Japanese

Pronunciation

• とら​んす (Nakadaka)^[2]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɺ̠ã̠ɴsɯᵝ]

Noun

トランス ‎(romaji toransu)

1. a trance

Etymology 2

From English transformer.^[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• とらんす (Heiban)^[2][3][4]
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɺ̠ã̠ɴsɯᵝ]

Noun

トランス ‎(romaji toransu)

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

Synonyms

• 変圧器 (へんあつき, ​hen'atsuki)

Etymology 3

From English trans-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɺ̠ã̠ɴsɯᵝ]

  Pitch accent is based on the complete word.

Prefix

トランス ‎(romaji toransu-)

1. 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 loan word.

Synonyms

• 超 (ちょう, ​chō)
• ...の向こう側の (...のむこうがわの, ... no mukōgawa no)

References

1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 4 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
3. 1 2 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13143-0
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 978-4-14-011112-3