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Definition: Transparent |
TransparentAdjective1. Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent cristal". 2. So thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks". 3. Free of deceit. 4. Easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "transparent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Transparent \Trans*par"ent\, adjective. [French expression, from late Latin transparens, -entis, present participle of transparere to be transparent; Latin trans across, through parere to appear. See Appear.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Transparent 1. |
Electrical Engineering | Qualifies a system or equipment which allows the signals, codes or modulations of another system or equipment to pass through it without being altered. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | Transmitting light rays so that objects on the other side may be distinctly seen; capable of being seen through. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation. b. Things that may be seen through; e.g., rock crystal (quartz), Icelandspar (calcite), selenite (gypsum). CF:opaque e.g., rock crystal (quartz), Icelandspar (calcite), selenite (gypsum). CF:opaque. (references) |
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- transparency (optics)
- transparency (overhead projector)
- market transparency
- transparency (telecommunication)
- transparency (computing)
- Transparency International is an organization working for transparency, i.e., accountability, in governance.
- referential transparency
- transparency (humanities)
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In computing and networking, a software that supports different logical actions through the same user or application interface is transparent. For example, the Network File System allows users to access files stored on a remote machine as if they were stored locally, through the same file/folder hierarchy.Similarly, some file systems allow transparent compression and decompression of data, enabling users to store more files on a medium without any special knowledge; other file systems encrypt files transparently. In software engineering, it is also considered good practice to develop or use abstraction layers for database access, so that the same application will work with different databases; here, the abstraction layer allows other parts of the program to access the database transparently. In object-oriented programming, transparency is facilitated through the use of interfaces or header files with different implementations.
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The basic meaning of the word transparency is in the physical sciences — specifically, in optics: a physical object is transparent if one can see through it; see transparency (optics). The sense of the word used here began as a metaphorical extension of that meaning.In sociology, politics, ethics, law, economics, business, management, etc., transparency is the opposite of privacy; an activity is transparent if all information about it is freely available. Thus when courts of law admit the public, when fluctuating prices in financial markets are published in newspapers, those processes are transparent; when military authorities classify their plans as secret, transparency is absent. See also market transparency.
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In optics, transparency is the property of being transparent, i.e. allowing light to pass. For example air and some other gases, clear water, various other liquids, glass (usually), and plastic (sometimes, e.g. perspex), are transparent. If the amount of transparency depends on the wavelength of the light then the glass, etc., is tinted. This may for instance be due to certain metallic oxide molecules in glass, or (larger) colored particles, as in (light) colored smoke. If many of these colored particles are present the gas, liquid or solid becomes opaque, e.g. dense smoke.There are transparent glass walls that can be made opaque by the press of a button, see ICE.
"Transparent" materials can be seen through (such as a common glass window), whereas "translucent" materials allow some light to pass through them but cannot be seen through (for example frosted glass).
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TROPICS | English | Transparent object-oriented parallel information computing system | Computing |
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Synonyms: TransparentSynonyms: cobwebby (adj), crystal clear (adj), crystalline (adj), diaphanous (adj), filmy (adj), gauzy (adj), gossamer (adj), guileless (adj), limpid (adj), lucid (adj), pellucid (adj), see-through (adj), sheer (adj), vaporous (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Intelligibility | Adjective: intelligible; clear, clear as day, clear as noonday; lucid; perspicuous, transpicuous; luminous, transparent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Transparent |
| English words defined with "transparent": transparent substance. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "transparent": referentially transparent ♦ transparent audio coding, transparent overlay, transparent package, transparent plasma. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "transparent": Transpare. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Transparent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (pellucid), Czech (banner, streamer), French (clear, filmy, limpid, pellucid, see through, transparent), German (banner, clear, diaphanous, lucent, lucid, neon sign, reproducible copy, transparency, transparent, transparentness), Romanian (clear, fine-spun, flimsy, gauzy, glasslike, glassy, hyaloid, lucent, pellucid, perspicuous, thin, translucent, transparent), Swedish (filmy, transparent). |
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Screenplays | I am transparent. (Mystery Men; writing credit: Kinka Usher, written by Bob Burden and Neil Cuthbert. Based on the comic book series.) So, now it's time to summon her transparent butt back and ask exactly what that reason is. (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) Am I that transparent (10 Things I Hate About You; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz; Kirsten Smith) | |
Lyrics | A transparent dream (Comin' Back to Me; performing artist: Jefferson Airplane) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) Transparent Desires (1991) Almost Transparent Blue (1980) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Rotating Transparent Plane" by Rod Rodrigues. Use the Scrollbar to vary A and rotate the plane. Transparency makes it easier to see how the plane intersects the surface. |  | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Hooded Nudibranch, Melibe leonina, is also called the Lion Nudibranch. This mollusk is almost transparent with a slight yellowish-green cast. Unlike other nudibranchs, Melibe have no radula and M. Leonina has no jaws. It uses its oral hood, lined with 2 rows of tentacles to capture prey. Found in offshore kelpbeds and eelgrass meadows. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
 | Transparent Window Technique in Cancer Research : National Cancer Institute National Institutes Of Health / Roy Perry. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Ralph Lopez, foreman of a transparent box factory, tells Carmen Zapata how to operate a stamping machine / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Phil Stanziola.. |
 | Louise Jackson in blouse with transparent sleeves, half-length portrait. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. In the transparent nose of a mighty YB-17 bomber, a sergeant of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia handles the machine gun. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Glass" by Joanna Kopik Commentary: "A small glass with transparent beads in it." | "Redlight" by Markus . Commentary: "Transparent bikelamp." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Buckingham | Making my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart doth hold. |
Harold Coffin | Feminine logic is fallacious, shallow, inconsistent, irrelevant, capricious, transparent -- and irrefutable. |
Henri Frederic Amiel | Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists. |
John Tillotson | The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He was transparent, but impenetrable |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | How much more beautiful than our lives, how much more transparent than our characters, are they |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Lymph-A transparent, slightly yellow liquid found in the lymphatic vessels. (references) | |
Bowman's Layer - Lying directly below the basement membrane of the epithelium is a transparent sheet of tissue known as Bowman's layer. (references) | ||
The cornea must remain transparent to refract light properly, and the presence of even the tiniest blood vessels can interfere with this process. (references) | ||
Business | Quota allocation largely remains non transparent to outsiders. (references) | |
Also popular are transparent fabrics and traditional stripes and checkers. (references) | ||
A new government procurement act has contributed to making the process more transparent. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Sweden | NGO's continued to complain that the country lacks a transparent process for making decisions in asylum cases. (references) |
Guatemala | Both IAPS delegates and deputies from opposition parties in the Congress voiced concern that any auction be transparent. (references) | |
Venezuela | The Central University of Venezuela, whose Rector was chosen in transparent elections in 2000 and who is not aligned politically with the Government, continued to experience violent, pro-Government student unrest. (references) | |
Economic History | Djibouti | It is complex and far from transparent. (references) |
Ecuador | Ecuador's regulatory system is not transparent. (references) | |
Malaysia | The Malaysian legal system is relatively transparent. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yugoslavia | Investigations into many past abuses were slow and often not transparent. (references) |
Hong Kong | In November 2000, legislators requested that the process be made transparent. (references) | |
Pakistan | Diplomatic observers who attended the Sharif trial concluded that the trial generally was fair, open, and transparent. (references) | |
Political Economy | Ireland | Ireland has an open and transparent business climate. (references) |
CZECH REPUBLIC | Several revisions aimed at making the law simpler and more transparent failed. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | Widespread corruption remained rooted in a lack of transparent and accountable governance. (references) | |
Political Rights | Laos | Activities of the standing committee are not fully transparent. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Electoral officers did not operate in a fully open and transparent manner. (references) | |
Senegal | International and national observers characterized the elections as free and transparent. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | These advances have made the Spanish securities market more transparent and safer. (references) |
India | In successive years, India has made the trade regime increasingly more transparent. (references) | |
El Salvador | Generally, El Salvador's phytosanitary regulations are transparent and scientifically based. (references) | |
Travel | Chile | Simplified bureaucratic procedures are the rule, making the Chilean business environment one of the most transparent and friendly in Latin America. (references) |
Ukraine | As noted above, given the absence of a strong, transparent legal infrastructure, your deal may in the end depend on the trust you have painstakingly built over many months or years. (references) | |
Thailand | The revelation of what Westerners regard as rampant graft, corruption, and favoritism as an integral part of Thai business and political practice, and the recognition of the great cost to society these actions have caused in the wake of the financial crisis, is causing many Thais to openly criticize, for the first time, the behavior of the privileged and powerful . Previously referred to euphemistically as "the Thai way," such favoritism was not necessarily tolerated, but not directly challenged . The new economic and social era in the making holds promise of also being fairer and more transparent . (references) | |
Women | Netherlands | In addition the licensing system in theory makes prostitution more transparent and easier for the police to monitor. (references) |
Worker Rights | Japan | How the debt was calculated was left to the employers; the process was not transparent, and the employers reportedly often used the debt to coerce additional unpaid labor from the trafficked women. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
John Ashcroft | Oh, this president is the kind of person who is going to mention issues that ought to be mentioned. He's going to be very open. He's going to be transparent. He doesn't hide things. George W. Bush is what you see is what you get. |
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| "Transparent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Transparent" is used about 734 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 734 | 9,217 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "transparent": made of transparent material ♦ optically transparent material ♦ referentially transparent ♦ transparent allusion ♦ transparent audio coding ♦ transparent data ♦ transparent gem ♦ transparent material ♦ transparent overlay ♦ transparent package ♦ transparent paper ♦ transparent quartz ♦ Transparent slate ♦ transparent slide ♦ transparent soap ♦ transparent substance. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "transparent": data-transparent, electron-transparent, magically-transparent, near-transparent, non-transparent, semi-transparent, speed-transparent. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "transparent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i tejdukshëm (clear, diaphanous, glassy, hyaline, lucid, pellucid, sheer, translucent, transpicuous, vitreous), i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, free-spoken, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled), i dukshëm (apparent, appreciable, conspicuous, discernible, distinct, evidence, evident, in evidence, manifest, marked, memorable, mere, naked, notable, noticeable, observable, obvious, outward, overt, palpable, patent, perceptible, plain, pointed, prominent, rank, salient, self-explanatory, sensible, sheer, simple, speaking, substantial, telling, thorough-paced, unconcealed, unqualified, visible). (various references) | |
Arabic | واضح (apparent, bold, broad, clear, conspicuous, decided, definite, elucidative, evident, explicit, express, frank, intelligible, legible, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, marked, obvious, outspoken, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, plump, pointed, pronounced, punctual, purposely, seeming, sharp, specific, trenchant, visible), صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, direct, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, unreserved, unvarnished), جلي (apparent, clear, conspicuous, distinct, evident, express, intelligible, lucid, manifest, marked, obvious, patent, plain, unequivocal, unmistakable), شفاف (clear, crystal, diaphanous, filmy, gauze, gauzy, gossamery, limpid, lucid, pellucid, see through). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clean-cut, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), явен (apparent, blazing, decided, declared, distinct, downright, evident, Frank, glaring, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open, ostensible, outright, overt, palpable, patent, plain, Plumb, pointed, professed, pronounced, rank, self-explanatory, sheer, thumping, unconcealed, unmistakable, visible), очевиден (apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, conspicuous, demonstrable, evident, manifest, marked, noticeable, obvious, open and shut, palpable, patent, self evident, self-apparent, self-explanatory, sheer, stark, unmistakable, visible), очебиен (conspicuous, flagrant, gross, outstanding, pronounced, remarkable, salient), откровен (candid, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outright, plain, plainspoken, point blank, round, simple minded, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, unvarnished), открит (above board, bare, bleak, demonstrative, discovered, exposed, free for all, ingenuous, obvious, open, open air, openhearted, outspoken, overt, public, straight, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered, unscreened, unshaded, wind swept), непресторен (inartificial, naпve, natural, unaffected, unartful, unfeigned), прозрачен (bright, clear, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, hyaline, limpid, lucent, lucid, peek-a-boo, pellucid, see through, sheer, white), прозиращ, понятен (apprehensible, clear, comprehensible, intelligent, intelligible, plain), плитък (fleet, shallow, shoal, superficial). (various references) | |
Chinese | 透明 (open). (various references) | |
Czech | upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), prùsvitný (filmy, gauzy, translucent), prùhledný (clear, laky, translucent). (various references) | |
Danish | transparente data (transparent data), transparent (data-transparent, speed-transparent, transparent data), gennemskuelighed (data-transparent, speed-transparent), gennemskinnelig beskyttende film (protective film), gennemsigtighed (data-transparent, speed-transparent, translucency, transparency), gennemsigtig beskyttende film (protective film). (various references) | |
Dutch | transparante gegevens (transparent data), transparant (transparant), doorzichtig (transparant), beschermende doorzichtige laag (protective film). (various references) | |
Farsi | فرانما (Schedule), پیدا (Apparent, Phenomenal, Visibility, Visible), پشت نما, نورگذران , شفاف (Crystal, Crystalline, Diaphanous, Elucidate, Lucid, Perspicuous, Sleek). (various references) | |
Finnish | läpinäkyvä (data-transparent, speed-transparent). (various references) | |
French | transparent (transparency). (various references) | |
German | durchsichtig (clear, diaphanous, limpid, lucid, obvious, pellucid, see through, transparently), transparent (banner, clear, diaphanous, lucent, lucid, neon sign, reproducible copy, transparency, transparentness). (various references) | |
Greek | διαφανής (data-transparent, diaphanous, pellucid, speed-transparent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שקוף (apparent, clear, crystalline, pellucid, transillumination, transparency, x ray examination), זך (clear, innocent, lucid, pure, spotless, virginal), זכוכי (glassy, vitreous). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tiszta (blank, by the merest chance, chaste, clean, clear, distinct, fine, franchised, hygienic, legible, light, limpid, neat, net, open and shut, pellucid, perspicuous, platonic, proof spirit, pure, saintly, sheer, sinless, sky clear, tabula rasa), áttetsző (clear, diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, limpid, lucite, pellucid, semi-transparent, translucent), átlátszó (clear, diaphanous, dioptric, dioptrical, gauzy, glassy, hyaline, limpid, pellucid, see-through, sheer, translucent, transparant, tricks easily seen through). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tembus cahaya (translucent), semu (hallucination, illusion), maya (hallucination, illusion), jernih (limpid, lucid), bening (clear). (various references) | |
Italian | trasparente (diaphanous, radioscopic, see through, sheer, transparant). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 素通し (plain). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | すどおし (plain). (various references) | |
Korean | 투명한 (Glassy, sheer). (various references) | |
Manx | tarhoilshagh, sollys (bright, brilliant, clear, lamp, light, resplendent, shining, shiny). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ansparenttray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | transparente (articulate, clear, filmy, gauzy, glassy, lucid, pellucid, translucent, transpicuous). (various references) | |
Romanian | transparent (clear, fine-spun, flimsy, gauzy, glasslike, glassy, hyaloid, lucent, pellucid, perspicuous, thin, translucent). (various references) | |
Russian | прозрачный (clear, crystal, crystalline, diaphanous, gauzy, limpid, lucent, lucid, pellucid, serene, sheer, transpicuous). (various references) | |
Scottish | soilleir (bright, clear, evident, limpid, visible). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | transparentan, prozračan (diaphanous, sheer, translucent), proziran (limpid), providan (clear, gauzy, limpid, pellucid, perspicuous). (various references) | |
Spanish | transparente (clear, diaphanous, diaphragmatic, filmy, gauzy, lacy, limpid, see through, thin). (various references) | |
Swedish | genomskinlig (diaphanous, limpid, liquid, pellucid, seethrough, sheer, translucent). (various references) | |
Turkish | transparan (peekaboo, see through, sheer), saydam (clear, hyaloid, liquid, pellucid), şeffaf (clear, crystalline, filmy, gauzy, hyaline, hyalo-, hyaloid, pellucid, see through, sheer), apaçık (as plain as a pikestaff, beyond dispute, clearly, conspicuous, crying, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, glaring, gross, incontrovertible, manifest, obvious, obviously, openly, self evident, very clear, wide open, without dispute). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | очевидний (apparent, demonstrable, direct, downright, evident, evidential, gross, manifest, necessary, obvious, open, ostensible, overt, palpable, plain, plum, pronounced, questionless, self evident, uncontested, unmistakable, utter), зрозумілий (apprehensible, clear, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, fool-proof, intelligible, legible, lucid, natural, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, understandable, understood), прозорий (bright, clear, crystal clear, crystalline, glassy, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, liquid, pellucid, perspicuous, see through, sheer, unclouded). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | rõ rệt (distinctly, evident, fairly, pronounced, sharp, unequivocal, visibly), rõ ràng (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, clear-cut, clearly, conspicuous, conspicuously, discriminate, discriminative, explicit, indubitable, limpid, lucid, luculent, manifest, marked, notorious, obvious, open, patently, plain, pronounced, self-apparent, tangible, visibly, well-marked). (various references) | |
Welsh | tryloyw (pellucid). (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | pellucidus, perspicuum, perspicuus, trans-. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai oi dwdeka pulwneV dwdeka margaritai ana eiV ekastoV twn pulwnwn hn ex enoV margaritou kai h plateia thV polewV crusion kaqaron wV ualoV diafanhV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et duodecim portae duodecim margaritae sunt per singulas et singulae portae erant ex singulis margaritis et platea civitatis aurum mundum tamquam vitrum perlucidum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And twelue yatis ben twelue margaritis, bi ech; `and ech yate was of ech margarete. And the stretis of the citee weren clene gold, as of glas ful schynynge. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The xii. gates were xii pearles every gate was of one pearle and the strete of the cite was pure golde as thorowe shynynge glasse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl; and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the twelve doors were twelve pearls; every door was made of one pearl; and the street of the town was clear gold, as clear as glass. |
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| Language | Revelation Chapter 21, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang napulog-duha ka mga pultahan hinimog napulog-duha ka mga mutya, ang matag-usa ka pultahan hinimog usa lamang ka buok mutya; ug ang kadalanan sa siyudad lunsayng bulawan, matin-aw morag bildo. |
| Croatian | Dvanaest vrata - dvanaest bisera: svaka od svoga bisera. A gradski trg - èisto zlato, kao prozirno staklo. |
| Danish | Og de tolv Porte vare tolv Perler, hver af Portene var af een Perle, og Stadens Gade var rent Guld som gennemsigtigt Glar. |
| Dutch | En de twaalf poorten waren twaalf paarlen, een iedere poort was elk uit een paarl; en de straat der stad was zuiver goud; gelijk doorluchtig glas. |
| Finnish | Ja ne kaksitoista porttia olivat kaksitoista helmeä; kukin portti oli yhdestä helmestä; ja kaupungin katu oli puhdasta kultaa, ikäänkuin läpikuultavaa lasia. |
| French | Les douze portes étaient douze perles; chaque porte était d`une seule perle. La place de la ville était d`or pur, comme du verre transparent. |
| German | Und die zwölf Tore waren zwölf Perlen, und ein jeglich Tor war von einer Perle; und die Gassen der Stadt waren lauteres Gold wie ein durchscheinend Glas. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kedua belas pintu gerbangnya terdiri dari dua belas mutiara, masing-masing pintu dibuat dari satu mutiara. Jalan di kota itu dibuat dari emas murni, bening seperti kaca yang mengkilap. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun kedua belas pintu gerbang itu dua belas butir mutiara, tiap-tiap pintu itu daripada sebutir mutiara. Dan jalan negeri itu emas jati, seperti kaca yang hening. |
| Italian | E le dodici porte sono dodici perle; ciascuna porta è formata da una sola perla. E la piazza della città è di oro puro, come cristallo trasparente. |
| Korean | 그 열 두 문 은 열 두 진 주 니 문 마 다 한 진 주 요 성 의 길 은 맑 은 유 리 같 은 정 금 이 더 라 |
| Latvian | Bet divpadsmit vârti bija divpadsmit atseviðías pçrles, un katri vârti bija no atseviðíâm pçrlçm, un pilsçtas iela bija tîrais zelts kâ caurspîdîgs stikls. |
| Maori | Na, ko nga tatau kotahi tekau ma rua, kotahi tekau ma rua peara: ko tenei tatau, ko tenei tatau, kotahi tonu peara: ko te huarahi hoki o te pa he koura parakore, ko ia ano kei te karaihe piata. |
| Norwegian | Og de tolv porter var tolv perler; hver av portene var av én perle; og stadens gate var rent gull, som klart glass. |
| Rumanian | Cele douqsprezece poryi erau douqsprezece mqrgqritare. Fiecare poartq era dintr`un singur mqrgqritar. Uliya cetqyii era de aur curat, ca sticla strqvezie. |
| Russian | б ДЧЕОБДГБФШ ЧПТПФ--ДЧЕОБДГБФШ ЦЕНЮХЦЙО: ЛБЦДЩЕ ЧПТПФБ ВЩМЙ ЙЪ ПДОПК ЦЕНЮХЦЙОЩ. хМЙГБ ЗПТПДБ--ЮЙУФПЕ ЪПМПФП, ЛБЛ РТПЪТБЮОПЕ УФЕЛМП. |
| Shuar | Pepru Wáitiri tuse ainia nu, ti shiir nayaantsanmaya shaukjai chikichik najanamu armai. Pepru jintisha aya Kúrikiiyi. Nu kuri ti penker Sáarauyi. |
| Spanish | Las doce puertas eran doce perlas; cada puerta fue hecha de una sola perla. La plaza era de oro puro como vidrio transparente. |
| Swahili | Na ile milango kumi na miwili ilikuwa lulu kumi na mbili; kila mlango ulikuwa umetengenezwa kwa lulu moja. Barabara kuu ya mji ilikuwa imetengenezwa kwa dhahabu safi, angavu kama kioo. |
| Swedish | Och de tolv portarna utgjordes av tolv pärlor; var särskild port utgjordes av en enda pärla. Och stadens gata var av rent guld, likt genomskinligt glas. |
| Uma | Wobo' -na to hampulu' romeha' toe paka' ngkai watu to masuli' oli-na to rahanga' mutiara. Butu meha' wobo' rababehi ngkai hameha' mutiara to kama. Ohea rala ngata toe bulawa mara, meringkila' hewa kaca to mekaho'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "transparent": transparentize, transparentized, transparentizes, transparentizing, transparently, transparentness, transparentnesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "transparent": semitransparent. (additional references) | |
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"Transparent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Transpalene, transparant, transparens, transparents, transparenty, transpareny, transpatent, transperent, transphase, trasparent, Trimsaren. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "transparent" (pronounced transpe"runt) |
| 6 | -p e" r u n t | apparent, parent. |
| 5 | -e" r u n t | aberrant, declarant, errant. |
| 4 | -r u n t | arrant, abhorrent, adherent, celebrant, coherent, Courant, immigrant, deterrent, emigrant, entrant, flagrant, fragrant, grandparent, hydrant, incoherent, indifferent, inherent, migrant, quadrant, recalcitrant, registrant, seafront, torrent, tyrant, vagrant, vibrant, warrant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, harassment, hesitant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vigilant, violent, virulent, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-n-n-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
-2 letters: arrestant. | |
-3 letters: antepast, entrants, narrates, partners, patterns, rattraps, tannates, transept, trapnest. | |
-4 letters: anapest, annates, arpents, entrant, entraps, errants, erratas, narrate, natters, parents, partans, partner, pastern, patents, pattens, pattern, patters, peasant, praters, ranters, rattans, rattens, ratters, rattrap, reptant, restart, spanner, spartan, spatter, starter, tannate, tanners, tannest, tantras, tapster, tarpans, tartans, tartars, tenants, trapans, trepans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-n-n-p-r-r-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: transplanter. | |
+2 letters: transparently, transplanters. | |
+3 letters: antiperspirant, transparentize. | |
+4 letters: antiperspirants, semitransparent, transparentized, transparentizes, transparentness. | |
+5 letters: representational, transparentizing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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