transcendent

From transcend +‎ -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns.

• IPA^(key): /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/

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transcendent (comparative more transcendent, superlative most transcendent)

1. surpassing usual limits
2. supreme in excellence
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, page 218:

     Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty.

3. beyond the range of usual perception
4. free from constraints of the material world

transcendent (plural transcendents)

1. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.

Borrowed from Latin trānscendēns. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˌtrɑn.sɛnˈdɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: trans‧cen‧dent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

transcendent (not comparable)

1. (mathematic) transcendental, not algebraic

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.sɑ̃d/

transcendent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of transcender

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tranˈsken.dent/, [t̪rä̃ːˈs̠kɛn̪d̪ɛn̪t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tranˈʃen.dent/, [t̪rän̠ʲˈʃɛn̪d̪en̪t̪]

trānscendent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of trānscendō

From French transcendant, from Latin transcendens.

transcendent m or n (feminine singular transcendentă, masculine plural transcendenți, feminine and neuter plural transcendente)

1. transcendent