travers
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See also: Travers
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.
Adverb
[edit]travers (not comparable)
- (obsolete) across; athwart
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
- The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.
- 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles
References
[edit]- “travers”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin trānsversus. Doublet of transverse.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]travers m (plural travers)
- outside (the external part of)
- wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
- (historical) border toll
- oddity, irregularity of mind and mood, unfortunate disposition, defect of character
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “travers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Piedmontese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]travers
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Romanian
[edit]Noun
[edit]travers n (plural traversuri)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | travers | traversul | traversuri | traversurile | |
genitive-dative | travers | traversului | traversuri | traversurilor | |
vocative | traversule | traversurilor |
References
[edit]- travers in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French traverse.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]travers (definite accusative traversi, plural traversler)
- (rail transport) A sleeper for railroad tracks; a railroad tie.
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “travers”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “travers”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “travers”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4897
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