name
Meaning 1
A surname from Vietnamese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Tran
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/tɹæn/
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CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A trans person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, informal, offensive, sometimes
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:tran.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Clipping of transmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan, Chen, and Chan.
Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) a back-formation from trans mistaking it for a plural noun.
Shortening.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 陳 /陈 (can4) — Vietnamese surname
- Chinese Mandarin: 陳 /陈 (Chén) — Vietnamese surname
- Czech: Tran — Vietnamese surname
- French: Tran — Vietnamese surname
- German: Tran — Vietnamese surname
- Vietnamese: Trần — Vietnamese surname