trò

See also: tro, TRO, třo, trở, trø, and trɔ

Louisiana Creole

**Louisiana Creole cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : trò Ordinal : tròziyèmm

Alternative forms

trwa

Etymology

Inherited from French trois (“three”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɾɔ/
Rhymes: -ɔ

Numeral

trò

three

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese tlò. As shown by the Middle Vietnamese form and as well as usage of 路 (MC luH) as phonetic in Nôm texts, the earlier form of this word had initial cluster and can not be derived from 徒 (MC du).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɔ˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˨˩]

Noun

trò • (路, 󱙞, 󱼒, 徒, 𠻀)

trick; artifice
comedy; amusement
play; game; facetiousness
Làm trò gì vậy?
The heck are you doing?
Short for học trò (“pupil”).

Pronoun

trò • (路, 󱙞, 󱼒, 徒, 𠻀)

(dated) you (used by a teacher when talking to a student in their class)

Usage notes

Although the use of trò as a pronoun is pretty much non-existent in current spoken Vietnamese as it is seen as too distant and formal, it is still commonly used and seen in translation works from other languages, especially Western literature.