Meanings
tran1
plural trans
- humorousinformaloffensivesometimesA trans person.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tran.
tran2
Tran3
plural Trans
- A surname from Vietnamese.
Police say Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, on Saturday night, before fatally shooting himself after a manhunt across the region on Sunday. […] It is unclear how frequently Tran visited the dance hall, if at all, in recent years.
2023 January 23, Jeff Winter, Casey Tolan, Scott Glover, “Gunman had been a regular patron at dance hall he attacked, according to people who knew him”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2023
Origin
tran · noun
Shortening of transgender, or (jocularly or seriously) a back-formation from trans mistaking it for a plural noun.
Full word history & related roots →Tran · proper noun
- VietnameseTrần
- EnglishTran
Anglicization of Vietnamese Trần. Doublet of Tan, Chen, and Chan.
More words from Vietnamese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 陳 /陈
- 陳 /陈 (can⁴)Vietnamese surname
Chinese Mandarin 陳 /陈
- 陳 /陈 (Chén)Vietnamese surname
Czech Tran
- TranVietnamese surname
French Tran
- TranVietnamese surname
German Tran
- TranVietnamese surname
Vietnamese Trần
- TrầnVietnamese surname
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Cite this entry
tran. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tran
“tran.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tran. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tran,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tran.
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