# tran

Pronunciation: say "TRAN" /tɹæn/

## Noun

1. Clipping of transmission. — Clipping of transmission.
   - Simple: Clipping of transmission. A shorter, casual way to say transmission.
   - _Customer reports the tran slips when shifting into third gear._
   - _He rebuilt the tran himself over two weekends in the garage._
2. An informal word for a trans person, sometimes humorous and sometimes offensive. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An informal word for a trans person. It can be used as a joke, but it can also offend.

## Origin

A shortening of transgender, or else a back-formation from trans (used jokingly or seriously) that treats trans as if it were a plural noun.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tran (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).