transom

English

Etymology

From Middle English traunsom; probably an alteration of Latin trānstrum (“crossbeam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæn.səm/
• Rhymes: -ænsəm

Noun

transom (plural transoms)

1. (architecture) A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
2. (architecture) A horizontal glazing bar in a window.
3. A transom window.
4. (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
5. (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.

   

   a ship's transom (flat stern)

6. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
7. (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.

   We are overwhelmed with transom resumes.

   They only met the deadline by working most of the night and making a transom filing.

Derived terms

• over the transom
• transom window, a hinged glassed frame above such a crossbar

Translations

crosspiece over a door

• Bulgarian: щурц m (šturc)
• Catalan: travesser (ca) m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kamana (fi)
• French: traverse (fr) f
• German: Sturz (de) m, Holm (de) m
• Irish: trasnán m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: kārupe, kororupe, kōrupe, pare
• Middle English: traunsom
• Russian: фраму́га (ru) f (framúga), фо́рточка (ru) f (fórtočka) (Russian style)
• Spanish: travesaño (es) m
• Ukrainian: фраму́га f (framúha)
• Welsh: croeslath f

horizontal dividing bar in a window

• Bulgarian: пречка (bg) f (prečka)
• Finnish: vaakajakokarmi
• German: Kämpfer (de) m, waagerechte Leiste f

transom window — see transom window

nautical: transverse structural member

• Bulgarian: транец m (tranec)
• Finnish: poikkipuu (fi)
• German: Heckbalken m
• Italian: arcaccia f
• Polish: pawęż f
• Ukrainian: транець m (tranecʹ)

flat stern of a vessel

• Bulgarian: транец m (tranec)
• Catalan: espill (ca) m, estampa (ca) f, mirall de popa m
• Finnish: peräpeili, perälauta (fi)
• German: Spiegel (de) m, Heckspiegel m
• Ingrian: ahterispeili
• Maori: tapuwae
• Russian: тра́нец (ru) m (tránec)

horizontal beam

• Bulgarian: разпънка (bg) f (razpǎnka)
• Finnish: poikkipuu (fi)
• German: Querbalken (de) m, Querholz (de) n, Querstück n, Riegel (de) m
• Maori: huapae

items that have arrived over the transom

See also

• fortochka

Anagrams

• Marston, Morants, Rotmans, Stroman, Tromans, matrons, romants