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English

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).

Noun

tra (plural tra)

  1. The catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

Etymology 2

From tra-la-la.

Interjection

tra

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin trabis (“beam”).

Noun

tra m (plural trenj, definite trau, definite plural trenjët)

  1. beam

Derived terms

Breton

Noun

tra m (plural traoù)

  1. thing

Inflection

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  Mutation of tra  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular tra dra zra unchanged
plural traoù draoù zraoù unchanged
See also: TRA

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

tra

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of třít
    Synonym: tře

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

tra

  1. three

Dumbea

Pronunciation

Noun

tra

  1. earth, soil

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trā, trāde, from Old Dutch *trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“spoor, track”). More at trade.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /traː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

tra c (plural tra's, diminutive traatje n)

  1. path in the forest, trail
  2. firebreak

Synonyms

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of trans.

Pronunciation

Preposition

tra

  1. through
    • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, London: Brita Esperanto-Asocio, page 202:
      Eĉ per verko lin koninte, multaj homoj tra la mondo lin rigardis kiel majstron la plej karan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • → Ido: tra
  • → Novial: tra

Estonian

Etymology

Shortened from türa.

Interjection

tra

  1. (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) fuck

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tra, from Latin trāns. Not to be confused with the paronym trans.

Preposition

tra

  1. through
    Ni iris tra la tunelo.
    We went through the tunnel.

Derived terms

Paronyms

  • trans (“on the other side of”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin intrā, with influence from Latin inter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tra/*, /tra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: tra
  • This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence tra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /tra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /tra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    tra due settimane ― in two weeks
    tra pochissimo ― very soon

Usage notes

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading

Anagrams

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

Preposition

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

North Frisian

North Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tra

Etymology

From Old Frisian thrē.

Numeral

tra m (f, n trii)

  1. (Mooring) three

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Particle

tra

  1. Alternative spelling of trá

Etymology 2

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) +‎ a (“his, her, its, their”)

Pronunciation

Determiner

tra (triggers lenition in the masculine/neuter singular, /h/-prothesis of the feminine singular, and nasalization (eclipsis) in the plural)

  1. over/across his/her/its/their
Usage notes

The usual form is tara; the form tra occurs only twice, both in the Milan glosses. Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

Alternative forms

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tra thra tra
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

Preposition

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Contraction of tara.

Adjective

tra

  1. other

Determiner

tra

  1. last, past
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎:
      da tarra sondeh mi no si ju
      Last Sunday, I didn't see you

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese tla.

Verb

tra

  1. to put in or fit in (a part such as a tenon into a mortise)
    tra kiếm vào vỏ ― to sheathe one's sword

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 查 (“to investigate, to examine”).

Verb

tra

  1. to investigate, to examine, to inspect
See also
Derived terms

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trans, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tra (causes aspirate mutation)

  1. (formal, poetic) quite, entirely, very
    Mae hynny'n fater tra gwahanol.
    That's an entirely different matter.

Conjunction

tra

  1. while
    Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau
    While the sea is a wall to the pure loved land
    Mae Cymru yn aros tra bod Llafur yn trafod
    Wales waits while Labour debates

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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