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)
- (transitive) to throw; to dash
- (transitive, intransitive) to shoot, to fire
Italian
Verb
trai
- second-person singular indicative present of trarre
- second-person singular imperative of trarre
Anagrams
- arti, atri, irta, tari, tarì, tira
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aj
Verb
trai
- third-person singular present indicative of trair
- second-person singular imperative of trair
Tocharian B
Alternative forms
- trey
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Tocharian A tre.
Numeral
trai
- three
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕaːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʈaːj˧˧]
Etymology 1
From Middle Vietnamese blai, from Proto-Vietic *p-laːl (“man, male”).
Alternative forms
- giai
Noun
trai
- (collective) boys and men
- con trai
- boys
Derived terms
- anh trai
- em trai
Adjective
trai
- (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
- gái
Noun
(classifier con) trai (𧕚)
- oyster
Derived terms
- ngọc trai (pearl)