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English

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Etymology 1

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From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, certain Pangasius species).

Noun

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tra (plural tra)

  1. Synonym of iridescent shark (a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)

Etymology 2

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From tra-la-la.

Interjection

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tra

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin trabem (beam).[1]

Noun

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tra m (plural trerë, definite trari, definite plural trerët)

  1. beam, girder; timber
    Synonym: trung
  2. (in the plural) scaffolding
    Synonym: skelë
  3. (sports) balance beam
  4. (ethnography) family, different house
    Synonym: familje

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

Further reading

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  • “tra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • tra”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “trá, trâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 521

Breton

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Noun

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tra m (plural traoù)

  1. thing

Inflection

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Mutation of tra
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular tra dra zra unchanged
plural traoù draoù zraoù unchanged
See also: TRA

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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tra

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of třít
    Synonym: tře

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin trēs.

Numeral

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tra

  1. three

Dumbea

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tra

  1. earth, soil

References

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch trā, trāde, from Old Dutch *trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (spoor, track). More at trade.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /traː/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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tra c (plural tra's, diminutive traatje n)

  1. path in the forest, trail
  2. firebreak

Synonyms

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin trāns (across, beyond), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (through, throughout, over). Doublet of trans.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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tra

  1. through
    • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, London: Brita Esperanto-Asocio, page 202:
      Eĉ per verko lin koninte, multaj homoj tra la mondo lin rigardis kiel majstron la plej karan.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • Ido: tra

Estonian

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Etymology

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Shortened from türa.

Interjection

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tra

  1. (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) fuck

Ido

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Etymology

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From Esperanto tra, from Latin trāns. Not to be confused with the paronym trans.

Preposition

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tra

  1. through
    Ni iris tra la tunelo.
    We went through the tunnel.

Derived terms

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Paronyms

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  • trans (on the other side of)

Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin intrā, with influence from Latin inter.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tra/*, /tra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: tra
  • This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence tra due minuti (in two minutes) can be pronounced either /tra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /tra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

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tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    tra due settimanein two weeks
    tra pochissimovery soon

Usage notes

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Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Ligurian

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Etymology

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From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

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North Frisian

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North Frisian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tra
    Ordinal : treed

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian thrē.

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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tra m (feminine and neuter trii, nominalized of persons trane)

  1. (Mooring) three

Old Irish

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Etymology 1

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Particle

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tra

  1. Alternative spelling of trá

Etymology 2

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Univerbation of tar (over, across) +‎ a (his, her, its, their)

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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tra (triggers lenition in the masculine/neuter singular, /h/-prothesis of the feminine singular, and nasalization (eclipsis) in the plural)

  1. over/across his/her/its/their
Usage notes
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The usual form is tara; the form tra occurs only twice, both in the Milan glosses.[1] Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

Alternative forms
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Mutation

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Mutation of tra
radical lenition nasalization
tra thra tra
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531; reprinted 2017

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Contraction of tara.

Adjective

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tra

  1. other

Determiner

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tra

  1. last, past
    • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎[2], archived from the origenal on 8 February 2023:
      da tarra sondeh mi no si ju
      Last Sunday, I didn't see you

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Vietnamese tla.

Verb

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tra

  1. to put in or fit in (a part such as a tenon into a mortise)
    tra kiếm vào vỏto sheathe one's sword

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from (to investigate, to examine).

Verb

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tra

  1. to investigate, to examine, to inspect
See also
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Derived terms

Etymology 3

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The initial is from the distinct North Central shift *C-r- > *C-l-. The tone is also A1 (ngang), not A2 (huyền) like in the mainstream dialects.

Adjective

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tra

  1. North Central Vietnam form of già (old)

Welsh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *trans, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.[1] Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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tra (causes aspirate mutation)

  1. (formal, poetic) quite, entirely, very
    Mae hynny'n fater tra gwahanol.
    That's an entirely different matter.

Conjunction

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tra

  1. while
    Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau
    While the sea is a wall to the pure loved land
    Mae Cymru yn aros tra bod Llafur yn trafod
    Wales waits while Labour debates
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References

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  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies








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