# tru
## English
### Adjective

tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)
* (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of true.
** 2014, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues‎, Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, Disney Book Group, →ISBN:sashaFEROCIOUS228: not sashaFEROCIOUS228: happy tinydancerlexi14: why??? tinydancerlexi14: cuz singles awareness day 2morro? sashaFEROCIOUS228: ugh shut up sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate when ppl call it that sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate you tinydancerlexi14: its tru tho tinydancerlexi14: u dont have a bf
** 2017, Chyna Moore-Smith, Orbit. A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, and Conversations from the First Time I Fell in Love., [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 29:Chyna: Lmao okay, that’s not true so idk why she told you that. Chyna: My only focus rn is college and money. Jonathan: No, not like tht. She asked me if i thought u couldve and i said yea ot wouldnt suprise me. She jus asked me. Jonathan: And if those are ur only focuses, yd u ask me Jonathan: She ddnt say anything about being tru Jonathan: She jus asked if i had thought of it
** 2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair‎, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night. Then, pics, u promised. / And Connor said, u think im fukkin high? no phones in the room. dunc’s rules. / The second-string boy said, bet Dunc’s rules say no trophies too. / Connor said, dammm. And then, tru tho. And then, check it out lmao.

#### Derived terms

* tru dat

#### Related terms

* tru-

### References

* “Tru”, in Slang.net‎, 2013–2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-02: “Tru is an easy and common way to abbreviate "true" - because it reads and sounds exactly the same.”

### Anagrams

* URT, UTR, Tur, RTU, rut, tur

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾũ/

### Noun

tru m (plural tru, definite truri, definite plural trutë)
* brain

#### Synonyms

* mend (“mind”)

#### Derived terms

* trullos
* truri (Standard, Tosk)
* truni (Gheg) / trũnië (Zhêzhë)

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tru”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 466

## Alngith
### Pronoun

tru
* you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

### References

* Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* ntru

### Etymology

From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.

### Preposition

tru
* in

#### Synonyms

* ãn, tu

#### Related terms

* ãntru

## Danish
### Pronunciation

IPA: /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]
* Homophone: tro

### Verb

tru
* imperative of true

## Linngithigh
### Pronoun

tru
* you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

#### See also

| Person | Number (and clusivity) | Nominative | Accusative | Genitive | Dative |
| First | Singular | ayong | ninh | thom | thon |
| First | Dual inclusive | linggay | linh | linam | lingg |
| First | Non-singular exclusive | nan | nanh | nanam | nangg |
| First | Plural inclusive | puy | punh | punam | pungg |
| Second | Singular | tru | nanh | kom | kon |
| Second | Dual | poy | ponh | ponam | pongg |
| Second | Plural | irae | iraenh | iraenam | iraengg |
| Third | Singular | lu | ngonh | ngom | ngon |
| Third | Dual | lawuy | lawunh/lanh | lawunam | lawungg |
| Third | Plural | 'ar | 'anh | 'anam | 'angg |

### References

* Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* tro (Etymologies 1-3)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trʉː/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse trúr.

#### Adjective

tru
* faithful, loyal
    Han har trua på at det skal gå bra.He is faithful that it will go well.
* true

##### Derived terms

* truskap

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse trú.

#### Noun

tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
* belief, faith
* trust, confidence

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúa.

#### Verb

tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)
* to think, believe
* to imagine, suppose
* to have faith

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

tru
* imperative of true

### References

* “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtrʉː], [ˈtɾʉː], [ˈtʁʉː]

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse trú.

#### Noun

tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)
* belief, faith
    Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.This was before the new faith had arrived.
* trust, confidence
    Eg har trua på deg.I have confidence in you.

##### Derived terms

* klokkartru
* kolsviartru
* truskyld
* truverdig
* vantru

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

#### Verb

tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)
* to think, believe
    Nei, det trur eg ikkje.No, I don't think so.
* imagine, suppose
    Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.
* to believe
    Eg trur deg ikkje.I don't believe you.
* to believe (have religious faith)
    Eg trur på Gud.I believe in God.
* entrust

##### Derived terms

* mun tru

### Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúr.

#### Adjective

tru
* faithful, loyal
    Han var ein tru tenar.He was a faithful servant.
    Einige og tru til Dovre fellUnited and loyal (are we) until the Dovre (mountains) fall
* true

##### Derived terms

* truskap

### References

* “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pacoh
### Alternative forms

* (Kadô) sru
* (Pahi Tamprín) chru

### Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [truː]

### Adjective

tru
* (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English true.

### Adjective

tru
* true

### Noun

tru
* truth

## Taroko
### Numeral

tru
* (Toda dialect) three
* (Truku dialect) three
* (Truku) three

## Tircul
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɾuː/

### Numeral

* 6 (six)

#### See also

* (Pyu digits):

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English true.

### Adjective

tru
* true
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”→New International Version translation

### Adverb

tru
* truly; very; verily
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:31:God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas tru. Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba 6.→New International Version translation
* very much

#### Usage notes

This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.

#### Derived terms

* tenkyu tru

### Interjection

tru
* amen; so be it

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕu˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʈʊw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʈʊw˧˧]
* (Vinh) IPA: [ʈu˧˥]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

tru
* (of an animal) to howl

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

#### Verb

tru
* (only in compounds) to eliminate

##### Derived terms

* tru di tam tộc, tru di cửu tộc
* trời tru đất diệt

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

(classifier con) tru
* North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)

## Wakhi
### Etymology

Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Numeral

tru
* three