name
Meaning 1
France.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trance
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /tɹɑːns/
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rhymes with -ɑːns
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General-American: /tɹæns/
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rhymes with -æns
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CMU ARPABET: T R AE1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dazed or unconscious condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 6
A tedious journey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal
Qualifier: obsolete outside UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trounce
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
To create in or via a trance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
Qualifier: obsolete outside UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trounce
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To pass across or over; to traverse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
Qualifier: obsolete outside UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trounce
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To travel quickly over a long distance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, intransitive
Qualifier: obsolete outside UK
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trounce
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
a state of mind in which consciousness is fragile and voluntary action is poor or missing; a state resembling deep sleep
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unconsciousness
Narrower terms: hypnotic trance, religious trance, ecstatic state
noun
Meaning 13
a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enchantment, spell
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychological state, psychological condition, mental state, mental condition
Narrower terms: possession, fascination, captivation
verb
Meaning 14
attract; cause to be enamored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She captured all the men's hearts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: capture, enamour, catch, becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attract, appeal
Narrower terms: hold, work
History
Etymology
Possibly a mix of trans + France.
From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).
The verb is derived from Middle English traunce, trauncen, trancen (“to move about (?); to prance (?); to trample the ground”) (whence modern English trounce with the same senses, which see for more). The noun is probably derived from the verb.
Across languages
Translations
89 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: унесеност (unesenost) — dazed or unconscious condition
- Bulgarian: транс — dazed or unconscious condition
- German: Trance — dazed or unconscious condition
- Hungarian: révület — dazed or unconscious condition
- Hungarian: transz — dazed or unconscious condition
- Ido: tranco — dazed or unconscious condition
- Māori: moe tūtoro — dazed or unconscious condition
- Middle English: traunce — dazed or unconscious condition
- Polish: trans — dazed or unconscious condition
- Portuguese: desmaio — dazed or unconscious condition
- Portuguese: transe — dazed or unconscious condition
- Russian: транс — dazed or unconscious condition
- Welsh: perlewyg — dazed or unconscious condition
- Bulgarian: унесеност (unesenost) — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Catalan: trànsit — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Catalan: estat de trànsit — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- German: Trance — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Ido: tranco — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu) — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Polish: trans — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Portuguese: tontura — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Portuguese: transe — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Russian: транс — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Swedish: trans — state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- Bulgarian: хипноза (hipnoza) — such a state induced by hypnosis
- German: Trance — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Hungarian: transz — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Ido: tranco — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu) — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Polish: trans — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Portuguese: hipnose — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Portuguese: transe — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Russian: транс — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Swedish: trans — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Welsh: perlewyg — such a state induced by hypnosis
- Albanian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Arabic: ترانس — genre of electronic dance music
- Belarusian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Bulgarian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Catalan: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Chinese Mandarin: 勸世音樂 /劝世音乐 (quànshì yīnyuè) — genre of electronic dance music
- Chinese Mandarin: 出神音樂 /出神音乐 (chūshén yīnyuè) — genre of electronic dance music
- Chinese Mandarin: 傳思音樂 /传思音乐 (chuánsī yīnyuè) — genre of electronic dance music
- Czech: trans — genre of electronic dance music
- Czech: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Danish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Dutch: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Esperanto: trenco — genre of electronic dance music
- Estonian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Finnish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- French: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Galician: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Georgian: ტრანსი (ṭransi) — genre of electronic dance music
- German: Trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Greek: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Greek: τρανς — genre of electronic dance music
- Hebrew: טראנס — genre of electronic dance music
- Hindi: ट्रान्स (ṭrāns) — genre of electronic dance music
- Hungarian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Icelandic: trans — genre of electronic dance music
- Indonesian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Italian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Japanese: トランス (toransu) — genre of electronic dance music
- Kannada: ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ (ṭrāns) — genre of electronic dance music
- Korean: 트랜스 (teuraenseu) — genre of electronic dance music
- Latin: trancia — genre of electronic dance music
- Latvian: transs — genre of electronic dance music
- Lithuanian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Lombard: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Occitan: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Ossetian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Polish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Portuguese: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Quechua: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Romanian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Russian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Serbo-Croatian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Serbo-Croatian: тренс — genre of electronic dance music
- Serbo-Croatian: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Slovak: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Slovene: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Spanish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Swedish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Thai: แทรนซ์ — genre of electronic dance music
- Turkish: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Ukrainian: транс — genre of electronic dance music
- Vietnamese: trance — genre of electronic dance music
- Welsh: trans — genre of electronic dance music
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