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trance en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /tɹɑːns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹæns/ (General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

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).
   • And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 10:10:
   • My soul was ravished quite as in a trance. 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XXXIX”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC:
3. (countable) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).
   alt of trance music

Forms

Deriveds

trancy · trance-like · untrance · semitrance · dissociative trance disorder · possession trance disorder · tranceful · dream trance · trancecore · consensus trance · trancelike · trancey · trancester · trancework · Eurotrance · trance gate · trancily

Descendants

trance

Translations (89)

es trance (genre of electronic dance music) · kn ಟ್ರಾನ್ಸ್ (genre of electronic dance music) · ko 트랜스 (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · ja トランス (genre of electronic dance music) · id trance (genre of electronic dance music) · bg транс (genre of electronic dance music) · enm traunce (dazed or unconscious condition) · cs trance (genre of electronic dance music) · nn trance (genre of electronic dance music) · sk trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pt transe (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · eo trenco (genre of electronic dance music) · cy perlewyg (dazed or unconscious condition) · pt desmaio (dazed or unconscious condition) · cs trans (genre of electronic dance music) · pl trans (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · de Trance (genre of electronic dance music) · lmo trance (genre of electronic dance music) · bg хипноза (such a state induced by hypnosis) · sh тренс (genre of electronic dance music) · tr trance (genre of electronic dance music) · hi ट्रान्स (genre of electronic dance music) · de Trance (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · uk транс (genre of electronic dance music) · ru транс (dazed or unconscious condition) · ru транс (genre of electronic dance music) · ru транс (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · th แทรนซ์ (genre of electronic dance music) · ru транс (such a state induced by hypnosis) · sh trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pl trance (genre of electronic dance music) · sq trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pt tontura (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · hu trance (genre of electronic dance music) · be транс (genre of electronic dance music) · el trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pt trance (genre of electronic dance music) · io tranco (dazed or unconscious condition) · mi moe tūtoro (dazed or unconscious condition) · he טראנס (genre of electronic dance music) · sh транс (genre of electronic dance music) · cmn 出神音樂 /出神音乐 (genre of electronic dance music) · pl trans (dazed or unconscious condition) · pt hipnose (such a state induced by hypnosis) · hu transz (such a state induced by hypnosis) · ko 트랜스 (genre of electronic dance music) · pl trans (such a state induced by hypnosis) · bg транс (dazed or unconscious condition) · bg унесеност (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · sv trans (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · gl trance (genre of electronic dance music) · sv trans (such a state induced by hypnosis) · fi trance (genre of electronic dance music) · lv transs (genre of electronic dance music) · et trance (genre of electronic dance music) · sv trance (genre of electronic dance music) · sl trance (genre of electronic dance music) · de Trance (such a state induced by hypnosis) · is trans (genre of electronic dance music) · el τρανς (genre of electronic dance music) · ar ترانس (genre of electronic dance music) · io tranco (such a state induced by hypnosis) · fr trance (genre of electronic dance music) · cy perlewyg (such a state induced by hypnosis) · da trance (genre of electronic dance music) · io tranco (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · la trancia (genre of electronic dance music) · hu révület (dazed or unconscious condition) · vi trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pt transe (such a state induced by hypnosis) · os транс (genre of electronic dance music) · bg унесеност (dazed or unconscious condition) · lt trance (genre of electronic dance music) · cmn 勸世音樂 /劝世音乐 (genre of electronic dance music) · qu trance (genre of electronic dance music) · ca trànsit (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · de Trance (dazed or unconscious condition) · ca trance (genre of electronic dance music) · nl trance (genre of electronic dance music) · it trance (genre of electronic dance music) · oc trance (genre of electronic dance music) · ko 트랜스 (such a state induced by hypnosis) · ka ტრანსი (genre of electronic dance music) · ro trance (genre of electronic dance music) · pt transe (dazed or unconscious condition) · cy trans (genre of electronic dance music) · hu transz (dazed or unconscious condition) · ca estat de trànsit (state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention) · cmn 傳思音樂 /传思音乐 (genre of electronic dance music)

trance en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /tɹɑːns/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɹæns/ (General-American)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
   • And there I left him tranced. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
2. (rare, transitive) To create in or via a trance.
   • What is interesting for us here is that Chingkai and her familiars dreamed and tranced the Temiar world into being. […] 1995, Sue Jennings, Kevin Jennings, Theatre, Ritual, and Transformation: The Senoi Temiars, page 111:
   • The Horned Toad (kɛŋkak) tranced the rivers into being. A bakɔh bird tranced the mountains. The Scrub Bulbul (ˀɛsˀããs) drilled fire into existence with its beak. And, finally, the Bronzed Black Drongo (tɛrhɛɛh) tranced the year […] 2014, Geoffrey Benjamin, Temiar Religion, 1964-2012, page 64:

Forms

Deriveds

trance out · tranceable · untranceable

trance en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, qualifier:obsolete outside UK) A tedious journey.
   • So saying, he led the way out through halls and trances that were weel kend to my gudesire, and into the auld oak parlour; […] 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:

Forms

Synonyms

trounce

trance en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, intransitive, qualifier:obsolete outside UK) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
2. (dialectal, intransitive, qualifier:obsolete outside UK) To pass across or over; to traverse.
   • After the flitting of the bats, / When thickest dark did trance the sky, / She drew the casement-curtain by, / And glanced athwart the glooming flats. 1830 June, Alfred Tennyson, “Mariana”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1842, →OCLC, stanza II, page 11:
   • Trance the world o'er. 1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
3. (dialectal, intransitive, qualifier:obsolete outside UK) To travel quickly over a long distance.

Forms

Synonyms

trounce · trounce · trounce