trair

See also: traïr

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Pronunciation

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

 

Further reading

• “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

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

• IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧ir

Verb

1. to betray
2. to be unfaithful

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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