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): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Noun

トランス (rōmaji toransu)

  1. a trance
  2. (music) trance

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Noun

トランス (rōmaji toransu)

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English trans-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [to̞ɾã̠ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Prefix

トランス (rōmaji toransu-)

  1. (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

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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