trance

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable) A dazed or unconscious condition.
2. (countable) A state of awareness, concentration, or focus that filters experience and information (for example, a state of meditation or possession by some being).
3. (countable) A state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention; particularly one induced by hypnosis.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of trance music (“genre of electronic dance music”).

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To (cause to) be in a trance; to entrance.
2. (rare, transitive) To create in or via a trance.

Verb

1. (dialectal, intransitive) To walk heavily or with some difficulty; to tramp, to trudge.
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To pass across or over; to traverse.
3. (dialectal, intransitive) To travel quickly over a long distance.

Synonyms

stupor

ecstasy

unconsciousness

coma

daze

enchantment

swoon

stupefaction

spell

insensibility

faint

beguile

fascinate

bewitch

delirium

entrance

enamor

enamour

enchant

capture

becharm

catch

charm

captivate

engrossment

blackout

syncope

befuddle

faintness

eclipsis

hypnosis

dumbfounded

intoxicate

nobble

outburst

raptness

rapture

ravishment

reverie

senselessness

drug

💊

dream

😴💭

stupefy

dose

daydream

rhembasmus

torpor

confusion

vision

catalepsy

Translations

transe

Trance

trance

trance

trance

transe

innamorare

sedurre

stregare

conquistare

incantare

affascinare

ammaliare

έκσταση

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹɑːns/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: traunce

Cognate with English: trounce

In summary

From Middle English traunce, from Anglo-Norman transe (“fear of coming evil; passage from life to death”), from transir (“to be numb with fear; to die, pass on”), from Latin trānseō (“to cross over”).