tren

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

tren (uncountable)

1. (bodybuilding slang) Clipping of trenbolone (a steroid used to increase muscle growth).
   • 2022 June 28, Jamie Millar, “'SARM Goblins': The Young Men Hooked on Steroids”, in VICE‎, archived from the original on 2023-11-07:

     While on "tren" (trenbolone acetate), one of the most potent steroids, [Tom] Powell couldn't keep a hard-on as long as he wanted. He had night sweats and nightmares.

Anagrams

• tern, Rent, Tern, rent

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tren m (plural trena, definite treni, definite plural trenat)

1. train

Etymology

Borrowed from French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾen/
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: tren

Noun

tren m (plural trens)

1. train

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tren”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Etymology

From French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾen/ [ˈt̪ɾẽŋ]
• Rhymes: -en
• Hyphenation: tren

Noun

tren m (plural trenes)

1. (transport, railway) train

Etymology

From French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tren/ [t̪rẽn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -en
• Hyphenation: tren

Noun

tren inan

1. (transport, railway) train

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French train.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “tren” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tren”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tren” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tren” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tren, from French train.

Noun

tren

1. train, locomotive

Etymology

From English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from trainer, from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō.

Noun

tren

1. (transport, railway) train (line of connected cars or carriages)

Etymology

From French train.

Noun

tren

1. train

   Synonym: (obsolete) poyezd

References

• “tren”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Alternative forms

• trem (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛŋ/ [ˈt̪ɾɛŋ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛŋ
• Hyphenation: tren

Etymology 1

13th century. From Old French train.

Etymology 2

19th century. Ultimately from French train.

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tren”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tren”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tren”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tren”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology

From English trend, from Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve", from Old English trendan "to roll about, turn, revolve" from Proto-Germanic *trandijaną (“to revolve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛn/
• Rhymes: -trɛn, -rɛn, -ɛn, -n
• Hyphenation: trèn

Noun

trèn (plural tren-tren)

1. trend: an inclination in a particular direction; a tendency.

   Synonym: kecenderungan

Further reading

• “tren” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Etymology

From English train, from Middle English train, from Old French train, from trainer, from Vulgar Latin *traginō, from *tragō, from Latin trahō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tren/
• Rhymes: -en

Noun

trén (Jawi spelling ترين, plural tren-tren, informal 1st possessive trenku, 2nd possessive trenmu, 3rd possessive trennya)

1. (transport, railway) train (line of connected cars or carriages)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian treno. Doublet of trejn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛːn/

Noun

tren m (plural trenijiet)

1. Alternative form of trejn: train (vehicle)

   Synonym: ferrovija

Adjective

tren

1. Alternative form of treen

Noun

tren pl

1. Alternative form of treen

Verb

tren

1. imperative of trene

Verb

tren

1. imperative of trena

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛŋ/

Noun

tren m (plural tren)

1. pulling, towing
2. train

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: tren

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French traîne.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin thrēnus.

Further reading

• tren in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tren in PWN's encyclopedia

Etymology

Borrowed from French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtren/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -en

Noun

tren n (plural trenuri)

1. (rail transport) train
2. (chiefly military) train (convoy, caravan)

Further reading

• tren in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1983), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎, volume 11, part 3, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 587–588

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *trenъ, from earlier *trepnъ, related to treptati (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trên/

Noun

trȅn m (Cyrillic spelling тре̏н)

1. moment (brief amount of time)

   Synonyms: čȁs, mȃh

References

• “tren”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology

Borrowed from French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾen/ [ˈt̪ɾẽn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: tren

Noun

tren m (plural trenes)

1. (transport, railway) train
2. (rare) extravagance

Further reading

• “tren”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Alternative forms

• teren

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tren, from French train.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾen/ [ˈt̪ɾɛn̪]
• Rhymes: -en
• Syllabification: tren

Noun

tren (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔) (rail transport)

1. train

Further reading

• “tren”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ترن (tren), from French train.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛn/

• Audio:

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Noun

tren (definite accusative treni, plural trenler)

1. (transport, railway) train

Etymology

Compare Italian treno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛŋ/

Noun

tren m (plural treni)

1. (transport, railway) train

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾen/

Noun

tren (nominative plural trens)

1. (transport, railway) train
   • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:

     Desinob ad motävön ün göd odela me tren balid.

     I intend setting off tomorrow morning by the first train.

   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 28:

     Tren odevegon poszedelo tü düp: tel minuts mäl.

     The train will be leaving at 2:06 PM.

Etymology

From Middle English tre, from Old English trēow, from Proto-West Germanic *treu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛn/

Noun

tren

1. trees

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 73