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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
tresce f
- dative/locative singular of treska
Etymology 2
Verb
tresce
- (archaic) third-person singular present indicative of trestat
- Synonym: trestá
Old French
Etymology
Probably from Vulgar Latin *trichea, *trichia, *tricia (“braid, rope”), from Ancient Greek τριχία (trikhía, “rope”), from θρίξ (thríx, “hair”). Or, from or influenced by Ancient Greek τριχα (trikha, “threefold”), from τρι- (tri-).
Noun
tresce oblique singular, f (oblique plural tresces, nominative singular tresce, nominative plural tresces)
- lock of hair
Descendants
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “tresce”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN