trema

See also: tréma

English

Alternative forms

• tréma

Etymology

Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛmə/, /ˈtɹiːmə/

Noun

trema (plural tremata)

1. a diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.

   The Trema is a diacritic that I have to add to the letter like an accent. So to catalog correctly your system has to offer you Trema and Umlaut. — Donald Pisani, [1]

   If the tone is not falling, then a macron or trema is written above the vowel: màtö. — Rob Nierse, [2]

Translations

the diacritical mark — see diaeresis

Anagrams

• mater
• METAR
• metra
• tamer

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

trema n (plural trema's, diminutive tremaatje n)

1. diaresis, trema

Synonyms

• deelteken

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Interlingua

Noun

trema (plural tremas)

1. diaeresis

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Italian

Verb

trema

1. third-person singular present tense of tremare
2. second-person singular imperative of tremare

Anagrams

• Marte, matre, tarme, trame

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Portuguese

Noun

trema m or f (in variation) (plural tremas)

1. trema; a diacritic consisting of two dots

Usage notes

Nonstandard as a feminine noun.

Verb

trema

1. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of tremer
2. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tremer
3. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of tremer
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tremer
5. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tremer
6. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of tremer

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Trema.

Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

1. stage fright

Declension

    declension of trema

	singular	plural
nominative	trema	treme
genitive	treme	trema
dative	tremi	tremama
accusative	tremu	treme
vocative	tremo	treme
locative	tremi	tremama
instrumental	tremom	tremama