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trema

See also: Trema and tréma

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

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trema (plural tremas or tremata)

  1. A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.
    Synonym: diaeresis

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma)

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Noun

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trema n (plural trema's, diminutive tremaatje n)

  1. diaresis, trema

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Galician

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Etymology 1

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From Latin tremulus.

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Noun

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trema m (plural tremas)

  1. quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)
    Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

Adjective

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trema

  1. feminine singular of tremo
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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trema

  1. inflection of tremar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of tremer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Interlingua

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Noun

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trema (plural tremas)

  1. diaeresis

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: trè‧ma

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trema

  1. inflection of tremare:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian tremare.

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trema f

  1. stage fright (state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience)
Declension
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Declension of trema
singular
nominative trema
genitive tremy
dative tremie
accusative tremę
instrumental tremą
locative tremie
vocative tremo
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verbs

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French tréma.

Noun

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trema n (indeclinable)

  1. trema, diaeresis (diacritic consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis)
    Synonym: diereza

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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trema n

  1. inflection of tremo:
    1. genitive singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

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  • trema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trema in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

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  • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Noun

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trema m (plural tremas)

  1. trema, a diacritic (¨)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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  • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Verb

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trema

  1. inflection of tremar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Verb

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trema

  1. inflection of tremer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin tremō (“to shake, tremble”).

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tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

  1. stage fright

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

Noun

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tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

  1. (linguistics) diaeresis, trema
Declension
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Declension of trema
singular plural
nominative trema treme
genitive treme trema
dative tremi tremama
accusative tremu treme
vocative tremo treme
locative tremi tremama
instrumental tremom tremama

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Syllabification: tre‧ma

Verb

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trema

  1. inflection of tremer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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