trave

See also: Trave and trávě

English

Etymology

From Middle English trave, from Middle French trave, from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam, thing made using beams”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: trāv, IPA^(key): /tɹeɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪv

Noun

trave (plural traves)

2. (architecture) A crossbeam.
4. (architecture) A section formed by crossbeams.
6. A wooden frame to confine unruly horses while they are shod.

   Synonym: brake

Related terms

• architrave

Anagrams

• tarve, avert, Vater

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German draven, traven.

Verb

trave (imperative trav, infinitive at trave, present tense traver, past tense travede, perfect tense travet)

1. to trot

   Synonym: vandre

2. to trudge, tramp

Conjugation

Conjugation of trave

active passive present traver traves past travede travedes infinitive trave traves imperative trav — participle present travende past travet (auxiliary verb have or være) gerund —

Derived terms

• trav
• traven
• traver
• travesko
• travetur

References

• “trave” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “trave” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trabem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: trà‧ve

Noun

trave f (plural travi)

1. (architecture) beam, girder, rafter
2. (gymnastics) balance beam

   Synonym: trave di equilibrio

Related terms

• architrave
• travato
• travatura

Anagrams

• verta, vertà

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trawe

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French trave, from Latin trabem, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtraːv(ə)/

Noun

trave (plural traves) (rare)

1. A beam or pole.
2. A wooden cage for containing horses that are being shod.

Descendants

• English: trave

References

• “trā̆ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French tref, from Latin trabs.

Noun

trave f (plural traves)

1. crossbeam

Descendants

• French: travée
• → Middle English: trave, trawe
  • English: trave

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “trave”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin trabem, accusative of trabs (“beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.βe/

Noun

trave f

1. beam
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 266 (facsimile):

     como ſṫa M de caſtro xerez guardou agente que sija na ygreia oyndo ſermon dũa traue que caeu de çima da ygreia ſobreles.

     How holy Mary of Castrojeriz saved the people, who were in the church listening to the sermon, from a beam which fell from above the church on them.

Descendants

• Galician: trabe
• Portuguese: trave

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese trave, from Latin trabem (“beam”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.bɨ/ [ˈtɾa.βɨ]

• Rhymes: -avi, -avɨ
• Hyphenation: tra‧ve

Noun

trave f (plural traves)

1. beam

   Synonym: viga

2. (architecture) trave (joist)

   Synonym: barrote

3. (sports) goalpost
4. (sports) crossbar

Derived terms

• trave olímpica
• travar, entravar
• travejar

Related terms

• (goalpost): travessão

Further reading

• “trave” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

trave

1. inflection of travar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “trave”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “trave”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

trave (Cyrillic spelling траве)

1. inflection of trava:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish þravi. Cognate of English thrave (“sheaf”).

Noun

trave c

1. a neat stack

   en trave med ved/böcker

   a stack of wood/books

Declension

Declension of trave

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trave	traves
	definite	traven	travens
plural	indefinite	travar	travars
	definite	travarna	travarnas

Derived terms

• trava
• vedtrave

See also

• stapel (“tall stack”)

References

• “trave”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “trave”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “trave”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• trave in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)