treno

See also: trenó, třeno, and trêno

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtɾe̞.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈtɾə.no]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈtɾɛ.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɾe.no]

Verb

treno

1. first-person singular present indicative of trenar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian treno, Spanish tren, French train and English train. Compare Esperanto trajno.

Noun

treno (plural treni)

1. train

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.no/

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• Rhymes: -ɛno
• Hyphenation: trè‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French train.

Noun

treno m (plural treni)

1. train (connected sequence of people or things)
   • 1968, Paolo Conte, “Azzurro”, performed by Andriano Celentano:

     Io quasi quasi prendo il treno // e vengo, vengo da te // ma il treno dei desideri // nei miei pensieri all'incontrario va.

     Maybe I'll take the train // and come to you // but the train of desires // in my thoughts backwards goes.

2. gun carriage
3. retinue, escort

Related terms

• trenino

Descendants

• → Greek: τρένο (tréno)

See also

• ferrovia
• ferroviario
• locomotiva
• stazione

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).

Noun

treno m (plural treni)

1. threne (a dirge or lamentation)

Derived terms

• trenetico

Anagrams

• entro, entro-, entrò, terno

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *drenô.

Noun

trëno m

1. drone

Declension

Declension of trëno (masculine n-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	trëno	trënon, trënun
accusative	trënon, trënun	trënon, trënun
genitive	trënen, trënin	trënōno
dative	trënen, trënin	trënōm, trënōn

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrenu/

Noun

treno m (plural treno)

1. train

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French thrène, from Latin thrēnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.nu/

• Rhymes: -enu
• Hyphenation: tre‧no

Noun

treno m (plural trenos)

1. dirge, lamentation

Etymology 2

Deverbal from trenar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾe.nu/

• Hyphenation: tre‧no

Noun

treno m (plural trenos)

1. alternative form of treino

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.nu/

• Hyphenation: tre‧no

Verb

treno

1. first-person singular present indicative of trenar

Further reading

• “treno”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “treno”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾeno/ [ˈt̪ɾe.no]
• Rhymes: -eno
• Syllabification: tre‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin thrēnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos). Deverbal from trenar.

Noun

treno m (plural trenos)

1. threnody, lamentation
2. (by extension) jeremiad

Etymology 2

Noun

treno m (plural trenos)

1. (slang) prisoner, yardbird

Etymology 3

Verb

treno

1. first-person singular present indicative of trenar

Further reading

• “treno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025