-person singular preterite transcendí, past participle transcendido)

1. Alternative form of trascender

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transcender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			transcender
gerund			transcendiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transcendido		transcendida
		plural		transcendidos		transcendidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transciendo	transciendestú transcendésvos	transciende	transcendemos	transcendéis	transcienden
	imperfect	transcendía	transcendías	transcendía	transcendíamos	transcendíais	transcendían
	preterite	transcendí	transcendiste	transcendió	transcendimos	transcendisteis	transcendieron
	future	transcenderé	transcenderás	transcenderá	transcenderemos	transcenderéis	transcenderán
	conditional	transcendería	transcenderías	transcendería	transcenderíamos	transcenderíais	transcenderían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transcienda	transciendastú transcendásvos2	transcienda	transcendamos	transcendáis	transciendan
	imperfect (ra)	transcendiera	transcendieras	transcendiera	transcendiéramos	transcendierais	transcendieran
	imperfect (se)	transcendiese	transcendieses	transcendiese	transcendiésemos	transcendieseis	transcendiesen
	future1	transcendiere	transcendieres	transcendiere	transcendiéremos	transcendiereis	transcendieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		transciendetú transcendévos	transcienda	transcendamos	transcended	transciendan
	negative		no transciendas	no transcienda	no transcendamos	no transcendáis	no transciendan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of transcender (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive transcender	dative	transcenderme	transcenderte	transcenderle, transcenderse	transcendernos	transcenderos	transcenderles, transcenderse
	accusative	transcenderme	transcenderte	transcenderlo, transcenderla, transcenderse	transcendernos	transcenderos	transcenderlos, transcenderlas, transcenderse
with gerund transcendiendo	dative	transcendiéndome	transcendiéndote	transcendiéndole, transcendiéndose	transcendiéndonos	transcendiéndoos	transcendiéndoles, transcendiéndose
	accusative	transcendiéndome	transcendiéndote	transcendiéndolo, transcendiéndola, transcendiéndose	transcendiéndonos	transcendiéndoos	transcendiéndolos, transcendiéndolas, transcendiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative transciende	dative	transciéndeme	transciéndete	transciéndele	transciéndenos	not used	transciéndeles
	accusative	transciéndeme	transciéndete	transciéndelo, transciéndela	transciéndenos	not used	transciéndelos, transciéndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative transcendé	dative	transcendeme	transcendete	transcendele	transcendenos	not used	transcendeles
	accusative	transcendeme	transcendete	transcendelo, transcendela	transcendenos	not used	transcendelos, transcendelas
with formal second-person singular imperative transcienda	dative	transciéndame	not used	transciéndale, transciéndase	transciéndanos	not used	transciéndales
	accusative	transciéndame	not used	transciéndalo, transciéndala, transciéndase	transciéndanos	not used	transciéndalos, transciéndalas
with first-person plural imperative transcendamos	dative	not used	transcendámoste	transcendámosle	transcendámonos	transcendámoos	transcendámosles
	accusative	not used	transcendámoste	transcendámoslo, transcendámosla	transcendámonos	transcendámoos	transcendámoslos, transcendámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative transcended	dative	transcendedme	not used	transcendedle	transcendednos	transcendeos	transcendedles
	accusative	transcendedme	not used	transcendedlo, transcendedla	transcendednos	transcendeos	transcendedlos, transcendedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transciendan	dative	transciéndanme	not used	transciéndanle	transciéndannos	not used	transciéndanles, transciéndanse
	accusative	transciéndanme	not used	transciéndanlo, transciéndanla	transciéndannos	not used	transciéndanlos, transciéndanlas, transciéndanse

Further reading

• “transcender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10