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tree¹
- /tɹiː/
- [t̠ʰɹʷiː]
- [t͡ʃʰɹʷiː]
- [t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ʷiː]
- /t͡ʃɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
Sounds like three (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true.
Cognates
Cognate with Dutch teer (“tree”), Danish, Faroese, and Scanian træ (“tree; timber, wood”), Elfdalian trai (“tree; timber, wood”), Icelandic tré (“tree; wood”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk tre (“tree; wood”), Swedish trä (“wood; tree”), träd (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “piece of wood”); also Breton derv (“oak”), Cornish dar (“oak”), Irish dair (“oak”), Manx darragh (“oak; oaken”), Scottish Gaelic darach (“oak”), Welsh dâr (“oak”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “tree; wood; spear”) (whence Greek δόρυ (dóry, “pike, spear”)), Albanian dru (“tree; wood”), Latvian darva (“tar”), Lithuanian derva (“tar; resin”), Belarusian дзе́рава (dzjérava, “tree”), дрэ́ва (dréva, “tree; wood”), Czech drvo, dřevo (“wood”), Polish drzewo (“tree; wood”), Russian де́рево (dérevo), дре́во (drévo, “tree; wood”), Serbo-Croatian др̏во, drȇvo, drijȇvo, drȋvo, dȑvo (“tree; wood”), Slovak and Slovene drevo (“tree; wood”), Ukrainian де́рево (dérevo, “tree; wood”), Armenian տարր (tarr, “element; component”), Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬎𐬭𐬎 (dāᵘru, “wood”), Central Kurdish and Persian دار (dâr, “tree; wood”), Northern Kurdish dar (“tree”), Zazaki dare (“tree”), Hittite 𒋫𒊒 (taru), 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (táru, “tree; wood”), Luwian 𒋫𒀀𒊒 (tāru, “wood”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B or (“wood”), Sanskrit दारु (dāru, “timber, wood”).
Replaced alternative Middle English beem, from Old English bēam (see beam) and eclipsed non-native Middle English arbre, borrowed from Old French arbre.
noun trees · treen · tre
- A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches. Hyperion is the tallest living tree in the world.
- Any other plant (such as a large shrub or herb) that is reminiscent of the above in form and size. The banana tree is a tall perennial herb: its trunk is not woody.
- An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms. He had the choice of buying a scratching post or a cat tree.
- A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open. He put a shoe tree in each of his shoes.
- The structural frame of a saddle.
- A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.
- A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children, but does not share children with other nodes.
- A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right. We’ll show it as a tree list.
- Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices. family tree; skill tree
- The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.
- Marijuana. I like good pussy and I like good trees / Smoke so much weed you wouldn't believe
- A cross or gallows. Tyburn tree
- A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.
- The fifth Lenormand card.
- Alternative letter-case form of TREE
verb trees · treeing · treed · tre
- To chase (an animal or person) up a tree. The dog treed the cat.
- To place in a tree. Black bears can tree their cubs for protection, but grizzly bears cannot.
- To place upon a shoe tree; to fit with a shoe tree; to stretch upon a shoe tree. to tree a boot
- To take refuge in a tree.
tree²
number
- Pronunciation spelling of three
TREE³
noun
- An extremely fast-growing function based on Kruskal's tree theorem.
Tree⁴
Where it comes from
Topographic surname for someone who lived near a conspicuous tree.
proper noun Trees
- A surname.
Tree⁵
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of TREE
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tree diagram, foliage, shrub, bole, treeline, plant, trunk, woody, orchard, timber, forest, shelterbelt, forestry, planting, conifer, balsam
Translations
Every language
noun shoe tree
| 日本語 | 靴型 kutsugata |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mti |
| Deutsch | Schuhspanner |
| Русский | распо́рка raspórka |
noun large woody plant
| Español | árbol |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 나무 namu |
| 日本語 | 木 ki, 樹木 jumoku |
| 中文 | 樹 /树 shù, 喬木 /乔木 qiáomù, 樹木 /树木 shùmù |
| हिन्दी | पेड़ peṛ, वृक्ष vŕkṣ |
| Kiswahili | mti |
| Português | árvore |
| Français | arbre |
| Deutsch | Baum |
| Italiano | albero |
| Ελληνικά | δέντρο déntro |
| Română | arbore, copac, pom |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo, дре́во drévo |
| Tiếng Việt | cây |
| العربية | شَجَر šajar, شَجَرَة šajara |
| עברית | עֵץ 'etz, אִילָן ilán |
noun (graph theory) connected graph with no cycles
| 한국어 | 트리 teuri, 나무 namu, 수형도 suhyeongdo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 木 ki |
| Kiswahili | mti |
| Português | árvore |
| Deutsch | Baum |
| Italiano | albero |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo |
| العربية | شَجَرَة šajara |
noun (computing theory) recursive data structure
| 日本語 | ツリー構造 tsurī kōzo |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mti |
| Português | árvore |
| Deutsch | Baum |
| Italiano | albero |
| Română | arbore |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo |
| العربية | شَجَرَة šajara |
noun (graphical user interface) tree list
| 日本語 | ツリーリスト tsurī risuto |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mti |
| Deutsch | Baum |
| Italiano | albero |
| Русский | де́рево dérevo |
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title = {tree},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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