tred

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton trot, from Proto-Brythonic *tröd (whence Middle Welsh trydw, Welsh drudwen), from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”); compare Latin turdus, English thrush, and Polish drozd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁeːt/

Noun

tred f (plural tridi)

1. starling

Inflection

Mutation of tred

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tred	dred	zred	unchanged
plural	tridi	dridi	zridi	unchanged

Dutch

Etymology

Deverbal from treden.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

tred m (plural treden)

1. step

Related terms

• treden (verb)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tred

Anagrams

• redt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trede, tredd

Etymology

A back-formation from treden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛd/, /ˈtrɛːd(ə)/

Noun

tred (plural tretes or treden)

1. The trail or signs left by travel; footprints
2. (rare) A platform for one's feet.

Descendants

• English: tread

References

• “trē̆d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.