tref

English

Etymology 1

Compare Welsh tref (“town”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛf/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

tref (plural trefs)

  1. (historical) A hamlet in Britain in pre-Saxon times.

Etymology 2

See treyf.

Adjective

tref (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of treyf (“not kosher”)

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

tref

  1. inflection of treffen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

Old French tref.

Noun

tref m (plural trefs)

  1. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

References
  • tref2 on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin trabem, accusative of trabs.

Noun

tref oblique singular, m (oblique plural tres, nominative singular tres, nominative plural tref)

  1. beam
  2. mast (on a watercraft)
  3. tent, temporary hut or other similar building

Usage notes
  • There is no consensus what the difference between paveillon, tente and tref is in Old French. There may be no difference, or the difference may vary according to the author.

Descendants
  • → Galician: treu
  • Middle French: tref

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Treff.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /trêf/

Noun

trȅf m (Cyrillic spelling тре̏ф)

  1. ♣, clubs in card- and boardgames

Declension
Declension of tref
singular plural
nominative trȅf trèfovi
genitive trèfa trèfovā
dative trèfu trèfovima
accusative trȅf trèfove
vocative trȅfe trèfovi
locative trèfu trèfovima
instrumental trèfom trèfovima

Coordinate terms
Suits in Serbo-Croatian · boje (layout · text)
herc, srce karo, kocka pik, list tref, detelina

References
  • “tref”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 285
  • “tref” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh tref, from Proto-Brythonic *treβ, from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-.

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /treːv/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /treː/
  • Rhymes: -eːv, -eː

Noun

tref f (plural trefi or trefydd)

  1. town
  2. home

Derived terms
  • trefolaeth f (“urbanism”)
  • trefolion (“townsfolk”)

See also

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tref dref nhref thref
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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