très
See also: tres, trés, três, třes, treš, tres-, and trěś
French
Etymology
From Middle French trés, from Old French trés, inherited from Latin trāns, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“through, throughout, over”). Doublet of trans- or trans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ/, (before a vowel) /tʁɛ.z‿/, (before a vowel) /tʁe.z‿/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: traie, traies, trais, trait, traits
- Hyphenation: très
Adverb
très
- very
Derived terms
- très chic
Descendants
- → Esperanto: tre
- → Ido: tre
Further reading
- “très”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- sert