trema

See also: Trema and 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, armet, mater, metra, ramet, tamer, terma

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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 of tremare
2. second-person singular imperative of tremare

Anagrams

• Marte, matre, tarme, trame

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Noun

trema m or f (nonstandard) (plural tremas)

1. trema, a diacritic (¨).

Verb

trema

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of tremar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of tremar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.mɐ/
• Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Verb

trema

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tremer
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tremer
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tremer
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative 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

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Spanish

Verb

trema

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tremer.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tremer.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tremer.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tremer.