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.

   Synonym: diaeresis

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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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

• Trémoa
• Trembedo
• Tremoedo

References

• Template:R:DDLG
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• “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. 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French tréma, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

1. trema, a diacritic (¨).

Verb

trema

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

trema

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.