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tru

See also: trú, trữ, trừ, třu, tʳu, тру, TRU, and tru-

English

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tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)

  1. (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.”

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.[1]

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tru m (plural tru, definite truri, definite plural trutë)

  1. brain

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tru”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 466

Alngith

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tru

  1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

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  • Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Aromanian

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Etymology

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From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.

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tru

  1. in

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Danish

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IPA(key): /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

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tru

  1. imperative of true

Linngithigh

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Pronoun

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tru

  1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

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Linngithigh personal pronouns
Person Number (and clusivity) Nominative Accusative Genitive Dative
First Singular ayong ninh thom thon
Dual inclusive linggay linh linam lingg
Non-singular exclusive nan nanh nanam nangg
Plural inclusive puy punh punam pungg
Second Singular tru nanh kom kon
Dual poy ponh ponam pongg
Plural irae iraenh iraenam iraengg
Third Singular lu ngonh ngom ngon
Dual lawuy lawunh/lanh lawunam lawungg
Plural 'ar 'anh 'anam 'angg

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  • Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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  • tro (Etymologies 1-3)

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse trúr.

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tru

  1. faithful, loyal
    Han har trua på at det skal gå bra.
    He is faithful that it will go well.
  2. true
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse trú.

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tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

  1. belief, faith
  2. trust, confidence

Etymology 3

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From Old Norse trúa.

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tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)

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

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tru

  1. imperative of true

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtrʉː], [ˈtɾʉː], [ˈtʁʉː]

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse trú.

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tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

  1. belief, faith
    Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.
    This was before the new faith had arrived.
  2. trust, confidence
    Eg har trua på deg.
    I have confidence in you.
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

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tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)

  1. to think, believe
    Nei, det trur eg ikkje.
    No, I don't think so.
  2. imagine, suppose
    Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.
    I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.
  3. to believe
    Eg trur deg ikkje.
    I don't believe you.
  4. to believe (have religious faith)
    Eg trur på Gud.
    I believe in God.
  5. entrust
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Etymology 3

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From Old Norse trúr.

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tru

  1. 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
  2. true
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Pacoh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

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tru 

  1. (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English true.

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tru

  1. true

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tru

  1. truth

Taroko

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Taroko cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tru

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tru

  1. (Toda dialect) three
  2. (Truku dialect) three
  3. (Truku) three

Tircul

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  1. 6 (six)

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English true.

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tru

  1. 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.’ ”
      →New International Version translation

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tru

  1. truly; very; verily
  2. very much

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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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Interjection

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tru

  1. amen; so be it

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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tru

  1. (of an animal) to howl

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

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tru

  1. (only in compounds) to eliminate
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Noun

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(classifier con) tru

  1. North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)

Wakhi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

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tru

  1. three
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