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English
Etymology 1
Compare Welsh tref (“town”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tref (plural trefs)
- (historical) A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.
Etymology 2
See treyf.
Adjective
tref (not comparable)
- Alternative form of treyf (“not kosher”)
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
tref
- inflection of treffen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Old French tref.
Noun
tref m (plural trefs)
- tent, temporary hut or other similar building
References
- tref2 on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs.
Noun
tref oblique singular, m (oblique plural tres, nominative singular tres, nominative plural tref)
- beam
- mast (on a watercraft)
- tent, temporary hut or other similar building
Usage notes
- There is no consensus what the difference between paveillon, tente and tref is in Old French. There may be no difference, or the difference may vary according to the author.
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Treff.
Pronunciation
Noun
trȅf m (Cyrillic spelling тре̏ф)
- ♣, clubs in card- and boardgames
Declension
Coordinate terms
References
- “tref”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 285
- “tref”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh tref, from Proto-Brythonic *treβ, from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-.
Pronunciation
Noun
tref f (plural trefi or trefydd)
- town
- home
Derived terms
See also
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.