tret

See also: trèt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.

Noun

tret (plural trets)

1. (obsolete) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.

Etymology 2

From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.

Verb

tret

1. (Northern England, Bristol, colloquial) simple past tense and past participle of treat

Anagrams

• tert-, tetr-

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of tres.

Verb

tret (first-person singular past tense treta, participle tretur)

1. I dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
2. I throw away

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾet/
• Rhymes: -et

Noun

tret m (plural trets)

1. trait

   Synonyms: qualitat, característica, propietat, atribut

2. shot (with a gun)

Etymology 2

From treure.

Preposition

tret

1. except

   Synonyms: tret de, excepte, exceptuant

Verb

tret

1. past participle of treure
2. past participle of traure

Further reading

• “tret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “tret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.