Standard Lemma guide

transplant

noun · verb · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • rhymes with -ænt
  • rhymes with -ɑːnt
  • Received-Pronunciation: tränzʹplänt or trănzʹplänt
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɑːnzplɑːnt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹænzplɑːnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: trănzʹplănt
  • US: /ˈtɹænzplænt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: tränzpläntʹ or trănzpläntʹ
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈplɑːnt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: trănzplăntʹ
  • US: /tɹænzˈplænt/
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AE0 N S P L AE1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the transplant did not flower until the second year
  • too frequent transplanting is not good for families
  • she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transplantation, transplanting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: movement

10

noun

Meaning 10

an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he had a kidney transplant
  • the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent
  • a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transplantation, organ transplant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Narrower terms: keratoplasty, corneal graft, corneal transplant, xenotransplant, xenotransplantation

11

noun

Meaning 11

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: graft

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: animal tissue

Narrower terms: autograft, autoplasty, homograft, allograft, heterograft, xenograft

12

verb

Meaning 12

transfer from one place or period to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transfer, transpose

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shift

13

verb

Meaning 13

place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: graft

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insert, infix, enter, introduce

14

verb

Meaning 14

lift and reset in another soil or situation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Transplant the young rice plants

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transfer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: displace

15

verb

Meaning 15

be transplantable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • These delicate plants do not transplant easily

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: be

History

Etymology

From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.

Across languages

Translations

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пресаждане (presaždane) — act of uprooting and moving
  • Finnish: siirto — act of uprooting and moving
  • Finnish: siirtäminen — act of uprooting and moving
  • French: transplantation — act of uprooting and moving
  • Galician: transplante — act of uprooting and moving
  • Georgian: გადანერგვა (gadanergva) — act of uprooting and moving
  • Irish: athphlandáil — act of uprooting and moving
  • Māori: huarangatanga — act of uprooting and moving
  • Polish: przesadzenie — act of uprooting and moving
  • Portuguese: transplantação — act of uprooting and moving
  • Romanian: transplantare — act of uprooting and moving
  • Spanish: transplante — act of uprooting and moving
  • Tagalog: lipattanim — act of uprooting and moving
  • Bulgarian: разсад (razsad) — thing transplanted
  • Finnish: siirrännäinen — thing transplanted
  • Georgian: ტრანსპლანტატი (ṭransṗlanṭaṭi) — thing transplanted
  • Georgian: გადანერგილი ორგანო (gadanergili organo) — thing transplanted
  • Spanish: transplante — thing transplanted
  • Arabic: زَرْع (zarʕ) — medicine: operation
  • Armenian: փոխպատվաստում (pʻoxpatvastum) — medicine: operation
  • Bulgarian: присаждане (prisaždane) — medicine: operation
  • Bulgarian: транспланта́ция (transplantácija) — medicine: operation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植 (yízhí) — medicine: operation
  • Czech: transplantace — medicine: operation
  • Danish: transplantation — medicine: operation
  • Finnish: siirto — medicine: operation
  • Finnish: elinsiirto — medicine: operation
  • French: transplantation — medicine: operation
  • French: greffe — medicine: operation
  • Galician: transplante — medicine: operation
  • German: Transplantation — medicine: operation
  • Hindi: प्रत्यारोपण (pratyāropaṇ) — medicine: operation
  • Italian: trapianto — medicine: operation
  • Japanese: 移植 (ishoku) — medicine: operation
  • Polish: przeszczep — medicine: operation
  • Polish: transplantacja — medicine: operation
  • Portuguese: transplante — medicine: operation
  • Romanian: transplantare — medicine: operation
  • Russian: транспланта́ция (transplantácija) — medicine: operation
  • Russian: переса́дка (peresádka) — medicine: operation
  • Spanish: trasplante — medicine: operation
  • Spanish: transplante — medicine: operation
  • Tagalog: lipattatag — medicine: operation
  • Bulgarian: трансплант (transplant) — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Czech: transplantát — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Danish: transplantat — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Finnish: siirre — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • French: greffon — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Hindi: प्रत्यारोपण (pratyāropaṇ) — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Polish: przeszczep — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Romanian: organ transplantat — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Romanian: țesut transplantat — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Spanish: trasplante — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Spanish: transplante — medicine: organ/tissue transplanted
  • Arabic: زَرَعَ (zaraʕa) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Arabic: شَتَلَ (šatala) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Asturian: tresllantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Asturian: tresplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Bashkir: күсереп ултыртыу (küserep ultırtıw) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Bulgarian: пресаждам (presaždam) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Catalan: trasplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植 (yízhí) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Danish: omplante — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Danish: udplante — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Esperanto: prikli — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Finnish: siirtää — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Finnish: siirtoistuttaa — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • French: transplanter — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Galician: transplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • German: verpflanzen — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • German: umpflanzen — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Hindi: रोपना (ropnā) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Irish: athphlandáil — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Italian: trapiantare — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Japanese: 移植する (ishoku suru) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Māori: huaranga — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Norman: transplianter — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Polish: przesadzić — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Polish: przesadzać — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Portuguese: transplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Romanian: replanta — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Russian: переса́живать (peresáživatʹ) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Russian: пересади́ть (peresadítʹ) — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Spanish: trasplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Spanish: transplantar — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Vietnamese: cấy — uproot and replant (a plant)
  • Azerbaijani: köçürmək — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Bulgarian: преселвам (preselvam) — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Catalan: trasplantar — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植 (yízhí) — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Finnish: siirtää — resettle or relocate (something)
  • French: transplanter — resettle or relocate (something)
  • French: déplacer — resettle or relocate (something)
  • German: umsetzen — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Italian: trapiantare — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Māori: huaranga — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Norman: transplianter — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Polish: przesiedlić — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Polish: przesiedlać — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Portuguese: transplantar — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Russian: переселя́ть (pereseljátʹ) — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Russian: пересели́ть (pereselítʹ) — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Spanish: trasplantar — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Spanish: transplantar — resettle or relocate (something)
  • Arabic: زَرَعَ (zaraʕa) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Armenian: փոխպատվաստել (pʻoxpatvastel) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Azerbaijani: köçürmək — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Bulgarian: присаждам (prisaždam) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Bulgarian: трансплантирам (transplantiram) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Catalan: trasplantar — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 移植 (yízhí) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Czech: transplantovat — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Danish: transplantere — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Finnish: siirtää — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • French: greffer — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Galician: transplantar — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • German: transplantieren — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • German: verpflanzen — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Hindi: प्रत्यारोपण (pratyāropaṇ) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Italian: trapiantare — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Japanese: 移植する (ishoku suru) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Māori: huaranga — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Polish: przeszczepiać — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Polish: przeszczepić — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Portuguese: transplantar — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Romanian: transplanta — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Russian: переса́живать (peresáživatʹ) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Russian: пересади́ть (peresadítʹ) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Russian: транспланти́ровать (transplantírovatʹ) — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Spanish: trasplantar — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Spanish: transplantar — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
  • Vietnamese: cấy — medicine: transfer (tissue/organ)
Real reading context

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