"transmute" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /tɹænzˈmjuːt/ Forms: transmutes [present, singular, third-person], transmuting [participle, present], transmuted [participle, past], transmuted [past]
Etymology: From Latin trānsmūtāre, from trans + mūtāre. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mey- (change)}}, {{der|en|la|trānsmūtāre}} Latin trānsmūtāre Head templates: {{en-verb}} transmute (third-person singular simple present transmutes, present participle transmuting, simple past and past participle transmuted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To change, transform or convert one thing to another, or from one state or form to another. Tags: intransitive, transitive Synonyms: alchemise Related terms: transmutability, transmutable, transmutant, transmutate, transmutation Translations (to convert one thing into another): превръщам (prevrǎštam) (Bulgarian), transmutar (Catalan), omvormen (Dutch), muuttaa [transitive] (Finnish), muuttua [intransitive] (Finnish), transmuer (French), verwandeln (German), umwandeln (German), 変移 (Japanese), whakaahuakē (Maori), transmuta (Romanian), transmutar (Spanish), trasladar (Spanish), transmutarse (Spanish), trasladarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-transmute-en-verb-dPym6DI9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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