transparents
See also: Transparents
English
Noun
transparents
- plural of transparent
Catalan
Adjective
transparents
- plural of transparent
French
Pronunciation
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Adjective
transparents
- masculine plural of transparent
Latvian
Etymology 1
From the same source as the adjective transparents (see below), apparent from the kind of material used to make banners.
Pronunciation
Noun
transparents m (1st declension)
- banner (a large sign, made of cardboard or fabric, with an image or words)
- demonstrācijas transparenti ― demonstration banners
- svētku dalībnieki izgājuši ielās ar karogiem un transparentiem ― the celebration participants went out on the streets with flags and banners
- uz lidostas frontona novietots transparents ar apsveikumu dārgajiem viesiem ― at the airport entrance a banner was placed with greetings to the dear guests
- a backlit image made of transparent material
- sheet of paper with lines, placed under paper without lines to ensure the straightness of the written lines
- vēstulpapīra bloks ar transparentu ― letter paper with a transparent (= sheet of paper with lines to be placed under the letter paper when writing on it)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | transparents | transparenti |
| genitive | transparenta | transparentu |
| dative | transparentam | transparentiem |
| accusative | transparentu | transparentus |
| instrumental | transparentu | transparentiem |
| locative | transparentā | transparentos |
| vocative | transparent | transparenti |
Etymology 2
A borrowing, probably via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, present participle of trānspāreō (“to show through”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
transparents (definite transparentais, comparative transparentāks, superlative vistransparentākais, adverb transparenti)
- transparent (such that one can see through it)
- transparents stikls ― transparent glass
- transparents materiāls ― transparent material
Declension
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | transparents | transparenti | transparenta | transparentas | |
| genitive | transparenta | transparentu | transparentas | transparentu | |
| dative | transparentam | transparentiem | transparentai | transparentām | |
| accusative | transparentu | transparentus | transparentu | transparentas | |
| instrumental | transparentu | transparentiem | transparentu | transparentām | |
| locative | transparentā | transparentos | transparentā | transparentās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | transparentais | transparentie | transparentā | transparentās | |
| genitive | transparentā | transparento | transparentās | transparento | |
| dative | transparentajam | transparentajiem | transparentajai | transparentajām | |
| accusative | transparento | transparentos | transparento | transparentās | |
| instrumental | transparento | transparentajiem | transparento | transparentajām | |
| locative | transparentajā | transparentajos | transparentajā | transparentajās | |
| vocative | transparento, transparentais | transparentie | transparento, transparentā | transparentās | |