transept

English

Etymology

From French transept, from New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- (“across”) + saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹænsɛpt/, /ˈtɹɑːnsɛpt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

transept (plural transepts)

1. (architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.

Derived terms

• transepted

Translations

transversal part of a church

• Catalan: creuer (ca) m, transsepte (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 耳堂 (ěrtáng)

• Esperanto: transepto
• Finnish: poikkilaiva
• French: transept (fr)
• German: Querhaus n, Transept m or n
• Hungarian: kereszthajó (hu)
• Irish: croslann f
• Japanese: 翼廊 (よくろう, yokurō), 袖廊 (しゅろう, shurō)
• Kazakh: кесе бөлме (kese bölme)
• Polish: transept (pl) m
• Romanian: transept (ro) n
• Russian: трансепт (ru) m (transept)
• Spanish: transepto (es) m
• Welsh: croesfa f or m

Anagrams

• patterns

French

Noun

transept m (plural transepts)

1. transept

Further reading

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

Polish

transept

Etymology

Borrowed from French transept.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran.sɛpt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ansɛpt
• Syllabification: tran‧sept

Noun

transept m inan (related adjective transeptowy)

1. (architecture) transept (transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir)

   Hypernym: nawa

Declension

Declension of transept

	singular	plural
nominative	transept	transepty
genitive	transeptu	transeptów
dative	transeptowi	transeptom
accusative	transept	transepty
instrumental	transeptem	transeptami
locative	transepcie	transeptach
vocative	transepcie	transepty

Further reading

• transept in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• transept in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• transept in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transept.

Noun

transept n (plural transepturi)

1. transept

Declension

Declension of transept

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	transept	transeptul		transepturi	transepturile
genitive-dative	transept	transeptului		transepturi	transepturilor
vocative	transeptule			transepturilor

References

• transept in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN