tra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

English

Etymology 1

From Vietnamese (cá) tra, from Khmer ប្រា (praa, “certain Pangasius species”).

Noun

tra (plural tra)

1. Synonym of iridescent shark (“a shark catfish of species Pangasianodon hypophthalmus”)

Etymology 2

From tra-la-la.

Interjection

tra

1. A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune.

Anagrams

• Tar, RAT, ART, ATR, art, TAR, RTA, rat, Rat, rta, Art, 'rat, tar, 'art, art.

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (definite singular) trau, trani, treni — Gheg
• (plural) trênë, tranë (rare), trêna — Gheg

Etymology

From Latin trabem (“beam”).

Noun

tra m (plural trerë, definite trari, definite plural trerët)

1. beam, girder; timber

   Synonym: trung

2. (in the plural) scaffolding

   Synonym: skelë

3. (sports) balance beam
4. (ethnography) family, different house

   Synonym: familje

Derived terms

• trath
• trenoj

Further reading

• “tra”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “tra”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “trá, trâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 521

Breton

Noun

tra m (plural traoù)

1. thing

Inflection

  Mutation of tra  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tra	dra	zra	unchanged
plural	traoù	draoù	zraoù	unchanged

See also: TRA

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtra]

Verb

tra

1. masculine singular present transgressive of třít

   Synonym: tře

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

tra

1. three

Dumbea

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a/

Noun

tra

1. earth, soil

References

• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Shintani, T.L.A. & Païta, Y. (1990) Dictionnaire de la langue de Païta, Nouméa: Sociéte d'etudes historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch trā, trāde, from Old Dutch *trada, from Proto-Germanic *tradō (“spoor, track”). More at trade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traː/

• Audio:

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Noun

tra c (plural tra's, diminutive traatje n)

1. path in the forest, trail
2. firebreak

Synonyms

• (path): pad, bospad
• (firebreak): brandgang

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from Latin trāns (“across, beyond”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of trans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tra]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tra

Preposition

tra

1. through
   • 1920, Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, London: Brita Esperanto-Asocio, page 202:

     Eĉ per verko lin koninte, multaj homoj tra la mondo lin rigardis kiel majstron la plej karan.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Ido: tra

Estonian

Etymology

Shortened from türa.

Interjection

tra

1. (vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) fuck

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto tra, from Latin trāns. Not to be confused with the paronym trans.

Preposition

tra

1. through

   Ni iris tra la tunelo.

   We went through the tunnel.

Derived terms

• trae (“through, across”)
• tra-

Paronyms

• trans (“on the other side of”)

Italian

Alternative forms

• trà (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin intrā, with influence from Latin inter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra/^*, /tra/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: tra
• This word may or may not trigger syntactic gemination of the following consonant; both possibilities are allowable. Hence tra due minuti (“in two minutes”) can be pronounced either /tra‿dˈdue miˈnuti/ (with gemination) or /tra ˈdue miˈnuti/ (without it).

Preposition

tra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

   tra due settimane ― in two weeks

   tra pochissimo ― very soon

Usage notes

• See fra.

Synonyms

• fra

See also

• tra poco

Further reading

• tra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• TAR

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra/

Preposition

tra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

• fra

North Frisian

North Frisian cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tra

Etymology

From Old Frisian thrē.

Numeral

tra m (f, n trii)

1. (Mooring) three

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Particle

tra

1. Alternative spelling of trá

Etymology 2

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) +‎ a (“his, her, its, their”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tra]

Determiner

tra (triggers lenition in the masculine/neuter singular, /h/-prothesis of the feminine singular, and nasalization (eclipsis) in the plural)

1. over/across his/her/its/their

Usage notes

The usual form is tara; the form tra occurs only twice, both in the Milan glosses. Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

Alternative forms

• tara

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tra	thra	tra pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra/

Preposition

tra

1. between
2. among
3. in (expression of time)

Synonyms

• fra

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Contraction of tara.

Adjective

tra

1. other

Determiner

tra

1. last, past
   • 1783, C. L. Schumann, Neger-Englisches Worterbuch [Negro English Dictionary]‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 February 2023:

     da tarra sondeh mi no si ju

     Last Sunday, I didn't see you

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˧]
• (Vinh) IPA^(key): [ʈaː˧˥]

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese tla.

Verb

tra

1. to put in or fit in (a part such as a tenon into a mortise)

   tra kiếm vào vỏ ― to sheathe one's sword

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 查 (“to investigate, to examine”).

Verb

tra

1. to investigate, to examine, to inspect

See also

Derived terms

• kiểm tra
• thanh tra
• thẩm tra
• tra hỏi
• tra khảo
• tra vấn

 

Etymology 3

The initial is from the distinct North Central shift *C-r- > *C-l-. The tone is also A1 (ngang), not A2 (huyền) like in the mainstream dialects.

Adjective

tra

1. North Central Vietnam form of già (“old”)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trans, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-. Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /traː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

tra (causes aspirate mutation)

1. (formal, poetic) quite, entirely, very

   Mae hynny'n fater tra gwahanol.

   That's an entirely different matter.

Conjunction

tra

1. while

   Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau

   While the sea is a wall to the pure loved land

   Mae Cymru yn aros tra bod Llafur yn trafod

   Wales waits while Labour debates

Related terms

• tra-
• traws
• tros