tro

See also trò, trở, trø, and TRO

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tonus, incremented with an -r- like in Spanish trueno.

Noun

tro m (plural trons)

1. thunder

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse trú.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Noun

tro c (singular definite troen, not used in plural form)

1. belief
2. confidence
3. trust
4. faith

See also

• Tro on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Verb

tro (imperative tro, infinitive at tro, present tense tror, past tense troede, past participle har troet)

1. believe
2. think

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Adjective

tro (not inflected)

1. faithful
2. true
3. loyal
4. accurate, close

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Esperanto

Etymology

From French trop.

Adverb

tro

1. too much

   nek tro nek maltro

   neither too much nor too little

Antonyms

• maltro (“too little”)

Derived terms

• troege, troe; maltroege
• troete; maltroete
• troa; maltroa
• troaĵo; maltroaĵo
• troigi; maltroigi
• troigo; maltroigo
• troiga; maltroiga
• troige; maltroige
• troiĝi; maltroiĝi

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tro, from French trop.

Adverb

tro

1. too (much)

   Elua filiino irus, ma la voyo esas tro longa. — Her daughter would go, but the road is too long.

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old Norse trog.

Noun

tro m (plural tros)

1. kneading trough

Synonyms

• tro à pain

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Lojban

Rafsi

tro

1. rafsi of jitro.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tru

Noun

tro c (definite singular troa/troen, uncountable)

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

Verb

å tro (present tense tror, past tense trodde, past participle trodd, present participle troende)

1. to think, believe
2. to imagine, suppose
3. to have faith

Adjective

tro

1. faithful, loyal

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Old French

Noun

tro m (oblique plural tros, nominative singular tros, nominative plural tro)

1. hole (gap in something)

Descendants

• French: trou

References

• "trou" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• troimh

Preposition

tro

1. through

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word.
• If the definite article in the singular follows, the preposition and the article amalgamate into tron.

Derived terms

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	tromham	tromhamsa
tu	tromhad	tromhadsa
e	troimhe	troimhesan
i	troimhpe	troimhpese
sinn	tromhainn	tromhainne
sibh	tromhaibh	tromhaibhse
iad	tromhpa	tromhpasan

• tro-chèile

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /truː/

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Etymology

From Old Norse trú (noun) and trúa (verb).

Noun

tro c (uncountable)

1. faith, belief
2. (dated) allegiance

   svära konungen tro och loven

   swear allegiance to the king

Declension

Declension of tro

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	tro	tron
genitive	tros	trons

Related terms

• trofast
• trohet
• trosfrihet
• troslära
• trossamfund

Verb

tro

1. to believe

   tro alla om gott

   think well of everybody

   tro på något

   believe in something

   tro något om någon

   believe something of someone

2. to think; to consider correct, but being unable to prove it

   Det har trotts mycket kring den här utvecklingen, men det har inte varit fastslaget i data vad som verkligen håller på att ske – förrän nu.

   Much has been thought (speculated) concerning this development, but it hasn't been proven by data what really is happening - until now.

3. to think; to consider something correct that is not correct.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tro

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	tro	tros
Present tense	tror	tros
Past tense	trodde	troddes
Supine	trott	trotts
Imperative	tro	—
Present participle	troende
Past participle	trodd

Related terms

• troende
• trolig
• trovärdig

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *Clɔ, from Proto-Austro-Asiatic *lɔ

Noun

tro

1. ash, ashes