trò

See also: tro, TRO, třo, trở, trø, and trɔ

Louisiana Creole

Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : trò     Ordinal : tròziyèmm

Alternative forms

• trwa

Etymology

From French trois (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɔ/

Numeral

trò

1. three.

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlò. As shown by the Middle Vietnamese form and as well as usage of 路 (MC luoH) as phonetic in Nôm texts, the earlier form of this word had initial cluster and can not be derived from 徒 (MC duo).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɔ˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˦˩]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˨˩]

Noun

trò • (路, 󱙞, 󱼒, 徒, 𠻀)

1. trick; artifice
2. comedy; amusement
3. play; game; facetiousness

   Làm trò gì vậy?

   The heck are you doing?

4. Short for học trò (“pupil”).

Pronoun

trò • (路, 󱙞, 󱼒, 徒, 𠻀)

1. (dated) you (used by a teacher when talking to a student in their class)

Usage notes

• Although the use of trò as a pronoun is pretty much non-existent in current spoken Vietnamese as it is seen as too distant and formal, it is still commonly used and seen in translation works from other languages, especially Western literature.

See also

Derived terms

• chuyện trò
• học trò
• quản trò
• trò chuyện
• trò đùa
• trò trống
• vai trò