Alternative forms

• xfer (abbreviation)

Etymology

From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#TRANSFER trānsferō (“to bear across”). Distant doublet of translateCategory:English doublets#TRANSFER. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/, /tɹænsˈfɜː/Category:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • (US) enPR: trănsfûrʹ, IPA^(key): /tɹænsˈfɚ/, /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER

  • Audio (US):

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    Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#TRANSFER
• (noun)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/, /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/Category:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER
  • (US) enPR: 'trănsfûr, IPA^(key): /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER

  • Audio (US):

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Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)Category:English lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:English verbs#TRANSFERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#TRANSFER) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.

   to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicionCategory:English terms with usage examples#TRANSFER

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#TRANSFER) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.

   to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stoneCategory:English terms with usage examples#TRANSFER

3. (transportCategory:en:Transport#TRANSFER, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

   transfer to the Blue LineCategory:English terms with usage examples#TRANSFER

4. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#TRANSFER) To be or become transferred.
5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#TRANSFER, lawCategory:en:Law#TRANSFER) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.

   The title to land is transferred by deed.Category:English terms with usage examples#TRANSFER

6. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#TRANSFER) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)Category:English lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:English nouns#TRANSFERCategory:English uncountable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#TRANSFER) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFER) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

     Category:English terms with quotations#TRANSFER

3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFER, transportCategory:en:Transport#TRANSFER) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.

   Free transfers can be made between the Red and Orange Lines by walking from one of the station's platforms to another; in addition, riders using a fare card also get free transfers between bus and subway at the station.Category:English terms with usage examples#TRANSFER

4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFER, transportCategory:en:Transport#TRANSFER) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFER) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
   • 1956 May, D. B. McNeill, “The Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:

     All passenger stock is lettered in shaded gold leaf transfers and has never been decorated with either a crest or monogram.

     Category:English terms with quotations#TRANSFER

6. A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
7. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#TRANSFER) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
8. (geneticsCategory:en:Genetics#TRANSFER) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
9. (bridgeCategory:en:Bridge#TRANSFER) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
10. (sportsCategory:en:Sports#TRANSFER) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
11. (USCategory:American English#TRANSFER, CanadaCategory:Canadian English#TRANSFER, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer studentCategory:English ellipses#TRANSFER.
12. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#TRANSFER) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
    • 2015, Lisa Lighthall Haubert, et al, “Car transfer and wheelchair loading techniques in independent drivers with paraplegia”, in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology:

      Understanding car transfers and [wheelchair] loading in independent drivers is crucial to prevent shoulder pain and injury and preserve community participation.

      Category:English terms with quotations#TRANSFER

    • 2018, Bed Mobility and Transfers (PDF) , Pioneer Network:

      Transfers and bed mobility are a normal part of our daily activities. Going from lying down to sitting edge of bed, rolling, getting in/out of bed, sitting and standing from bed/chairs and toilet are all examples of transfers and bed mobility.

13. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#TRANSFER, linguisticsCategory:en:Linguistics#TRANSFER) Ellipsis of language transferCategory:English ellipses#TRANSFER.

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from English#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch terms derived from English#TRANSFER transfer.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Dutch nouns with multiple genders#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. (sportsCategory:nl:Sports#TRANSFER, bankingCategory:nl:Banking#TRANSFER) transfer

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from English#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian terms derived from English#TRANSFER transfer, from LatinCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Latin#TRANSFER trānsferō (“to bear across”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtransfər/ [ˈt̪rans.fər]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER
• Rhymes: -ansfərCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ansfər#TRANSFERCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ansfər/2 syllables#TRANSFER
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Verb

transfêr (active mentransfer, passive ditransfer)Category:Indonesian lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian verbs#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. to transfer

Noun

transfêr (plural transfer-transfer)Category:Indonesian lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transfer
2. (sportsCategory:id:Sports#TRANSFER) transfer (the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “transfer”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Italian terms borrowed from English#TRANSFERCategory:Italian terms derived from English#TRANSFER transfer.

Noun

transfer m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Italian nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Italian countable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Italian masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transport
2. transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

Verb

trānsferCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#TRANSFERCategory:Latin verb forms#TRANSFERCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō

Etymology

InternationalismCategory:Polish internationalisms#TRANSFER; compare English transfer, French transfert, German Transfer, ultimately from LatinCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#TRANSFER trānsferō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrans.fɛr/Category:Polish 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER

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  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#TRANSFER
• Rhymes: -ansfɛrCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ansfɛr#TRANSFERCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ansfɛr/2 syllables#TRANSFER
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Polish nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Polish masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. (economicsCategory:pl:Economics#TRANSFER) transfer (payment to an individual or institution that does not arise out of current productive activity)

   Hypernym: przekaz

2. (transportCategory:pl:Transport#TRANSFER) transfer (act of transporting individuals or objects from one place to another by some means of transport)

   Synonyms: przewóz, transport

3. (transportCategory:pl:Transport#TRANSFER) transfer (act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey)

   Synonym: przesiadka

4. (sportsCategory:pl:Sports#TRANSFER) transfer (act of transferring of a player's registration from one club to another)
5. (computingCategory:pl:Computing#TRANSFER) transfer (number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given data-transfer channel)
6. (psychologyCategory:pl:Psychology#TRANSFER) transfer of learning

Further reading

• transfer in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• transfer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#TRANSFER transfert.

Noun

transfer n (plural transferuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian countable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transfer

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from English#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian terms derived from English#TRANSFER transfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trǎnsfeːr/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER
• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

trànsfēr m inan (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transfer
2. transport

Further reading

• “transfer”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾansfeɾ/ [ˈt̪ɾãns.feɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#TRANSFERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER
• Rhymes: -ansfeɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ansfeɾ#TRANSFERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/ansfeɾ/2 syllables#TRANSFER
• Syllabification: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer m (plural transferes)Category:Spanish lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Spanish nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Spanish countable nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transfer (between transport)

Etymology

From FrenchCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from French#TRANSFERCategory:Turkish terms derived from French#TRANSFER transfert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɑns.fɛɾ/Category:Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation#TRANSFER
• Hyphenation: trans‧fer

Noun

transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)Category:Turkish lemmas#TRANSFERCategory:Turkish nouns#TRANSFERCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with entries#TRANSFERCategory:Pages with 10 entries#TRANSFER

1. transfer

References

• “transfer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu