tref

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English

Etymology 1

Compare Welsh tref (“town”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tref (plural trefs)

  1. (historical) A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.

Etymology 2

See treyf.

Adjective

tref (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of treyf (“not kosher”)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tref

  1. inflection of treffen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Old French tref.

Noun

tref m (plural trefs)

  1. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

References

  • tref2 on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs.

Noun

tref oblique singular, m (oblique plural tres, nominative singular tres, nominative plural tref)

  1. beam
  2. mast (on a watercraft)
  3. 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

  • Middle French: tref
  • → Galician: treu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Treff.

Pronunciation

Noun

trȅf m (Cyrillic spelling тре̏ф)

  1. ♣, clubs in card- and boardgames

Declension

Declension of tref
singular plural
nominative trȅf trèfovi
genitive trèfa trèfovā
dative trèfu trèfovima
accusative trȅf trèfove
vocative trȅfe trèfovi
locative trèfu trèfovima
instrumental trèfom trèfovima

Coordinate terms

Suits in Serbo-Croatian · boje (layout · text)
herc, srce karo, kocka pik, list tref, detelina

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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tref, from Proto-Brythonic *treβ, from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-, compare Cumbric *trev.

Pronunciation

Noun

tref f (plural trefi or trefydd)

  1. town
  2. home

Derived terms

See also

Mutation

Mutated forms of tref
radical soft nasal aspirate
tref dref nhref thref

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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