tremp

See also: Tremp

English

Etymology

From Hebrew טרמפ from German trampen. Doublet of tramp.

Verb

tremp (third-person singular simple present tremps, present participle tremping, simple past and past participle tremped)

1. (intransitive, Israel) To hitchhike.

Anagrams

• T perm, mpret

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from trempar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtɾe̞m]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtɾəmp]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾɛm]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɾemp]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈtɾem]

Noun

tremp m (plural tremps)

1. tempering
2. (metallurgy) quenching
3. tip, nib (of a pen)
4. (painting) tempera

Related terms

• trempa

Further reading

• “tremp”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007