# transfer
## English
### Alternative forms

* xfer (abbreviation)

### Etymology

From Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”). Distant doublet of translate. See also collate and confer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.

### Pronunciation

* (verb)
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɹɑːnsˈfɜː/, /tɹænsˈfɜː/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
** (US) enPR: trănsfûrʹ, IPA: /tɹænsˈfɚ/, /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (noun)
** (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɹɑːns.fɜː/, /ˈtɹæns.fɜː/
** (US) enPR: 'trănsfûr, IPA: /ˈtɹæns.fɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)

### Verb

transfer (third-person singular simple present transfers, present participle transferring, simple past and past participle transferred)
* (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
    to transfer the laws of one country to another; to transfer suspicion
* (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
    to transfer drawings or engravings to a lithographic stone
* (transport, 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 Line
* (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
* (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
    The title to land is transferred by deed.
* (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.

#### Synonyms

* (move or pass from one place/person/thing to another): carry over, move, onpass
* (convey impression of from one surface to another): copy, transpose
* (to be or become transferred):

#### Derived terms

* transferable
* transferee
* transferor

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Noun

transfer (countable and uncountable, plural transfers)
* (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
* (countable) 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.
* (countable, transport) 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.
* (countable, transport) 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.
* (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
* A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
* (medicine) 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.
* (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
* (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
* (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
* (US, Canada, varsity sports) Short for transfer student.
* (countable) 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.
** 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.

#### Usage notes

* In the United Kingdom education system the noun is used to define a move from one school to another, for example from primary school to secondary school. Contrast with transition, which is used to define any move within or between schools, for example, a move from one year group to the next.

#### Synonyms

* (act): transferal, transference
* (instance): transferal
* (college sports): transfer student

#### Derived terms

* asynchronous transfer mode
* balance transfer
* bank transfer
* bi-elliptic transfer
* Bosman transfer
* celestial transfer
* cold transfer
* credit transfer
* data transfer object
* data transfer rate
* dry transfer
* electronic benefit transfer
* electron transfer reaction
* embryo transfer
* energy transfer
* e-transfer
* feedback transfer function
* forward transfer function
* free transfer
* gene transfer
* Gruen transfer
* hairpin transfer
* hip transfer
* Hohmann transfer
* Hohmann transfer orbit
* horizontal gene transfer
* Jacoby transfer
* language transfer
* lateral gene transfer
* lateral transfer
* loop transfer function
* negative transfer
* oblivious transfer
* personnel transfer basket
* phase transfer catalysis
* phase-transfer catalyst
* positive transfer
* proton transfer
* radiative transfer
* representational state transfer
* somatic cell nuclear transfer
* spine transfer
* technology transfer
* time and frequency transfer
* time transfer
* transferable, transferrable
* transfer agent
* transferal, transferral
* transferase
* transfer DNA
* transfer earnings
* transferee
* transference, transferrence
* transferent
* transferential
* transferer
* transfer exam
* transfer function
* transfer list
* transfer market
* transfer orbit
* transfer paper
* transfer payment
* transfer pricing
* transfer rate
* transferrin
* transferring
* transfer RNA
* transfer tax
* transfer test
* transferware
* transfer window
* trophic transfer
* warm transfer
* wire transfer

#### Related terms

* translate
* translation

#### Translations

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## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: trans‧fer

### Noun

transfer m or n (plural transfers, diminutive transfertje n)
* transfer

#### Synonyms

* overdracht

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer, from Latin trānsferō (“I bear across”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtransfər/ [ˈt̪rans.fər]
* Rhymes: -ansfər
* Syllabification: trans‧fer

### Verb

transfer
* to transfer

### Noun

transfer (plural transfer-transfer)
* transfer
** (sports) the action taken whenever a player under contract moves between clubs.

### Derived terms

* ditransfer
* menransfer
* mentransfer
* pentransfer
* pentransferan
* tertransfer
* transferan
* transfer belajar
* transfer bilateral
* transfer dana otomatis
* transfer domain
* transfer elektron
* transfer embrio
* transfer gaya
* transfer kosong
* transfer massa
* transfer musim
* transfer negatif
* transfer nol
* transfer panas taktunak
* transfer pengetahuan
* transfer permanen
* transfer pos
* transfer uang

### Further reading

* “transfer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

### Noun

transfer m (invariable)
* transport
* transfer (tourist, e.g. airport to hotel)

## Latin
### Verb

trānsfer
* second-person singular present active imperative of trānsferō

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English transfer, French transfert, German Transfer, ultimately from Latin trānsferō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrans.fɛr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ansfɛr
* Syllabification: trans‧fer

### Noun

transfer m inan
* (economics) transfer (payment to an individual or institution that does not arise out of current productive activity)
    Hypernym: przekaz
* (transport) transfer (act of transporting individuals or objects from one place to another by some means of transport)
    Synonyms: przewóz, transport
* (transport) 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
* (sports) transfer (act of transferring of a player's registration from one club to another)
* (computing) transfer (number of operations transferring data that occur in each second in some given data-transfer channel)
* (psychology) transfer of learning

#### Derived terms

* transferowy
* transferować impf

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French transfert.

### Noun

transfer n (plural transferuri)
* transfer

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English transfer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trǎnsfeːr/
* Hyphenation: trans‧fer

### Noun

trànsfēr m (Cyrillic spelling тра̀нсфе̄р)
* transfer
* transport

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

transfer m (plural transferes)
* transfer (between transport)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From French transfert.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾɑns.fɛɾ/
* Hyphenation: trans‧fer

### Noun

transfer (definite accusative transferi, plural transferler)
* transfer

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
transfer
transferler
definite accusative
transferi
transferleri
dative
transfere
transferlere
locative
transferde
transferlerde
ablative
transferden
transferlerden
genitive
transferin
transferlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
transferim
transferlerim
2nd singular
transferin
transferlerin
3rd singular
transferi
transferleri
1st plural
transferimiz
transferlerimiz
2nd plural
transferiniz
transferleriniz
3rd plural
transferleri
transferleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
transferimi
transferlerimi
2nd singular
transferini
transferlerini
3rd singular
transferini
transferlerini
1st plural
transferimizi
transferlerimizi
2nd plural
transferinizi
transferlerinizi
3rd plural
transferlerini
transferlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
transferime
transferlerime
2nd singular
transferine
transferlerine
3rd singular
transferine
transferlerine
1st plural
transferimize
transferlerimize
2nd plural
transferinize
transferlerinize
3rd plural
transferlerine
transferlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
transferimde
transferlerimde
2nd singular
transferinde
transferlerinde
3rd singular
transferinde
transferlerinde
1st plural
transferimizde
transferlerimizde
2nd plural
transferinizde
transferlerinizde
3rd plural
transferlerinde
transferlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
transferimden
transferlerimden
2nd singular
transferinden
transferlerinden
3rd singular
transferinden
transferlerinden
1st plural
transferimizden
transferlerimizden
2nd plural
transferinizden
transferlerinizden
3rd plural
transferlerinden
transferlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
transferimin
transferlerimin
2nd singular
transferinin
transferlerinin
3rd singular
transferinin
transferlerinin
1st plural
transferimizin
transferlerimizin
2nd plural
transferinizin
transferlerinizin
3rd plural
transferlerinin
transferlerinin :

### References

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