tro

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

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan tron), from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”) (possibly through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *tronus), incremented with an -r- due to influence from *tronitus < tonitrus), and ultimately from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos); compare also Portuguese trom, Spanish trueno). Compare the borrowed doublet to.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ/

Noun

tro m (plural trons)

1. thunder

Related terms

• tronar

Further reading

• “tro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

References

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Danish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Noun

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

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

   Ingen kultur eller civilisation uden tro på guder.

   No culture or civilization without faith in gods.

See also

• tro on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trúa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Verb

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

1. to believe
2. to think

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro/, [tˢʁ̥oˀ]

Adjective

tro (neuter tro, plural and definite singular attributive tro)

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

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French trop.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /tro/
• Hyphenation: tro

Adverb

tro

1. too much

   nek tro nek maltro

   neither too much nor too little

Antonyms

• maltro (“too little”)

Derived terms

• troaĵo; maltroaĵo
• troa; maltroa
• troege, troe; maltroege
• troete; maltroete
• troiga; maltroiga
• troige; maltroige
• troigi; maltroigi
• troigo; maltroigo
• troiĝi; maltroiĝi
• trouzi

 

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto tro, French trop, Italian troppo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro/

Adverb

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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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse trog.

Noun

tro m (plural tros)

1. (Jersey) kneading trough

Synonyms

• tro à pain

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• tru

Adjective

tro (indeclinable)

1. faithful, loyal

Antonyms

• utro

Derived terms

• naturtro
• troskap

Noun

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

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

Derived terms

• folketro
• gudstro
• overtro
• troverdig

Verb

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

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• trådde, trådte

Verb

tro

1. simple past of trå

References

• “tro” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old French

Etymology

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.

Noun

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

1. hole (gap in something)

Descendants

• French: trou

References

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

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Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• troimh

Etymology

Preposition

tro

1. through

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• 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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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /truː/

• audio

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

tro c (uncountable)

1. faith, belief

   Ingen kultur eller civilisation utan tro på gudar.

   No culture or civilization without faith in gods.

2. (dated) allegiance

   svära konungen tro och loven

   swear allegiance to the king

Declension

Declension of tro
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	tro	tron	—	—
Genitive	tros	trons	—	—

Related terms

• trofast
• trohet
• trosfrihet
• troslära
• trossamfund

 

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of tro (weak)

	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 terms

• troende
• trolig
• trovärdig

 

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Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• gio

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *p-lɔː.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tro (炭, 烣, 爐, 𤉓, 𤉕, 𤊣, 𪿙, 𬊐)

1. ash (solid remains of a fire)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bôi tro trét trấu
• tro trấu

 

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /troː/

Etymology 1

Noun

tro m (plural troeon)

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

Related terms

• troi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

tro

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

Mutation

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.