trance

English Online Dictionary. What means trance‎? What does trance mean?

English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹæns/
  • Rhymes: -æns

Noun

trance (countable and uncountable, plural trances)

1. (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
2. (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
3. (countable, psychology) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
4. (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).

Alternative forms

• traunce (obsolete)

Derived terms

Descendants

• → French: trance

Translations

Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)

1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
2. (transitive, rare) To create in or via a trance.

Derived terms

• trance out

Etymology 2

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.

Verb

trance (third-person singular simple present trances, present participle trancing, simple past and past participle tranced)

1. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

2. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce
3. (obsolete outside British, dialectal, intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

Noun

trance (plural trances)

1. (obsolete outside British, dialectal) A tedious journey.

   Synonym: (dialectal) trounce

References

• “trance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, recant, tanrec

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtræns/, [ˈt̪ræns̠]
• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑnse/, [ˈt̪rɑ̝ns̠e̞]
• Rhymes: -æns

Noun

trance

1. trance (genre of electronic dance music)

Declension

Further reading

• “trance”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃s/
• Homophones: transe, transes
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

trance f (uncountable)

1. trance (music genre)

Anagrams

• carnet, centra, cernât, créant, encrât, tancer

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/
• Rhymes: -ans

Noun

trance f (invariable)

1. trance (music genre)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtran.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -antʃe
• Hyphenation: tràn‧ce

Noun

trance

1. plural of trancia

References

Anagrams

• Trenca, c'entra, cantre, centra

Middle English

Noun

trance

1. alternative form of traunce

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancer, definite plural trancene)

1. form removed by a 1984 spelling decision; superseded by transe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

trance m (definite singular trancen, indefinite plural trancar, definite plural trancane)

1. (pre-1984) alternative form of transe

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans/
• Rhymes: -ans
• Syllabification: trance

Noun

trance m inan

1. trance music

Declension

References

• Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, M. Bańko, PWN 2003, →ISBN

Further reading

• trance in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tran‧ce

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Noun

trance m (uncountable)

1. (music) trance (a genre of electronic dance music)

Etymology 2

Verb

trance

1. inflection of trançar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Noun

trance m (plural trances)

1. obsolete form of transe

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English trance.

Noun

trance m (plural trances)

1. trance

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

trance

1. inflection of tranzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10