trair

See also: traïr

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan trahir, from Latin trādere with a change in verb class.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾaˈiɾ]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: traí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

trair (first-person singular present traeixo, first-person singular preterite traí, past participle traït)

1. (transitive) to betray

Conjugation

as servir, except that unaccented i in the endings, immediately following the stem u, takes a diaresis

Related terms

• traïció (noun)
• traïdor (noun)

 

References

• “trair” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trair”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “trair” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trair” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Anagrams

• tirar, triar

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Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trair

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with Swedish tre.

Numeral

trair

1. three

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Old French

Alternative forms

• traïr (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

An Gallicization / adaptation of Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Verb

trair

1. to betray; to commit treason
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Ne dote mie Richart que li Roiz le traïst

     Richard didn't doubt that the King was betraying him

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trair (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		trair			avoir traï
gerund		en traïssant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		traïssant
past participle		traï
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	traïs	traïs	traïst	traïssons	traïssez	traïssent
	imperfect	traïssoie, traïsseie	traïssoies, traïsseies	traïssoit, traïsseit	traïssiiens, traïssiens	traïssiiez, traïssiez	traïssoient, traïsseient
	preterite	traï	traïs	traï	traïmes	traïstes	traïrent
	future	traïrai	traïras	traïra	traïrons	traïroiz, traïreiz, traïrez	traïront
	conditional	traïroie, traïreie	traïroies, traïreies	traïroit, traïreit	traïriiens, traïriens	traïriiez, traïriez	traïroient, traïreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	traïsse	traïsses	traïsse	traïssons	traïssez	traïssent
	imperfect	traïsse	traïsses	traïst	traïssons, traïssiens	traïssoiz, traïssez, traïssiez	traïssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	traïs	—	traïssons	traïssez	—

Related terms

• traison
• traitor

 

Descendants

• French: trahir
• Norman: trahi (Jersey)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trahir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese traer, from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈi(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐˈi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tra‧ir

Verb

1. to betray
2. to cheat on

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• trer (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter)
• trar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragō, *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere (“pull”).

Verb

trair

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) to pull

Derived terms

• sa trair en
• trair a niz
• trair en
• trair en consideraziun
• trair endament
• trair favugn
• trair flad, trair il flad
• trair giu
• trair or, trair ora
• trair schibettas
• trair si