# 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”).

### 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

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “tra”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “trá, trâ”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 521

## Breton
### Noun

tra m (plural traoù)
* thing

#### Inflection
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtra]

### Verb

tra
* masculine singular present transgressive of třít
    Synonym: tře

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin trēs.

### Numeral

tra
* three

## Dumbea
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /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: [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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

### See also

* tra poco

### References

* ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

### Further reading

* tra in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* TAR

## Ligurian
### Etymology

From Latin intrā.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tra/

### Preposition

tra
* between
* among
* in (expression of time)

#### Synonyms

* fra

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* trii (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian thrē.

### Pronunciation

* (Mooring) IPA: [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: [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. Thesaurus Palaehibernicus treats these two occurrences as scribal errors for tara, but Thurneysen treats them as genuine alternative forms.

##### Alternative forms

* tara

### Mutation

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: /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]‎, archived from the original on 8 February 2023:da tarra sondeh mi no si juLast Sunday, I didn't see you

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕaː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʈaː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʈaː˧˧]
* (Vinh) IPA: [ʈaː˧˥]

### Etymology 1

Cognate with Muong Bi tla (“to put in”).
Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese tla in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

#### Verb

tra • (查)
* to haft; to sheathe
    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

##### See also

* kiểm tra
* thanh tra
* thẩm tra
* tra hỏi
* tra khảo
* tra vấn

### 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-. Cognate with English through, Latin trans.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 bauWhile the sea is a wall to the pure loved land
    Mae Cymru yn aros tra bod Llafur yn trafodWales waits while Labour debates

#### Related terms

* tra-
* traws
* tros

### 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