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Verb

trair ‎(first-person singular present traeixo, past participle traït)

1. to betray

Conjugation

as servir, except that unaccented i in the endings, immediately following the stem u, takes a diaresis

Related terms

• traïció noun
• traïdor noun

Old French

Alternative forms

• traïr (diaereses are not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Verb

trair

1. to betray; to commit treason
   • circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Ne dote mie Richart que li Roiz le traïst

     Richard didn't doubt that the King was betraying him

Related terms

• traison
• traitor

Descendants

• French: trahir
• Norman: trahi

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• trahir (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese traer, from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧ir

Verb

trair ‎(first-person singular present indicative traio, past participle traído)

1. to betray
2. to be unfaithful

Conjugation

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) trer
• (Vallader) trar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tragere, from Latin trahō, trahere ‎(“pull”).

Verb

trair

1. (Rumantsch Grischun) to pull

Derived terms