Wiktionary

tra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

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

NounEdit

tra (plural tra)

  1. The catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.

Etymology 2Edit

From tra-la-la.

InterjectionEdit

tra

  1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

AnagramsEdit

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trabis (“beam”).

NounEdit

tra m (indefinite plural trenj, definite singular trau, definite plural trenjët)

  1. beam

Derived termsEdit

BretonEdit

NounEdit

tra m (plural traoù)

  1. thing

InflectionEdit

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

CzechEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tra

  1. masculine singular present transgressive of třít
    Synonym: tře

DalmatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trēs.

NumeralEdit

tra

  1. three

DumbeaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tra

  1. earth, soil

ReferencesEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /traː/
  • Audio(file)

NounEdit

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

  1. path in the forest, trail
  2. firebreak

SynonymsEdit

EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

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 quote)

DescendantsEdit

  • → Ido: tra
  • → Novial: tra

IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PrepositionEdit

tra

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

Derived termsEdit

ParonymsEdit

  • trans (“on the other side of”)

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tra/*, /tra/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: 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).

PrepositionEdit

tra

  1. between
  2. among
  3. in (expression of time)
    tra due settimane ― in two weeks
    tra pochissimo ― very soon

Usage notesEdit

SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

LigurianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin intrā.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

tra

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

SynonymsEdit

North FrisianEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

From Old Frisian thrē.

NumeralEdit

tra m (f, n trii)

  1. (Mooring) three

Old IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

ParticleEdit

tra

  1. Alternative spelling of trá

Etymology 2Edit

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

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

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 notesEdit

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 formsEdit

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
tra thra tra
pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531

PiedmonteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin intrā.

PronunciationEdit

PrepositionEdit

tra

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

SynonymsEdit

Sranan TongoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tra

  1. other

VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Vietnamese tla.

VerbEdit

tra

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

Etymology 2Edit

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

VerbEdit

tra

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

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

tra (causes aspirate mutation)

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

ConjunctionEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

  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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