🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

transmettre

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Transmit/trænzˈmɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La station de radio transmet le signal dans tout le pays."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To broadcast or send out electronic signals, messages, or programs by radio, television, or other telecommunications media.

    "The radio station will transmit the live concert across the entire country."
  2. 2

    To pass something on from one person, place, or generation to another.

    "Parents can transmit certain genetic traits and illnesses to their children."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'transmittere', formed by 'trans-' (across) and 'mittere' (to send). Entering the English language in the late 15th century, it initially retained its literal sense of sending something across a physical space before expanding to include broadcasting signals and passing on hereditary traits or diseases.

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