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English
Etymology 1
From retrieval.
Pronunciation
Noun
trie (plural tries)
- (computer science) An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
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Etymology 2
Verb
trie
- Obsolete spelling of try.
- 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
- If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.
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Esperanto
Etymology
tri + -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtrie/
- Rhymes: -ie
- Hyphenation: tri‧e
Adverb
trie
- thirdly
French
Verb
trie
- inflection of trier:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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Norman
Etymology
From Late Latin troia (compare French truie), of uncertain origin.
Noun
trie f (plural tries)
- (Jersey) sow
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Portuguese
Verb
trie
- inflection of triar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative