trein

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See also: treiñ, tréin, Trein, and Tréin

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch trein, from Middle French train. Dutch borrowed the modern sense “train” from English train.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trəin/
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Noun

trein (plural treine, diminutive treintjie)

  1. train (railway vehicle)

Breton

Noun

trein

  1. Hard mutation of drein.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French train.

The modern sense “railway vehicle” is a semantic loan from English train.

Pronunciation

Noun

trein m (plural treinen, diminutive treintje n)

  1. train (railway vehicle)
    Synonym: (humorous) burgerrups
  2. (dated) train, convoy, retinue, procession

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: trein
  • → Saramaccan: talán

See also

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

trein (verbal noun treiney or treinaghey)

  1. (carpentry) to nail

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
trein hrein drein
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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