trema

trema

See also: Trema and tréma

English

Alternative forms

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

Noun

trema (plural tremas or tremata)

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

Translations

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. diaresis, trema

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: trema

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ema
  • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

Etymology 1

From Latin tremulus.

Alternative forms

Noun

trema m (plural tremas)

  1. quaking bog (place with a wet spongy ground, sometimes too soft for walking)
    Synonyms: tremedal, tremedeira, tremedoiro, tremesiña

Adjective

trema

  1. feminine singular of tremo
  • Trembedo
  • Trémoa
  • Tremoedo

References

Etymology 2

Verb

trema

  1. inflection of tremar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of tremer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch trema, from French tréma, from Ancient Greek τρῆμα (trêma).

Pronunciation

Noun

trema (plural trema-trema)

  1. (linguistics) diaresis, trema

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

trema (plural tremas)

  1. diaeresis

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɛ.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɛma
  • Hyphenation: trè‧ma

Verb

trema

  1. inflection of tremare:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Italian tremare.

    Noun

    trema f

    1. 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)
    Declension
    Derived terms
    verbs

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from French tréma.

      Noun

      trema n (indeclinable)

      1. 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

      1. inflection of tremo:
        1. genitive singular
        2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

      Further reading

      • trema”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • trema”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)

      Portuguese

      Etymology 1

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

      Pronunciation

       

      • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

      Noun

      trema m (plural tremas)

      1. trema, a diacritic (¨)

      Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

       

      • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

      Verb

      trema

      1. inflection of tremar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Etymology 3

      Pronunciation

       

      • Hyphenation: tre‧ma

      Verb

      trema

      1. inflection of tremer:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Further reading

      Serbo-Croatian

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /trěːma/

      Etymology 1

      From Latin tremō (to shake, tremble).

      Noun

      tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

      1. stage fright

      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

      tréma f (Cyrillic spelling тре́ма)

      1. (linguistics) diaeresis, trema
      Declension
      Declension of trema
      singular plural
      nominative trema treme
      genitive treme trema
      dative tremi tremama
      accusative tremu treme
      vocative tremo treme
      locative tremi tremama
      instrumental tremom tremama

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈtɾema/ [ˈt̪ɾe.ma]
      • Rhymes: -ema
      • Syllabification: tre‧ma

      Verb

      trema

      1. inflection of tremer:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative