transit

== English == === Etymology === From French, from Latin transire (“to go across, pass in, pass through”), from trans (“over”) +‎ ire (“to go”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæn.zɪt/, /ˈtɹæn.sɪt/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɹæn.zət/, /ˈtɹæn.sət/ (UK, now rare) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɑːn.zɪt/ Rhymes: -ænzɪt === Noun === transit (countable and uncountable, plural transits) The act of passing over, across, or through something. The conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance. Synonym: transport (Canada, US) Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare), as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars; short form of public transit or mass transit Synonym: (British English) public transport (astronomy) The passage of a celestial body or other object across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body. (astrology) The passage of a celestial body in the horoscope, e.g. through a section or in relation to a specific important point in someone's birth chart. A surveying instrument rather like a theodolite that measures horizontal and vertical angles. (navigation) An imaginary line between two objects whose positions are known. When the navigator sees one object directly in front of the other, the navigator knows that his position is on the transit. (UK, Ireland) A Ford Transit van, see Transit. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === transit (third-person singular simple present transits, present participle transiting, simple past and past participle transited) To pass over, across or through something. To convey people or goods from one place to another, especially by public transport vehicles. To revolve an instrument about its horizontal axis so as to reverse its direction. (astronomy, intransitive) To make a transit. (Internet) To carry communications traffic to and from a customer or another network on a compensation basis as opposed to peerage in which the traffic to and from another network is carried on an equivalency basis or without charge. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === === References === === Further reading === “transit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “transit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “transit”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === start in, straint, startin', Tristan == French == === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Latin transitus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.zit/ ==== Noun ==== transit m (plural transits) transit en transit ― in transit le transit intestinal ― intestinal transit, bowel transit ===== Derived terms ===== transiter ==== Further reading ==== “transit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃.zi/ ==== Verb ==== transit inflection of transir: third-person singular present indicative third-person singular past historic == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch transit, from French transit, from Latin trānseō. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtransit/ [ˈt̪ran.sɪt̪̚] Rhymes: -ansit Syllabification: tran‧sit === Noun === transit (plural transit-transit) transit, (trading) the conveyance of people or goods from one place to another, especially on a public transportation system; the vehicles used for such conveyance (astronomy) the passage of a celestial body across the observer's meridian, or across the disk of a larger celestial body ==== Alternative forms ==== transito ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “transit”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Ladin == === Noun === transit m (plural transic) transit == Latin == === Verb === trānsit third-person singular present active indicative of trānseō == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish ترانسیت (transit), from French transit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɾan.sit/ === Noun === transit (definite accusative transiti, plural transitler) transit ==== Declension ====