See also: Traire and trairé

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French traire, treire (to pull), from Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Latin trahere (to pull), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (to draw, drag).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʁɛʁ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁ
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Verb

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traire

  1. (transitive) to milk (a cow, etc)

Conjugation

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This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -tray- root: *je trayis, *que nous trayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -trais- was used instead of -tray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French traire.

Verb

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traire

  1. to fire (an arrow)
    • c. 1369, Jean Froissart, Chroniques:
      arbalestriers commencierent a traire sur le chastel
      [the] crossbowmen started to fire at the castle

Descendants

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  • French: traire

Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French traire, from Early Medieval Latin tragō Latin trahō (I pull).

Verb

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traire

  1. to pull
  2. to milk

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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Old Occitan traire, from Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Latin trahere (to drag, extract, trail).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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traire

  1. to pull, drag

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Classical Latin trahō (I pull).

Verb

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traire

  1. to pull
  2. (chiefly of a weapon) to draw; to unsheathe
  3. to pull out (extract by pulling); to remove (by pulling)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 164, line 1980:
      Un anel d'or trait de sun dei
      she removed a gold ring from her finger
    • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
      A plusurs fist traire les denz
      For many, he pulled out their teeth

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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Descendants

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Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin tragō, from Classical Latin trahō (I pull).

Verb

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traire

  1. to pull
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