# trema
## English
### Alternative forms

* tréma

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”), from τετραίνω (tetraínō, “perforate”), used for the dots on dice, via Dutch trema and French tréma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɹɛm.ə/, /ˈtɹiː.mə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmə, -iːmə

### Noun

trema (plural tremas or tremata)
* A diacritic consisting of two dots ( ¨ ) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis.
    Synonym: diaeresis

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* 'mater, METAR, Marte, armet, mater, metra, ramet, tamer, terma

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtreː.maː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tre‧ma
* Rhymes: -eːmaː

### Noun

trema n (plural trema's, diminutive tremaatje n)
* diaresis, trema

#### Synonyms

* deelteken

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Hyphenation: tre‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Latin tremulus.

#### Alternative forms

* trémbora, trémoa, trémoga, trémora

#### Noun

trema m (plural tremas)
* quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)
    Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

#### Adjective

trema
* feminine singular of tremo

##### Related terms

* Trembedo
* Trémoa
* Tremoedo

#### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trema”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trema”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trema”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

trema
* inflection of tremar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
* inflection of tremer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Interlingua
### Noun

trema (plural tremas)
* diaeresis

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrɛ.ma/
* Rhymes: -ɛma
* Hyphenation: trè‧ma

### Verb

trema
* inflection of tremare:
** third-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* Marte, matre, tarme, trame

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtrɛ.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛma
* Syllabification: tre‧ma

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian tremare.

#### Noun

trema f
* stage fright (state of nervousness about performing some action in front of a group of people, on or off of a stage; nerves; a lack of self-assurance before an audience)

##### Derived terms

* stremować pf
* tremować impf

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tréma.

#### Noun

trema n (indeclinable)
* trema, diaeresis (diacritic consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter, used among other things to indicate umlaut or diaeresis)
    Synonym: diereza

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

trema n
* inflection of tremo:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

### Further reading

* trema in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* trema in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

From French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾe.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾe.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: tre‧ma

#### Noun

trema m (plural tremas)
* trema, a diacritic (¨)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾe.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾɛ.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: tre‧ma

#### Verb

trema
* inflection of tremar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾẽ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾe.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾe.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: tre‧ma

#### Verb

trema
* inflection of tremer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trěːma/

### Etymology 1

From Latin tremō (“to shake, tremble”).

#### Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)
* stage fright

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

#### Noun

tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)
* (linguistics) diaeresis, trema

##### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.ma]
* Rhymes: -ema
* Syllabification: tre‧ma

### Verb

trema
* inflection of tremer:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative