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Webster 1913 Edition

Transparent

Trans-par′ent

Adj.

[F., from LL.

transparens

-entis

, p. pr. of

transparere

to be transparent; L.

trans

across, through +

parere

to appear. See

Appear

Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid;

as,

transparent

glass; a

transparent

diamond

; – opposed to

opaque

“Transparent elemental air.”

Milton.

Admitting the passage of light; open; porous;

as, a

transparent

veil

Dryden.

Syn. – Translucent; pellucid; clear; bright; limpid; lucid; diaphanous. See

Translucent

–

Trans-par′ent-ly

adv.

–

Trans-par′ent-ness

Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Transparent

TRANSPA'RENT

Adj.

[L. trans and pareo, to appear.]

Having the property of transmitting rays of light so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as transparent glass; a transparent diamond; opposed to opake.

Admitting the passage of light; open porous; as a transparent vail.

Definition 2024

Transparent

See also: transparent

German

Noun

Transparent n ‎(genitive Transparents or Transparentes, plural Transparente)

banner

transparent

See also: Transparent

English

Adjective

transparent ‎(comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)

(of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.
The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped wastes there.
- 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man, chapter 19,
  "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."
(of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.
His reasons for the decision were transparent.

Usage notes

(see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

Synonyms

(see-through, clear): see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid
(obvious): apparent, clear, obvious

Antonyms

(see-through, clear): opaque
(obvious): obscure, opaque
nontransparent
non-transparent

Derived terms

transparently

Related terms

Coordinate terms

translucent

Translations

see-through, clear

Albanian: tejdukshëm (sq)
Asturian: tresparente
Catalan: transparent (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 透明 (zh) ‎(tòumíng)
Czech: průhledný (cs) m
Danish: transparent, gennemsigtig (da), klar (da)
Dutch: doorzichtig (nl), transparant (nl)
Esperanto: travidebla
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
Galician: transparente
Georgian: გამჭვირვალე ‎(gamč̣virvale)
German: durchsichtig (de), transparent (de)
Greek: διαφανής (el) ‎(diafanís)
Gujarati: પારદર્શક ‎(pārdarśak)
Hebrew: שקוף (he) ‎(shaqúf)
Hindi: पारदर्शक (hi) ‎(pārdarśak), पारदर्शी (hi) ‎(pārdarśī), स्वच्छ (hi) ‎(svacch), शुद्ध (hi) ‎(śuddh)
Hungarian: átlátszó (hu)
Icelandic: gagnsær, gegnsær (is)
Indonesian: tembus pandang (id), bening (id)

Irish: gléineach, trédhearcach
Italian: trasparente (it)
Japanese: 透明 (ja) ‎(とうめい, tōmē)
Norman: transpathent
Korean: 들여다보이다 ‎(deul'yeodaboida)
Latvian: caurspīdīgs, caurredzams, transparents
Lojban: klina
Malay: lutsinar
Maori: puata
Marathi: पारदर्शक ‎(pārdarśak), पारदर्शी ‎(pārdarśī), स्वच्छ ‎(svacch), शुद्ध ‎(śuddh)
Norwegian: gjennomsiktig (no), transparent (no)
Occitan: transparent
Polish: przezroczysty (pl), przejrzysty (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt)
Romanian: transparent (ro) m, n, străveziu (ro)
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) ‎(prozráčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir, so-lèirsinneach
Slovene: prozoren
Spanish: transparente (es)
Swedish: transparent (sv), genomskinlig (sv)
Volapük: dulogamovik (vo)

open, publically visible

Chinese:
Mandarin: 公開 (zh), 公开 (zh) ‎(gōngkāi)
Czech: průhledný (cs) m
Danish: gennemskuelig
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
German: transparent (de)
Hebrew: שקוף (he) ‎(shaqúf)
Hindi: खुला (hi) ‎(khulā)
Japanese: 透明 (ja) ‎(tōmē), 可視化 ‎(kashi ka)
Norman: transpathent

Malay: telus
Marathi: खुले ‎(khule)
Norwegian: gjennomsynlig, gjennomskuelig
Polish: otwarty (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt)
Romanian: transparent (ro) m, n
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) ‎(prozráčnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
Slovene: transparenten
Spanish: transparente (es)
Tagalog: aninagin, naaaninag

obvious

Asturian: tresparente
Chinese:
Mandarin: 明顯 (zh), 明显 (zh) ‎(míngxiǎn)
Czech: zřejmý (cs), zřetelný
Danish: åbenbar, klar (da), oplagt
Esperanto: malkaŝema
Finnish: läpinäkyvä (fi), ilmeinen (fi)
French: transparent (fr)
Galician: transparente
German: erkennbar (de)
Hebrew: גְּלוּי ‎(galúi)
Irish: follasach, trédhearcach
Japanese: 明らか (ja) ‎(akiraka)

Norman: transpathent
Norwegian: opplagt, åpenbar (no)
Polish: jasny (pl), oczywisty (pl)
Portuguese: transparente (pt), óbvio (pt), claro (pt)
Romanian: clar (ro) m, n, evident (ro) m, n, limpede (ro) m, n, vădit (ro) m, n
Russian: прозра́чный (ru) ‎(prozráčnyj), я́сный (ru) ‎(jásnyj), очеви́дный (ru) ‎(očevídnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: trìd-shoilleir
Spanish: transparente (es)
Swedish: uppenbar (sv), tydlig (sv)
Volapük: klülabik (vo)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

transparent m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural transparents)

transparent

Antonyms

opac

Czech

Noun

transparent m

banner or placard

Danish

Adjective

transparent

transparent

Noun

transparent c, n ‎(singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)

Synonyms

(banner): banner n
(transparency): overhead c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin transparens.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s.pa.ʁɑ̃/

Adjective

transparent m ‎(feminine singular transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

transparent; see-through
Le verre est transparent.
clear
Un ciel (air, lumière, etc.) transparent.
transparent, easy to understand
une allusion transparente.
unnoticed
j'étais transparent à ses regards.
(figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything
Notre comptabilité est transparente.
(linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages
un mot transparent.

Antonyms

(linguistics): faux-ami

Related terms

transparence

Noun

transparent m ‎(plural transparents)

paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight
Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.
(obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)
Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.
plastic film used to show images with an overhead
La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.

References

“transparent” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Adjective

transparent ‎(comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)

transparent

Declension

Positive forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparent	sie ist transparent	es ist transparent	sie sind transparent
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenter	transparente	transparentes	transparente
	genitive	transparenten	transparenter	transparenten	transparenter
	dative	transparentem	transparenter	transparentem	transparenten
	accusative	transparenten	transparente	transparentes	transparente
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparente	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
	genitive	des transparenten	der transparenten	des transparenten	der transparenten
	dative	dem transparenten	der transparenten	dem transparenten	den transparenten
	accusative	den transparenten	die transparente	das transparente	die transparenten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenter	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten
	genitive	eines transparenten	einer transparenten	eines transparenten	(keiner) transparenten
	dative	einem transparenten	einer transparenten	einem transparenten	(keinen) transparenten
	accusative	einen transparenten	eine transparente	ein transparentes	(keine) transparenten

Comparative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist transparenter	sie ist transparenter	es ist transparenter	sie sind transparenter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparenterer	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
	genitive	transparenteren	transparenterer	transparenteren	transparenterer
	dative	transparenterem	transparenterer	transparenterem	transparenteren
	accusative	transparenteren	transparentere	transparenteres	transparentere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparentere	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
	genitive	des transparenteren	der transparenteren	des transparenteren	der transparenteren
	dative	dem transparenteren	der transparenteren	dem transparenteren	den transparenteren
	accusative	den transparenteren	die transparentere	das transparentere	die transparenteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparenterer	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren
	genitive	eines transparenteren	einer transparenteren	eines transparenteren	(keiner) transparenteren
	dative	einem transparenteren	einer transparenteren	einem transparenteren	(keinen) transparenteren
	accusative	einen transparenteren	eine transparentere	ein transparenteres	(keine) transparenteren

Superlative forms of transparent

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am transparentesten	sie ist am transparentesten	es ist am transparentesten	sie sind am transparentesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	transparentester	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
	genitive	transparentesten	transparentester	transparentesten	transparentester
	dative	transparentestem	transparentester	transparentestem	transparentesten
	accusative	transparentesten	transparenteste	transparentestes	transparenteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der transparenteste	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
	genitive	des transparentesten	der transparentesten	des transparentesten	der transparentesten
	dative	dem transparentesten	der transparentesten	dem transparentesten	den transparentesten
	accusative	den transparentesten	die transparenteste	das transparenteste	die transparentesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein transparentester	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten
	genitive	eines transparentesten	einer transparentesten	eines transparentesten	(keiner) transparentesten
	dative	einem transparentesten	einer transparentesten	einem transparentesten	(keinen) transparentesten
	accusative	einen transparentesten	eine transparenteste	ein transparentestes	(keine) transparentesten

Latin

Verb

trānspārent

third-person plural present active indicative of trānspāreō

Norwegian

Adjective

transparent

transparent (quality of a material)

Inflection

Inflection of transparent

Bokmål		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	transparent	transparente	Comparative	mer transparent	Superlative	mest transparent
	Feminine singular	transparent	transparente
	Neuter singular	transparent	transparente
	Plural	transparente	transparente
Nynorsk		Indefinite	Definite				Indefinite	Definite
	Masculine singular	transparent	transparente	Comparative	meir transparent	Superlative	mest transparent
	Feminine singular	transparent	transparente
	Neuter singular	transparent	transparente
	Plural	transparente	transparente

Synonyms

gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent

banner

Inflection

Inflection of transparent

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	transparent	transparenten	transparenter	transparentene
Bokmål n	transparent	transparentet	transparent/transparenter	transparenta/transparentene
Nynorsk m	transparent	transparenten	transparentar	transparentane
Nynorsk n	transparent	transparentet	transparent	transparenta

Synonyms

(banner): banner

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /trãsˈparɛnt/

Noun

transparent m inan

banner

Declension

declension of transparent

	singular	plural
nominative	transparent	transparenty
genitive	transparentu	transparentów
dative	transparentowi	transparentom
accusative	transparent	transparenty
instrumental	transparentem	transparentami
locative	transparencie	transparentach
vocative	transparencie	transparenty

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French transparent.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtran.spaˈrent/

Adjective

transparent m, n ‎(feminine singular transparentă, masculine plural transparenți, feminine and neuter plural transparente)

transparent

Declension

declension of transparent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transparent		transparentă	transparenți	transparente
nominative/ accusative	definite	transparentul		transparenta	transparenții	transparentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transparent		transparente	transparenți	transparente
genitive/ dative	definite	transparentului		transparentei	transparenților	transparentelor

Related terms

transparență
transpărea

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Webster 1913 Edition

Transparent

Trans-par′ent

Webster 1828 Edition

Transparent

TRANSPA'RENT

Definition 2024

Transparent

Transparent

German

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transparent

transparent

English

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