different between brazen vs transparent

English

Alternative forms

• brasen

Etymology

From Middle English brasen, from Old English bræsen (“brazen, of brass”); equivalent to brass +? -en (compare golden).

The word originally meant “of brass”; the figurative verb sense (as in brazen it out (“face impudently”)) dates from the 1550s (perhaps evoking the sense “face like brass, unmoving and not showing shame”), and the adjective sense “impudent” from the 1570s. Compare bold as brass.

Pronunciation

• enPR: br?z?n, IPA^(key): /?b?e?z?n/
• Rhymes: -e?z?n
• Hyphenation: braz?en

Adjective

brazen (comparative more brazen, superlative most brazen)

1. (archaic) Pertaining to, made of, or resembling brass (in color or strength).
   • 1786, Francis Grose, Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time, London: Printed for S. Hooper […], OCLC 745209064; republished as Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army, from the Conquest to the Present Time, volume II, new [2nd] edition with material additions and improvements, London: Printed for T[homas] Egerton, […]; & G. Kearsley, […], 1801, OCLC 435979550, page 262:

     Brazen or rather copper swords seem to have been next introduced; these in process of time, workmen learned to harden by the addition of some other metal or mineral, which rendered them almost equal in temper to iron.
2. Sounding harsh and loud, like brass cymbals or brass instruments.
   • 1697, Virgil; John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated into English Verse; […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 839376905; republished as The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. Translated into English Verse by Mr. Dryden. In Three Volumes, volume III, 5th edition, London: Printed by Jacob Tonson […], 1721, OCLC 181805247, book IX, page 822, lines 667–670:

     And now the Trumpets terribly from far, / With rattling Clangor, rouze the sleepy War. / The Souldiers Shouts succeed the Brazen Sounds, / And Heav'n, from Pole to Pole, the Noise rebounds.
3. (archaic) Extremely strong; impenetrable; resolute.
4. Shamelessly shocking and offensive; audacious; impudent; barefaced; immodest, unblushing. [from 1570s.]

Derived terms

• brazen age
• brazen bull
• brazenface
• brazen-faced
• brazen sea
• brazenly
• brazenness

Translations

See also

• effrontery

Verb

brazen (third-person singular simple present brazens, present participle brazening, simple past and past participle brazened)

1. (intransitive) To turn a brass color.
2. (transitive) Generally followed by out or through: to carry through in a brazen manner; to act boldly despite embarrassment, risk, etc. [from 1550s.]

Derived terms

• brazen it out

Translations

References

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tr?nsp?r?ns, tr?nsp?r?ntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpare?, from Latin trans + pare?. Displaced native Old English þurhs?ene.

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /t?æn(t)s?pæ??nt/, /t?ænz-/
  • (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /t?æn(t)s?p???nt/, /t?ænz-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?æn(t)s?pæ??nt/, /t?ænz?pæ??nt/

Adjective

transparent (comparative more transparent, superlative most transparent)

1. (of a material or object) See-through, clear; having the property that light passes through it almost undisturbed, such that one can see through it clearly.

   The waters of the lake were transparent until the factory dumped waste there.

   • 1897, H. G. Wells, The Invisible Man, chapter 19,

     "You make the glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of almost the same refractive index."

2. (of a system or organization) Open, public; having the property that theories and practices are publicly visible, thereby reducing the chance of corruption.
3. Obvious; readily apparent; easy to see or understand.

   His reasons for the decision were transparent.

4. (signal processing) Having the property of transparency, i.e. sufficiently accurate that the compressed result is perceptually indistinguishable from the uncompressed input.
5. (computing) Not noticeable because it happens automatically or in the background; invisible.
   • 2003, Rolf Oppliger, Security Technologies for the World Wide Web (page 34)

     In order to make that transparent to the user, browsers usually cache the usernames and passwords and retransmit them automatically each time they contact the server.

Usage notes

• (see-through, clear): The term translucent is similar in meaning, but describes a material or object that diffuses light as it passes through. Looking through a transparent substance (such as a window), one can recognize objects on the other side. Looking through a translucent substance (such as frosted glass), one cannot see objects clearly, only light and shadow.

Synonyms

• (see-through, clear): see-through, diaphanous, clear, crystalline, limpid
• (obvious): apparent, clear, obvious

Antonyms

• (see-through, clear): opaque
• (obvious): obscure, opaque
• nontransparent
• non-transparent

Coordinate terms

• translucent

Derived terms

• transparently

Related terms

• transparency
• transparently
• transparentness

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tr?nsp?r?ns, tr?nsp?r?ntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpare?, from Latin trans + pare?.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /t??ns.p???ent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t??ns.p???en/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?ans.pa??ent/
• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

transparent (masculine and feminine plural transparents)

1. transparent

   Antonym: opac

Derived terms

• transparentment

Related terms

• transparència

Further reading

• “transparent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “transparent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “transparent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “transparent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Noun

transparent m

1. banner or placard

Danish

Adjective

transparent

1. transparent

Noun

transparent c or n (singular definite transparenten or transparentet, plural indefinite transparenter)

1. banner
2. transparency, overhead

Synonyms

• (banner): banner n
• (transparency): overhead c

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin tr?nsp?r?ns, tr?nsp?r?ntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpare?, from Latin trans + pare?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t???s.pa.???/

Adjective

transparent (feminine singular transparente, masculine plural transparents, feminine plural transparentes)

1. transparent; see-through

   Le verre est transparent.

   The glass is transparent.

2. translucid; allowing light to pass through

   Le voile est transparent.

   The veil is translucid.

3. clear

   un ciel transparent — a clear sky

   une lumière transparente — a clear light

4. transparent, easy to understand, unambiguous

   une allusion transparente — an unambiguous allusion

5. unnoticed; invisible

   J'étais transparent à ses regards.

   I was invisible to him/her.

6. (figuratively) transparent; not hiding anything

   Notre comptabilité est transparente.

   Our accounting is transparent.

7. (linguistics) having the same meaning in several languages

   un mot transparent — an international word

Antonyms

• (linguistics): faux-ami

Related terms

• transparence

Noun

transparent m (plural transparents)

1. paper having ruled lines put underneath a white sheet of paper in order to write straight

   Cet enfant ne saurait écrire sans transparent.

2. (obsolete) screen lit from behind (now: enseigne lumineuse)

   Le soir, cette boutique avait pour enseigne un magnifique transparent.

3. plastic film used to show images with an overhead

   La présentation était trop rapide. J'ai à peine eu le temps de recopier les transparents.

References

• “transparent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Further reading

• “transparent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

18th century, from French transparent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?anspa???nt/

Adjective

transparent (comparative transparenter, superlative am transparentesten)

1. translucent (allowing light to pass through)

   Synonym: lichtdurchlässig

2. (less common) fully transparent; see-through

   Synonym: durchsichtig

3. (figuratively) transparent

   Synonyms: durchschaubar, nachvollziehbar

Declension

Derived terms

• Transparent
• Transparentpapier
• Transparenz

Further reading

• “transparent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

tr?nsp?rent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of tr?nsp?re?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente, comparative mer transparent, superlative mest transparent)

1. transparent (quality of a material)

Synonyms

• gjennomsiktig

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparenter, definite plural transparentene)
transparent n (definite singular transparentet, indefinite plural transparent or transparenter, definite plural transparenta or transparentene)

1. a banner
2. a transparency (for use with a projector)

Synonyms

• (banner): banner

References

• “transparent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin transparens, from Latin transparere

Adjective

transparent (indefinite singular transparent, definite singular and plural transparente)

1. transparent (quality of a material)

   Synonyms: gjennomsiktig, gjennomsynleg

Noun

transparent m (definite singular transparenten, indefinite plural transparentar, definite plural transparentane)

1. a banner

   Synonym: banner

2. a transparency (for use with a projector)
3. a White Transparent cultivar of apple

Usage notes

• (banner; transparency): In these senses, this noun was considered grammatically neuter prior to a 2018 spelling decision.

References

• “transparent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French transparent, from Medieval Latin tr?nsp?r?ns, present participle of transpare?, from Latin trans + pare?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tran?spa.r?nt/

Noun

transparent m inan

1. banner

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French transparent, Medieval Latin tr?nsp?r?ns, tr?nsp?r?ntis (“transparent”), present participle of transpare?, from Latin trans + pare?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tran.spa?rent/

Adjective

transparent m or n (feminine singular transparent?, masculine plural transparen?i, feminine and neuter plural transparente)

1. transparent

Declension

Related terms

• transparen??
• transp?rea

See also

• translucid
• str?veziu
• clar
• limpede