très

See also: tres, trés, três, třes, treš, tres-, and trěś

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trés, from Old French trés, inherited from Latin trāns, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of trans- or trans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɛ/, (before a vowel) /tʁɛ.z‿/, (before a vowel) /tʁe.z‿/

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• Hyphenation: très
• Homophones: traie, traient, traies, trais, trait, traits

Adverb

très

1. very

Descendants

• → Esperanto: tre
  • → Ido: tre

Further reading

• “très”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• sert