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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.
Adverb[edit]
travers (not comparable)
- (obsolete) across; athwart
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
References[edit]
- “travers”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of transverse.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
travers m (plural travers)
- outside (the external part of)
- wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
- (historical) border toll
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “travers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
travers
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Romanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
travers n (plural traversuri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of travers
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) travers | traversul | (niște) traversuri | traversurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) travers | traversului | (unor) traversuri | traversurilor |
vocative | traversule | traversurilor |
References[edit]
- travers in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French traverse.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
travers (definite accusative traversi, plural traversler)
- (rail transport) A sleeper for railroad tracks; a railroad tie.
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “travers”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- “travers”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “travers”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4897
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