tré

See also: tre, Tre, tre-, trè, trẻ, trę, trẹ, tré-, tře, trê, trễ, and trể

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛː]

Numeral

tré

1. (literary) trio, triad, three

   rozetnout něco ve tré ― to split something in three

Declension

Declension of tré (pl-only inanimate)

	plural
nominative	tré
genitive	trého
dative	trému
accusative	tré
vocative	tré
locative	trém
instrumental	trém

See also

• tři
• trojice

Further reading

• “tré”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tré”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Hungarian

Etymology

From tréfli.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtreː]
• Hyphenation: tré
• Rhymes: -reː

Adjective

tré (comparative trébb, superlative legtrébb)

1. (slang) bad, lousy, crummy

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	tré	trék
accusative	trét	tréket
dative	trének	tréknek
instrumental	trével	trékkel
causal-final	tréért	trékért
translative	trévé	trékké
terminative	tréig	trékig
essive-formal	tréként	trékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	trében	trékben
superessive	trén	tréken
adessive	trénél	tréknél
illative	trébe	trékbe
sublative	trére	trékre
allative	tréhez	trékhez
elative	tréből	trékből
delative	tréről	trékről
ablative	trétől	tréktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	tréé	tréké
non-attributive possessive – plural	trééi	trékéi

Anagrams

• ért, rét, tér

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse tré.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰrjɛː/, [ˈt̪r̥jeɛ̯ː]
• Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

tré n (genitive singular trés, nominative plural tré)

1. (botany) tree
2. wood (material)

Declension

Declension of tré (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tré	tréð	tré	trén
accusative	tré	tréð	tré	trén
dative	tré	trénu	trjám	trjánum
genitive	trés	trésins	trjáa	trjánna

Derived terms

• aðaltré
• barrtré
• beykitré
• dvergtré
• eplatré
• herðatré
• hindartré
• jólatré
• lauftré
• peningar vaxa ekki á trjám
• tröllatré

See also

• trjá-

Irish

Preposition

tré (plus dative, triggers lenition, before the definite article trés)

1. Alternative form of trí (“through”)

Neapolitan

Numeral

tré

1. Alternative spelling of tre (“three”)

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *trewą, whence also Old English trēow (whence English tree), Old Frisian trē, Old Saxon treo, Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu).

Noun

tré n (genitive trés, plural tré)

1. tree
2. the mast of a ship
3. ree, rafter, beam
4. the seat of a privy

Declension

Declension of tré (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tré	tréit	tré	tréin
accusative	tré	tréit	tré	tréin
dative	tré	trénu	trjám, trjóm	trjánum, trjónum
genitive	trés	trésins	trjá, tría	trjánna, tríanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: tré
• Faroese: træ
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tre
• Dalecarlian: trai
• Old Swedish: trǣ
  • Swedish: trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”) (from the definite)
• Scanian: træ
• Danish: træ
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tre

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tré”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)
• Henry Bosley Woolf (in Chief) et al., editor (1973), Webster's new collegiate dictionary, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.: G. & C. Merriam Company, published 1973, page 1245: “tree ... akin to ON trē tree”

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛ˦˥]

Noun

tré

1. a dish of heavily seasoned pork, specialty of Central Vietnam