transplant
/tɹænzˈplænt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
Transitive verb
verb
To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
Transitive verb
noun
An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
noun
Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
noun
An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
noun
A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.
Example Sentences
- "Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago."
- "A book entitled Emerging Indonesia has on its cover photographs of a sunrise over palm trees, bent women in coolie hats transplanting rice, a wooden bull burning at a Balinese cremation, and a liquid nitrogen plant belching black smoke into a clear, undefiled tropical sky."
- "But after half a year the Russian Government prohibited its circulation, and as a consequence the paper ceased to appear. He then went to Tschernowitz and started a Folksblatt. Upon the advice of a friend he transplanted his paper to Jassy, Roumania."
- "Mention must be made of the Valdres Folk Museum, situated just outside the town—one of those fascinating open-air museums for which Scandinavia is justly famed, to which have been transplanted a number of ancient buildings, such as farmhouses and storehouses, full of appropriate furniture, costumes and other exhibits."
- "The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke."
Etymology
From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: transplaunten, transplanter, transplantare
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹænzˈplænt/
- British English: /tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage