transumano

Italian

Etymology

From trans- (across”, “beyond) + umano (human).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tran.suˈma.no/
  • Rhymes: -ano
  • Hyphenation: tran‧su‧mà‧no

Adjective

transumano (feminine transumana, masculine plural transumani, feminine plural transumane)

  1. (rare) beyond human, superhuman
    Synonym: sovrumano
    Antonym: subumano
    • 1882, Gabriele D'Annunzio, “Fra' Lucerta”, in Terra vergine, Mondadori, published 2014:
      [...] non gli avrebbero turbati i sonni gl'inarrivabili splendori della pietra filosofale, ma i volti transumani raggianti delle tavole di Giotto o dell'Angelico.
      [...] his dreams would have been troubled not by the unparalleled splendours of the philosopher's stone, but by the shining superhuman faces in Giotto's or Angelico's paintings.
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