troy

See also: Troy

English

Etymology

From Middle English troye, from Anglo-Norman. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, probably first used at a fair in Troyes, France.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

troy (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to, troy weight.

Derived terms

• troy grain
• troy pound

 

Anagrams

• Tory, ryot, tory, tyro

Old French

Alternative forms

• treis, trois

Etymology

From Latin trēs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

troy

1. three

Descendants

• Middle French: troys
  • French: trois
• Walloon: troes

Spanish

Etymology

Originally in the compound onza troy (“troy ounce”); a loan translation of English troy ounce, perhaps after the French city of Troyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾoi/ [ˈt̪ɾoi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: troy

Adjective

troy (invariable)

1. troy

Derived terms

• onza troy

 

Further reading

• “troy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014