truo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from French trou, from Medieval Latin traugus, thought to be of Gaulish origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtruo]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uo
• Hyphenation: tru‧o

Noun

truo (accusative singular truon, plural truoj, accusative plural truojn)

1. hole

Derived terms

• naztruo (“nostril”)
• nigra truo (“black hole”)
• postaĵotruo (“anus”)
• pugtruo (“asshole”)
• truilo (“hole punch”)

 

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto truo, French trou.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /truo/

Noun

truo (plural trui)

1. hole

Derived terms

• lumotruo (“porthole”)

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtru.oː/, [ˈt̪ruoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtru.o/, [ˈt̪ruːo]

Noun

truō m (genitive truōnis); third declension

1. A kind of bird, perhaps the cormorant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	truō	truōnēs
genitive	truōnis	truōnum
dative	truōnī	truōnibus
accusative	truōnem	truōnēs
ablative	truōne	truōnibus
vocative	truō	truōnēs

References

• “truo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• truo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *truxlъ, whence also Slovene truhel, Slovak trúchlý.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trûo/

Adjective

trȕo (Cyrillic spelling тру̏о, definite trȕlī)

1. rotten
2. putrid

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truo	trula	trulo
genitive		trula	trule	trula
dative		trulu	truloj	trulu
accusative	inanimate animate	truo trula	trulu	trulo
vocative		truo	trula	trulo
locative		trulu	truloj	trulu
instrumental		trulim	trulom	trulim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truli	trule	trula
genitive		trulih	trulih	trulih
dative		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)
accusative		trule	trule	trula
vocative		truli	trule	trula
locative		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)
instrumental		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truli	trula	trulo
genitive		trulog(a)	trule	trulog(a)
dative		trulom(u/e)	truloj	trulom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	truli trulog(a)	trulu	trulo
vocative		truli	trula	trulo
locative		trulom(e/u)	truloj	trulom(e/u)
instrumental		trulim	trulom	trulim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truli	trule	trula
genitive		trulih	trulih	trulih
dative		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)
accusative		trule	trule	trula
vocative		truli	trule	trula
locative		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)
instrumental		trulim(a)	trulim(a)	trulim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truliji	trulija	trulije
genitive		trulijeg(a)	trulije	trulijeg(a)
dative		trulijem(u)	trulijoj	trulijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	truliji trulijeg(a)	truliju	trulije
vocative		truliji	trulija	trulije
locative		trulijem(u)	trulijoj	trulijem(u)
instrumental		trulijim	trulijom	trulijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		truliji	trulije	trulija
genitive		trulijih	trulijih	trulijih
dative		trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)
accusative		trulije	trulije	trulija
vocative		truliji	trulije	trulija
locative		trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)
instrumental		trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)	trulijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najtruliji	najtrulija	najtrulije
genitive		najtrulijeg(a)	najtrulije	najtrulijeg(a)
dative		najtrulijem(u)	najtrulijoj	najtrulijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najtruliji najtrulijeg(a)	najtruliju	najtrulije
vocative		najtruliji	najtrulija	najtrulije
locative		najtrulijem(u)	najtrulijoj	najtrulijem(u)
instrumental		najtrulijim	najtrulijom	najtrulijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najtruliji	najtrulije	najtrulija
genitive		najtrulijih	najtrulijih	najtrulijih
dative		najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)
accusative		najtrulije	najtrulije	najtrulija
vocative		najtruliji	najtrulije	najtrulija
locative		najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)
instrumental		najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)	najtrulijim(a)

Further reading

• “truo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024