trema

English

Alternative forms

• tréma

Etymology

Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛm.ə/, /ˈtɹiː.mə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmə, -iːmə

Noun

trema (plural tremas or tremata)

1. A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.

   Synonym: diaeresis

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) "an initial phase in the psychotic process that is characterized by intense anguish, an experience of hostility and a feeling of imminent catastrophe".

Translations

References

Anagrams

• 'mater, METAR, Marte, armet, mater, metra, ramet, tamer, terma

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtreː.maː/

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• Hyphenation: tre‧ma
• Rhymes: -eːmaː

Noun

trema n (plural trema's, diminutive tremaatje n)

1. diaresis, trema

Synonyms

• deelteken

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin tremulus.

Alternative forms

• trémbora, trémoa, trémoga, trémora

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾema̝/

Noun

trema m (plural tremas)

1. quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)

   Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

Adjective

trema

1. feminine singular of tremo

Related terms

References

• “trema” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “trema” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “trema” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

trema

1. inflection of tremar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of tremer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

trema (plural tremas)

1. diaeresis

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: trè‧ma

Verb

trema

1. inflection of tremare:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Marte, matre, tarme, trame

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

trema

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛ.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Syllabification: tre‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian tremare.

Noun

trema f

1. stage fright (state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tréma.

Noun

trema n (indeclinable)

1. trema, diaeresis (diacritic consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis)

   Synonym: diereza

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

trema n

1. inflection of tremo:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• trema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• trema in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

trema

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology 1

From French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Noun

trema m (plural tremas)

1. trema, a diacritic (¨)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Verb

trema

1. inflection of tremar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Verb

trema

1. inflection of tremer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trěːma/

Etymology 1

From Latin tremō (“to shake, tremble”).

Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

1. stage fright

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

1. (linguistics) diaeresis, trema

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾema/
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: tre‧ma

Verb

trema

1. inflection of tremer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative