transparent
pronunciation
How to pronounce transparent in British English:
UK [trænsˈpærənt]
How to pronounce transparent in American English:
US [trænsˈpærənt]
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- Adjective:
- transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
- so thin as to transmit light
- free of deceit
- easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)
Word Origin
- transparent
- transparent: [15] Etymologically, something that is transparent allows the light to ‘appear through’ it. The word comes via Old French from medieval Latin trānspārēns, the present participle of trānspārēre ‘be seen through’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix trāns- ‘across, through’ and pārēre ‘show, appear’ (source of English appear).=> appear
- transparent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin transparentem (nominative transparens), present participle of transparere "show light through," from Latin trans- "through" (see trans-) + parere "come in sight, appear" (see appear). Figurative sense of "easily seen through" is first attested 1590s. The attempt to back-form a verb transpare (c. 1600) died with the 17c. Related: Transparently.
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Example
- 1. This transparent material is also a solar panel .
- 2. His government has also been far more transparent than its predecessors .
- 3. Much of the money invested in it still goes into making things faster rather than more transparent .
- 4. It would be completely transparent !
- 5. Transparent brains to reveal drug activity ?