trem

Afrikaans

Etymology

From English tram.

Noun

trem (plural trems)

1. tram

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English train, from Middle English, from Old French train (“a delay, a drawing out”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽj̃/
• Hyphenation: trem

Noun

trem m (plural trens)

1. (rail transport, Brazil) train (line of connected cars or carriages)
2. (slang, Brazil) thingy; thingummy

Synonyms

• (train): comboio (Portugal)
• (something of unknown name): coisa, troço (Brazil), treco (Brazil), negócio (Brazil), bagulho (Brazil), bagaça (Brazil), pira, cena (Portugal), bang

Meronyms

• (train): locomotiva, vagão

Derived terms

• trem-bala
• trem de lastro
• trem de pouso

Related terms

• maquinista

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): trijȇm

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *termъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trêːm/

Noun

trȇm m (Cyrillic spelling тре̑м)

1. porch

Declension

Declension of trem

	singular	plural
nominative	trȇm	trémovi
genitive	trema	tremova
dative	tremu	tremovima
accusative	trem	tremove
vocative	treme	tremovi
locative	tremu	tremovima
instrumental	tremom	tremovima

References

• “trem” in Hrvatski jezični portal