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trein

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See also: treiñ, tréin, Trein, and Tréin

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch trein, from Middle French train. Dutch borrowed the modern sense “train” from English train.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trəin/
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Noun

trein (plural treine, diminutive treintjie)

  1. train (railway vehicle)

Breton

Noun

trein

  1. hard mutation of drein

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French train.

The modern sense “railway vehicle” is a semantic loan from English train.

Pronunciation

Noun

trein m (plural treinen, diminutive treintje n)

  1. train (railway vehicle)
    Synonym: (humorous) burgerrups
  2. (dated) train, convoy, retinue, procession

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: trein
  • Saramaccan: talán

See also

Manx

Etymology

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Verb

trein (verbal noun treiney or treinaghey)

  1. (carpentry) to nail

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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