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See also: trú, trữ, trừ, třu, tʳu, тру, and TRU

English

Adjective

tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of true.
    • 2014, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues‎, Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, Disney Book Group, →ISBN:
      sashaFEROCIOUS228: not
      sashaFEROCIOUS228: happy
      tinydancerlexi14: why???
      tinydancerlexi14: cuz singles awareness day 2morro?
      sashaFEROCIOUS228: ugh shut up
      sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate when ppl call it that
      sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate you
      tinydancerlexi14: its tru tho
      tinydancerlexi14: u dont have a bf
    • 2017, Chyna Moore-Smith, Orbit. A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, and Conversations from the First Time I Fell in Love., : [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 29:
      Chyna: Lmao okay, that’s not true so idk why she told you that.
      Chyna: My only focus rn is college and money.
      Jonathan: No, not like tht. She asked me if i thought u couldve and i said yea ot wouldnt suprise me. She jus asked me.
      Jonathan: And if those are ur only focuses, yd u ask me
      Jonathan: She ddnt say anything about being tru
      Jonathan: She jus asked if i had thought of it
    • 2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair‎, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
      And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night. Then, pics, u promised. / And Connor said, u think im fukkin high? no phones in the room. dunc’s rules. / The second-string boy said, bet Dunc’s rules say no trophies too. / Connor said, dammm. And then, tru tho. And then, check it out lmao.

Derived terms

References

  • “Tru”, in Slang.net‎, 2013–2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-02: “Tru is an easy and common way to abbreviate "true" - because it reads and sounds exactly the same.”

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.

Pronunciation

Noun

tru m (plural tru, definite truri, definite plural trutë)

  1. brain

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tru”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 466

Alngith

Pronoun

tru

  1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

References

  • Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.

Preposition

tru

  1. in

Synonyms

Related terms

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /truːˀ/, ,

Verb

tru

  1. imperative of true

Linngithigh

Pronoun

tru

  1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

References

  • Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • tro (Etymologies 1-3)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse trúr.

Adjective

tru

  1. faithful, loyal
    Han har trua på at det skal gå bra.
    He is faithful that it will go well.
  2. true
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trú.

Noun

tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

  1. belief, faith
  2. trust, confidence

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúa.

Verb

tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)

  1. to think, believe
  2. to imagine, suppose
  3. to have faith

Etymology 4

Verb

tru

  1. imperative of true

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse trú.

Noun

tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

  1. belief, faith
    Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.
    This was before the new faith had arrived.
  2. trust, confidence
    Eg har trua på deg.
    I have confidence in you.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

Verb

tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)

  1. to think, believe
    Nei, det trur eg ikkje.
    No, I don't think so.
  2. imagine, suppose
    Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.
    I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.
  3. to believe
    Eg trur deg ikkje.
    I don't believe you.
  4. to believe (have religious faith)
    Eg trur på Gud.
    I believe in God.
  5. entrust

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúr.

Adjective

tru

  1. faithful, loyal
    Han var ein tru tenar.
    He was a faithful servant.
    Einige og tru til Dovre fell
    United and loyal (are we) until the Dovre (mountains) fall
  2. true
Derived terms

References

Pacoh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tru 

  1. (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English true.

Adjective

tru

  1. true

Noun

tru

  1. truth

Taroko

Taroko cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tru

Numeral

tru

  1. (Toda dialect) three
  2. (Truku dialect) three
  3. (Truku) three

Tircul

Pronunciation

Numeral

  1. 6 (six)

See also

  • (Pyu digits):           


Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English true.

Adjective

tru

  1. true
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:
      Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”
      →New International Version translation

Adverb

tru

  1. truly; very; verily
  2. very much
  3. amen; so be it

Usage notes

This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

tru

  1. (of an animal) to howl

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

Verb

tru

  1. (only in compounds) to eliminate
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier con) tru

  1. North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tru

  1. three
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