trai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "trai"

Friulian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahere, present active infinitive of trahō.

Verb

trai (past participle trat)

  1. (transitive) to throw; to dash
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire

Italian

Verb

trai

  1. second-person singular indicative present of trarre
  2. second-person singular imperative of trarre

Anagrams


Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aj

Verb

trai

  1. third-person singular present indicative of trair
  2. second-person singular imperative of trair

Tocharian B

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.

Numeral

trai

  1. three

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Vietnamese blai, from Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (man, male).

Alternative forms

Noun

trai

  1. (collective) boys and men
    con trai
    boys
Derived terms

Adjective

trai

  1. (only in fixed expressions, of people) male
    Synonym: nam
    anh trai
    an older brother
    em trai
    a younger brother
    con trai
    a son / boys
    cháu trai
    a grandson / a nephew
    bác trai
    a man who's presumably slightly older than one's parent
    bạn trai
    a young male friend / a young boy or man / a boyfriend

Usage notes

  • Unlike other kinship terms, bác is gender-neutral when used to address a senior stranger, therefore it could be accompanied by trai or gái for clarification.

See also

Noun

(classifier con) trai (𧕚)

  1. oyster
Derived terms
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