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 tremas or tremata)

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

   Synonym: diaeresis

Translations

the diacritical mark — see diaeresis

Anagrams

• 'mater, METAR, Marte, 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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Galician

Alternative forms

• trémbora, trémoa, trémoga, trémora

Etymology

From Latin tremulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾema̝/

Noun

trema m (plural tremas)

1. quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)

   Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

Adjective

trema

1. feminine singular of tremo

Related terms

• Trembedo
• Trémoa
• Tremoedo

 

References

• “trema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “trema” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trema” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Interlingua

Noun

trema (plural tremas)

1. diaeresis

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Italian

Verb

trema

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

Anagrams

• Marte, matre, tarme, trame

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.ma/

Etymology 1

From Italian tremare, from Latin tremō.

Noun

trema f

1. stage fright

Declension

declension of trema

	singular
nominative	trema
genitive	tremy
dative	tremie
accusative	tremę
instrumental	tremą
locative	tremie
vocative	tremo

Derived terms

• (verb) tremować

Etymology 2

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

Noun

trema n (indeclinable)

1. trema, diaeresis

   Synonym: diereza

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

trema

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

Further reading

• trema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trema in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trěːma/

Etymology 1

From Latin tremō (“to shake, tremble”).

Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

1. stage fright

Etymology 2

From German Trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

1. (linguistics) diaeresis, trema

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾema/, [ˈt̪ɾe.ma]

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.