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)

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

Etymology 2

From tra-la-la.

Interjection

tra

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”).^[1]

Noun

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

beam, girder; timber
Synonym: trung
(in the plural) scaffolding
Synonym: skelë
(sports) balance beam
(ethnography) family, different house
Synonym: familje

Derived terms

trath
trenoj

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

Breton

Noun

tra m (plural traoù)

thing

Inflection

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Mutation of *tra*
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tra	dra	zra	unchanged
plural	traoù	draoù	zraoù	unchanged

See also: TRA

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtra]

Verb

tra

masculine singular present transgressive of třít
Synonym: tře

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

tra

three

Dumbea

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪a/

Noun

tra

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: (file)

Noun

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

path in the forest, trail
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

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

(vulgar, Internet slang, text messaging) fuck

Ido

Etymology

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

Preposition

tra

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tra/^*, /tra/
Audio: (file)
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

between
among
in (expression of time)
tra due settimane ― in two weeks

tra pochissimo ― very soon

Usage notes

See fra.

Synonyms

fra

References

^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

TAR

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tra/

Preposition

tra

between
among
in (expression of time)

Synonyms

fra

North Frisian

**North Frisian cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tra Ordinal : treed

Alternative forms

trii (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian thrē.

Pronunciation

(Mooring) IPA^(key): [tʰra]

Numeral

tra m (feminine and neuter trii, nominalized of persons trane)

(Mooring) three

Old Irish

Etymology 1

Particle

tra

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)

over/across his/her/its/their

Usage notes

The usual form is tara; the form tra occurs only twice, both in the Milan glosses.^[1] Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

Alternative forms

tara

Mutation

Mutation of *tra*
radical	lenition	nasalization
tra	thra	tra pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531; reprinted 2017

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin intrā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tra/

Preposition

tra

between
among
in (expression of time)

Synonyms

fra

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Contraction of tara.

Adjective

tra

other

Determiner

tra

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

Attested as tla in the Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Verb

tra

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

to investigate, to examine, to inspect

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

North Central Vietnam form of già (“old”)

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *trans, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-.^[1] Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /traː/
Rhymes: -aː

Adverb

tra (causes aspirate mutation)

(formal, poetic) quite, entirely, very
Mae hynny'n fater tra gwahanol.
That's an entirely different matter.

Conjunction

tra

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

References

^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tra”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 460

[2] Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

[3] Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 854, page 531; reprinted 2017

[4] R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tra”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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English

Etymology 1

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Etymology 2

Interjection

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Albanian

Alternative forms

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References

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Breton

Noun

Inflection

Czech

Pronunciation

Verb

Dalmatian

Etymology

Numeral

Dumbea

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Dutch

Etymology

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Noun

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Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Descendants

Estonian

Etymology

Interjection

Ido

Etymology

Preposition

Derived terms

Paronyms

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Usage notes

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References

Further reading

Anagrams

Ligurian

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North Frisian

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Old Irish

Etymology 1

Particle

Etymology 2

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Usage notes

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Piedmontese

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