tru
English edit
Adjective edit
tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)
- (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of true.
- 2014, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues[1], Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, Disney Book Group, →ISBN:
- sashaFEROCIOUS228: not
sashaFEROCIOUS228: happy
tinydancerlexi14: why???
tinydancerlexi14: cuz singles awareness day 2morro?
sashaFEROCIOUS228: ugh shut up
sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate when ppl call it that
sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate you
tinydancerlexi14: its tru tho
tinydancerlexi14: u dont have a bf
- 2017, Chyna Moore-Smith, Orbit. A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, and Conversations from the First Time I Fell in Love., [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 29:
- Chyna: Lmao okay, that’s not true so idk why she told you that.
Chyna: My only focus rn is college and money.
Jonathan: No, not like tht. She asked me if i thought u couldve and i said yea ot wouldnt suprise me. She jus asked me.
Jonathan: And if those are ur only focuses, yd u ask me
Jonathan: She ddnt say anything about being tru
Jonathan: She jus asked if i had thought of it
- 2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair[2], London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:
- And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night. Then, pics, u promised. / And Connor said, u think im fukkin high? no phones in the room. dunc’s rules. / The second-string boy said, bet Dunc’s rules say no trophies too. / Connor said, dammm. And then, tru tho. And then, check it out lmao.
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- “Tru”, in Slang.net[3], 2013–2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-02: “Tru is an easy and common way to abbreviate "true" - because it reads and sounds exactly the same.”
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tru m (plural tru, definite truri, definite plural trutë)
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- mend (“mind”)
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- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “tru”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
Alngith edit
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tru
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- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513
Aromanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.
Preposition edit
tru
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Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
IPA(key): /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]
Verb edit
tru
- imperative of true
Linngithigh edit
Pronoun edit
tru
References edit
- Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- tro (Etymologies 1-3)
Etymology 1 edit
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tru
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Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
Etymology 3 edit
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tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
tru
- imperative of true
References edit
- “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
- belief, faith
- Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.
- This was before the new faith had arrived.
- trust, confidence
- Eg har trua på deg.
- I have confidence in you.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.
Verb edit
tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)
- to think, believe
- Nei, det trur eg ikkje.
- No, I don't think so.
- imagine, suppose
- Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.
- I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.
- to believe
- Eg trur deg ikkje.
- I don't believe you.
- to believe (have religious faith)
- Eg trur på Gud.
- I believe in God.
- entrust
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
tru
- faithful, loyal
- Han var ein tru tenar.
- He was a faithful servant.
- Einige og tru til Dovre fell
- United and loyal (are we) until the Dovre (mountains) fall
- true
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References edit
- “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pacoh edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).
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tru
- (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep
Sranan Tongo edit
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tru
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tru
Taroko edit
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tru
Tircul edit
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Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
tru
- true
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:
- Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”
Adverb edit
tru
Usage notes edit
This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.
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Vietnamese edit
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tru
- (of an animal) to howl
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.
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tru
- (only in compounds) to eliminate
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(classifier con) tru
- North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)
Wakhi edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
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tru