German

Noun

Transparents

1. genitive singular of Transparent

French

Adjective

transparents

1. masculine plural of transparent

Latvian

Transparents

Etymology 1

From the same source as the adjective transparents (see below), apparent from the kind of material used to make banners.

Noun

transparents m (1st declension)

1. banner (a large sign, made of cardboard or fabric, with an image or words)

   demonstrācijas transparenti‎ ― demonstration banners

   svētku dalībnieki izgājuši ielās ar karogiem un transparentiem‎ ― the celebration participants went out on the streets with flags and banners

   uz lidostas frontona novietots transparents ar apsveikumu dārgajiem viesiem‎ ― at the airport entrance a banner was placed with greetings to the dear guests

2. a backlit image made of transparent material
3. sheet of paper with lines, placed under paper without lines to ensure the straightness of the written lines

   vēstulpapīra bloks ar transparentu‎ ― letter paper with a transparent (= sheet of paper with lines to be placed under the letter paper when writing on it)

Declension

Etymology 2

A borrowing, probably via other European languages, ultimately from Medieval Latin trānspārēns, present participle of trānspāreō ‎(“to show through”).

Adjective

transparents (def. transparentais, comp. transparentāks, sup. vistransparentākais; adv. transparenti)

1. transparent (such that one can see through it)

   transparents stikls‎ ― transparent glass

   transparents materiāls‎ ― transparent material

Declension

Synonyms

• caurredzams
• caurspīdīgs
• dzidrs, skaidrs