tra

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, certain Pangasius species).

Noun[edit]

tra (plural tra)

  1. The catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

Etymology 2[edit]

From tra-la-la.

Interjection[edit]

tra

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

Anagrams[edit]

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trabis (beam).

Noun[edit]

tra m (plural trenj, definite trau, definite plural trenjët)

  1. beam

Derived terms[edit]

Breton[edit]

Noun[edit]

tra m (plural traoù)

  1. thing

Inflection[edit]

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See also: TRA

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tra

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of třít
    Synonym: tře

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin trēs.

Numeral[edit]

tra

  1. three

Dumbea[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tra

  1. earth, soil

References[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch trā, trāde, from Old Dutch *trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (spoor, track). More at trade.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /traː/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

tra c (plural tra's, diminutive traatje n)

  1. path in the forest, trail
  2. firebreak

Synonyms[edit]

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Latin trāns (across, beyond), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (through, throughout, over). Doublet of trans.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tra

  1. through
    • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, London: Brita Esperanto-Asocio, page 202:
      Eĉ per verko lin koninte, multaj homoj tra la mondo lin rigardis kiel majstron la plej karan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants[edit]

  • Ido: tra
  • Novial: tra

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Shortened from türa.

Interjection[edit]

tra

  1. (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) fuck

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto tra, from Latin trāns. Not to be confused with the paronym trans.

Preposition[edit]

tra

  1. through
    Ni iris tra la tunelo.
    We went through the tunnel.

Derived terms[edit]

Paronyms[edit]

  • trans (on the other side of)

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin intrā, with influence from Latin inter.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tra/*, /tra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: tra
  • This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence tra due minuti (in two minutes) can be pronounced either /tra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /tra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition[edit]

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    tra due settimanein two weeks
    tra pochissimovery soon

Usage notes[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Ligurian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms[edit]

North Frisian[edit]

North Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tra

Etymology[edit]

From Old Frisian thrē.

Numeral[edit]

tra m (f, n trii)

  1. (Mooring) three

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Particle[edit]

tra

  1. Alternative spelling of trá

Etymology 2[edit]

Univerbation of tar (over, across) +‎ a (his, her, its, their)

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

tra (triggers lenition in the masculine/neuter singular, /h/-prothesis of the feminine singular, and nasalization (eclipsis) in the plural)

  1. over/across his/her/its/their
Usage notes[edit]

The usual form is tara; the form tra occurs only twice, both in the Milan glosses.[1] Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

Alternative forms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tra thra tra
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531

Piedmontese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms[edit]

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Contraction of tara.

Adjective[edit]

tra

  1. other

Determiner[edit]

tra

  1. last, past
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[1]:
      da tarra sondeh mi no si ju
      Last Sunday, I didn't see you

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Vietnamese tla.

Verb[edit]

tra

  1. to put in or fit in (a part such as a tenon into a mortise)
    tra kiếm vào vỏto sheathe one's sword

Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from (to investigate, to examine).

Verb[edit]

tra

  1. to investigate, to examine, to inspect
See also[edit]
Derived terms

Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Brythonic *trans, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.[1] Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

tra (causes aspirate mutation)

  1. (formal, poetic) quite, entirely, very
    Mae hynny'n fater tra gwahanol.
    That's an entirely different matter.

Conjunction[edit]

tra

  1. while
    Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau
    While the sea is a wall to the pure loved land
    Mae Cymru yn aros tra bod Llafur yn trafod
    Wales waits while Labour debates

References[edit]

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies