tråd

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by LinguisticMystic (talk | contribs) as of 23:16, 28 May 2022.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: trad, traad, Trad, träd, and trąd

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish thraath, from Old Norse þráðr (thread), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (rub, twist).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɔːd/, [tˢʁ̥ɔːˀð], [tˢʁ̥ɔðˀ]

Noun

tråd c (singular definite tråden, plural indefinite tråde)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. string
  4. fiber, fibre
  5. filament
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse troð (an act of treading).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɔd/, [tˢʁʌð]

Noun

tråd n (singular definite tråddet, plural indefinite tråd)

  1. A step, an act of treading.
Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (rub, twist).

Noun

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural tråder, definite plural trådene)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. floss

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (rub, twist). Akin to English thread.

Pronunciation

Noun

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural trådar, definite plural trådane)

  1. thread
  2. wire
  3. floss

Derived terms

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse þráðr (thread), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (rub, twist). Definition 3 is probably a calque of English thread.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtroːd/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

tråd c

  1. wire
  2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material).
  3. thread, a continued theme or idea.
    Alla dessa essäer har en röd tråd.
    All of these essays have a common thread.
    Jag har tappat tråden av vad du säger.
    I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.
  4. (Internet) A thread, a series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading