tro

See also: TRO, trò, třo, trở, and trø

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tonus, incremented with an -r- like in Spanish trueno.

NounEdit

tro m ‎(plural trons)

1. thunder

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DanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From late Old Norse trú, from Middle Low German trouwe, from Old Saxon, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *trewwō.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

NounEdit

tro c (singular definite troen, not used in plural form)

1. belief
2. confidence
3. trust
4. faith

See alsoEdit

• Tro on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse trúa.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

VerbEdit

tro ‎(imperative tro, infinitive at tro, present tense tror, past tense troede, perfect tense har troet)

1. believe
2. think

Etymology 3Edit

From Old Norse trúr.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

AdjectiveEdit

tro ‎(neuter tro, e-form tro)

1. faithful
2. true
3. loyal
4. accurate, close

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French trop.

AdverbEdit

tro

1. too much

   nek tro nek maltro‎

   neither too much nor too little

AntonymsEdit

• maltro ‎(“too little”)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from tro

• troaĵo; maltroaĵo
• troa; maltroa
• troege, troe; maltroege

• troete; maltroete
• troiga; maltroiga
• troiĝi; maltroiĝi

• troige; maltroige
• troigi; maltroigi
• troigo; maltroigo

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IdoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Esperanto tro, from French trop.

AdverbEdit

tro

1. too (much)

   Elua filiino irus, ma la voyo esas tro longa.‎

   Her daughter would go, but the road is too long.

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LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

tro

1. rafsi of jitro.

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Old Norse trog.

NounEdit

tro m ‎(plural tros)

1. (Jersey) kneading trough

SynonymsEdit

• tro à pain

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse trú (noun), trúa (verb), and trúr (adjective)

Alternative formsEdit

• tru

AdjectiveEdit

tro ‎(indeclinable)

1. faithful, loyal

AntonymsEdit

• utro

Derived termsEdit

• naturtro

NounEdit

tro f, m ‎(definite singular troa or troen, uncountable)

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

Derived termsEdit

• folketro

VerbEdit

tro ‎(present tense tror, past tense trodde, past participle trodd, present participle troende)

1. to think, believe
2. to imagine, suppose
3. to have faith

ReferencesEdit

• “tro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *traucum ‎(“hole”) (compare Late Latin traugum in the Capitularies of Charlemagne). Further origin uncertain. Possibly of Germanic or Celtic origin. Compare German Trog ‎(“trough”), English trug, trough.

NounEdit

tro m ‎(oblique plural tros, nominative singular tros, nominative plural tro)

1. hole (gap in something)

DescendantsEdit

• French: trou

ReferencesEdit

• “trou” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Scottish GaelicEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• troimh

EtymologyEdit

PrepositionEdit

tro

1. through

Usage notesEdit

• Lenites the following word.
• If the definite article in the singular follows, the preposition and the article amalgamate into tron.

Derived termsEdit

• The following prepositional pronouns:

Combining pronoun	Prepositional pronoun	Prepositional pronoun (emphatic)
mi	tromham	tromhamsa
tu	tromhad	tromhadsa
e	troimhe	troimhesan
i	troimhpe	troimhpese
sinn	tromhainn	tromhainne
sibh	tromhaibh	tromhaibhse
iad	tromhpa	tromhpasan

• tro-chèile

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SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /truː/

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Etymology 1Edit

From Old Swedish trō, from Old Norse trú, from Proto-Germanic *trūwō

NounEdit

tro c ‎(uncountable)

1. faith, belief
2. (dated) allegiance

   svära konungen tro och loven‎

   swear allegiance to the king

DeclensionEdit

Declension of tro

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	tro	tron
genitive	tros	trons

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• trofast
• trohet

• trosfrihet
• troslära

• trossamfund

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Swedish trōa, trōa, from Old Norse trúa, from Proto-Germanic *trūwijaną.

VerbEdit

tro

1. to believe

   tro alla om gott‎

   think well of everybody

   tro på något‎

   believe in something

   tro något om någon‎

   believe something of someone

2. to think; to consider correct, but being unable to prove it

   Det har trotts mycket kring den här utvecklingen, men det har inte varit fastslaget i data vad som verkligen håller på att ske – förrän nu.‎

   Much has been thought (speculated) concerning this development, but it hasn't been proven by data what really is happening - until now.

3. to think; to consider something correct that is not correct.

   Hon trodde att Oslo var Danmarks huvudstad‎

   She thought that Oslo was the capital of Denmark

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of tro

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	tro	tros
Present tense	tror	tros
Past tense	trodde	troddes
Supine	trott	trotts
Imperative	tro	—
Present participle	troende
Past participle	trodd

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• troende

• trolig

• trovärdig

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VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Vietic *Clɔ, from Proto-Austro-Asiatic *lɔ

PronunciationEdit

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ṯɕɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈɔ˧˥]

NounEdit

tro

1. ash, ashes

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WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /troː/

NounEdit

tro m (plural troeon)

1. bend, turn, curve
2. twist, kink
3. turn, go
4. lap (of a race)

Related termsEdit

• troi

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tro	dro	nhro	thro
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.