trave

See also: Trave

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: trāv, IPA^(key): /tɹeɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Noun

trave (plural traves)

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

Related terms

• architrave

Anagrams

• avert, tarve

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin trabem, accusative singular of trabs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtra.ve/

Noun

trave f (plural travi)

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

Synonyms

• (balance beam): trave di equilibrio

Related terms

• architrave
• travatura

Anagrams

• verta

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Middle English

Noun

trave

1. a wooden cage used to contain horses being shod

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Middle French

Etymology

From Latin trabem, accusative singular of trabs.

Noun

trave f (plural traves)

1. crossbeam

Descendants

• → English: trave

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (trave)

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Old Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾa.βe/

Noun

trave f

1. beam
   • 13th century CE, 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

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vi/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.ve/
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾa.vɨ/
• Rhymes: -avi
• Hyphenation: tra‧ve

Noun

trave f (plural s)

1. beam
2. (architecture) trave (joist)
3. (sports) goalpost

Synonyms

• (beam): viga
• (trave): barrote

Derived terms

• trave olímpica
• travar, entravar

Related terms

• (goalpost): travessão

Further reading

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