Dictionary

transfer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• 'trănsfûr (US)
• /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
   • A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone. 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
3. (countable) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
   • Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.
4. (countable) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
5. (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
   • All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram. 1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
6. (countable, uncountable) A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
7. (countable, uncountable) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
8. (countable, uncountable) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
9. (countable, uncountable) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
10. (countable, uncountable) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
11. (Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, qualifier:varsity sports, uncountable) Ellipsis of transfer student.
    alt of transfer student
12. (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
    • Understanding car transfers and [wheelchair] loading in independent drivers is crucial to prevent shoulder pain and injury and preserve community participation. 2015, Lisa Lighthall Haubert, et al, “Car transfer and wheelchair loading techniques in independent drivers with paraplegia”, in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology:
    • Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility. 2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers (PDF), Pioneer Network
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of language transfer.
    alt of language transfer

Forms

Deriveds

transferware · transfer window · transference · Bosman transfer · transferase · transferee · proton transfer · bank transfer · horizontal gene transfer · lipotransfer · transfer orbit · dry transfer · retrotransfer · forward transfer function · phototransfer · phase transfer catalysis · loop transfer function · Hohmann transfer · electrotransfer · transferography · time transfer · personnel transfer basket · technology transfer · retransfer · credit transfer · representational state transfer · transferer · lateral gene transfer · asynchronous transfer mode · wire transfer · electron transfer · trophic transfer · free transfer · transferrin · transfer agent · transferal · feedback transfer function · electron transfer reaction · posttransfer · cryotransfer · data transfer object · transfer tax · cotransfer · data transfer rate · somatic cell nuclear transfer · transferent · time and frequency transfer · warm transfer · gene transfer · transferring · hip transfer · balance transfer · transfer market · electronic benefit transfer · positive transfer · transferrence · transfer pricing · supertransfer · negative transfer · transferential · celestial transfer · Gruen transfer · transfer payment · transfer DNA · transfer exam · transistor · pedotransfer · radiative transfer · dignified transfer · oblivious transfer · transferosome · lateral transfer · pretransfer · transfer fee · hairpin transfer · transfer RNA · spine transfer · energy transfer · phosphotransfer · transfer paper · transfer earnings · transfer function · e-transfer · transferral · embryo transfer · language transfer · Hohmann transfer orbit · bi-elliptic transfer · cold transfer · transfer test · transfur · mistransfer · transfer rate · transfer list · Jacoby transfer · phase-transfer catalyst

Relateds

translate · translation

Synonyms

transfer student (college sports) · transferal (instance) · transferal (act) · transference (act)

Translations (79)

cmn 調動 /调动 (act) · ko 전근 (act) · pt transferência (act) · cs přenos (act) · cs převod (act) · tr etkin (instance) · bg прехвъ́рляне (act) · it bonifico (instance) · cmn 移動 /移动 (act) · hy փոխանցում (act) · da overflytning (instance) · nb overdragelse (instance) · fr transfert (act) · da transport (instance) · pl przenoszenie (act) · pl przeniesienie (instance) · ru переда́ча (act) · tr genetik (genetics) · bg прехвъ́рляне (design) · de Übertragung (act) · fr transfert (genetics) · te బదిలీ (act) · fi siirto (instance) · ru перехо́д (act) · it trasferimento (act) · es calco (design) · fa-ira اِنْتِقال (act) · grc μεταβίβασις (act) · da transport (act) · grc παράδοσις (act) · da forflyttelse (act) · es transferencia (act) · ar اِنْتِقَال (act) · pt transferência (genetics) · gl traslado (act) · sk prevod (act) · ru перехо́д (instance) · ga aistreog (design) · hu áthelyezés (act) · el παράδοση (act) · it transfezione (genetics) · hu átutalás (instance) · pt transferência (design) · gl traslado (instance) · fa-ira تَرافِرِسْت (act) · el χαλκομανία (design) · hu átvitel (instance) · mi whakawhitianga (act) · bg прена́сяне (act) · hu áthelyezés (instance) · de Versetzung (act) · it trasfezione (genetics) · el μεταβίβαση (act) · bg преда́ване (instance) · sk prenos (act) · de Überweisung (act) · tr dizayn (design) · ja 移動 (act) · ja 転勤 (act) · el μεταφορά (act) · tr transfer (act) · fa-ira تِرانْسْفِر (act) · fi siirto (act) · cmn 移轉 /移转 (act) · tr iletme (act) · es transferencia (genetics) · fi siirtokuva (design) · it trasferimento bancario (instance) · hi स्थानांतरण (act) · ru перево́д (act) · uk переда́ча (act) · es impreso (design) · da flytning (instance) · ru трансфе́рт (act) · ko 이동 (act) · eo delokigo (act) · el μεταποτύπωση (design) · be перада́ча (act) · da overflytning (act)

transfer en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /tɹænsˈfɚ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• trănsfûrʹ (US)
• /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/ (US)
• /tɹænsˈfɜː/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer From Latin trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
   • to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
2. (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
   • to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
3. (of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
   • transfer to the Blue Line
4. (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
5. (transitive) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
   • The title to land is transferred by deed.
6. (transitive) To 'carry' or apply anything (a concept, a name...) from one type of thing to a different type of thing.
   • The ancient Romans named the planet Mars by transferring that name from a deity of their pantheon to the planet appearing in the night sky.
7. (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

Forms

Deriveds

transferrer · transferee · retrotransfer · electrotransfer · transferor · retransfer · transferror · acetyltransfer · aminotransfer · cotransfer · biotransfer · transferability · transferable · mistransfer

Hyponyms

give · receive

Relateds

trade · transference

Synonyms

copy (convey impression of from one surface to another) · onpass (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another) · change hands · carry over (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another) · alienate · abalienate · convey · transfer · grant · consign · move (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another) · assign · transpose (convey impression of from one surface to another) · alien

Translations (121)

sk preniesť sa (to be or become transferred) · ro transfera (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · cs převézt (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenieść (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · hu áthelyez (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · sk odtlačiť (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · el μεταφέρομαι (to be or become transferred) · ja 運ぶ (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · de übertragen (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przepisywać (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · hu átmásol (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · hu áthurcolkodik (to be or become transferred) · fr transférer (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ru переноси́ть (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · hu átszállít (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · fi siirtää (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · mbb halin (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · sk presunúť (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · cmn 转移 (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · el μετατίθομαι (to be or become transferred) · sk premiestniť sa (to be or become transferred) · cs přenést se (to be or become transferred) · cs převézt se (to be or become transferred) · ko 환승 (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pt transferir (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · it conferire (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · ca traslladar (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · gd thoir thairis (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · sk otlačiť (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · hu átvisz (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · sk preniesť (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · it ricalcare (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · th ถ่ายโอน (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · hu átvisz (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · hi हस्तांतरण (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenosić (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · bg премествам (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · sk preniesť (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · ja 乗り換える (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ru перенести́ (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ms tukar (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · nl verplaatsen (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · tr transfer etmek (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · el μεταβιβάζω (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · tr aktarmak (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · cs přepsat (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · pl przenosić (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · bg прехвърлям (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · hi स्थानांतरण (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ro transfera (to be or become transferred) · fi siirtää (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenieść się (to be or become transferred) · hu átmegy (to be or become transferred) · de versetzen (to be or become transferred) · it passare (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · it trasferire (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · el μετακινώ (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · bg пренасям (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · it decalcare (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · la trānsmoveō (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · fi siirtää (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · akl halin (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · el μεταβιβάζομαι (to be or become transferred) · gl trasladar (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · nrf transféther (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ml സ്ഥലംമാറ്റം (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ar حَوَّلَ (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ja 移す (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · hu áttesz (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · es calcar (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · kmr guhaztin (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · cs přenést (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · tl lipat (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · it trasferirsi (to be or become transferred) · el μεταφέρω (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · eo translokiĝi (to be or become transferred) · es transferir (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenieść (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · pt transferir (to be or become transferred) · vi sang tên (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · hy փոխանցել (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · sk prepísať (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · sv överföra (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · es transferir (to be or become transferred) · it trasferire (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · sk previesť (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · az köçürmək (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · ko 옮기다 (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · la trānsferō (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · da overføre (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · fi siirtyä (to be or become transferred) · da overdrage (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · sk presunúť sa (to be or become transferred) · mi whakawhiti (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · da skifte (to be or become transferred) · hu átnyom (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · hu átruház (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · el μεταθέτω (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · mi whakanekeneke (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenosić (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · bg пренасям (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · el μεταθέτω (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · pl przenieść (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · da blive forflyttet (to be or become transferred) · grc μεταφέρω (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · el μετακινούμαι (to be or become transferred) · hu átköltözik (to be or become transferred) · bg пренасям се (to be or become transferred) · tr yollamak (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · nl overplaatsen (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · da stige om (to be or become transferred) · kmr veguhaztin (to be or become transferred) · eo translokigi (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · bg премествам се (to be or become transferred) · pl przenosić się (to be or become transferred) · sk previesť (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · pl przepisać (arrange for something to belong to or be controlled by somebody else) · da forflytte (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · es trasladar (to move or pass from one place, person or thing to another) · es imprimir (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another) · cs přenést (to convey the impression of something from one surface to another)