Definitions and meaning of tret
tret
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹɛt/
- Rhymes: -ɛt
Etymology 1
From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.
Noun
tret (plural trets)
- (obsolete, shipping) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.
Etymology 2
Clipping of tretinoin.
Noun
tret (usually uncountable, plural trets)
- (pharmacology, informal) Clipping of tretinoin.
Etymology 3
From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.
Verb
tret
- (Northern England, Bristol, colloquial) simple past and past participle of treat, i.e. treated.
Anagrams
Albanian
Etymology
Variant of tres.
Verb
tret (aorist treta, participle tretur) (transitive)
- to dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
- to throw away
Conjugation
Further reading
- “tret”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “tret”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin tractus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾet]
- Rhymes: -et
Noun
tret m (plural trets)
- trait
- Synonyms: qualitat, característica, propietat, atribut
- shot (with a gun)
Etymology 2
From treure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈtɾet]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Mallorca) [ˈtɾet], (Menorca) [ˈtɾɛt]
Preposition
tret
- except
- Synonyms: tret de, excepte, exceptuant
Participle
tret (feminine treta, masculine plural trets, feminine plural tretes)
- past participle of treure
- past participle of traure
Further reading
- “tret”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “tret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “tret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “tret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Source: wiktionary.org