travers

See also: Travers

English

Etymology

French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) across; athwart

References
  • travers in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin transversus. Doublet of transverse.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʁa.vɛʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

travers m (plural travers)

  1. outside (the external part of)
  2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
  3. (historical) border toll

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Piedmontese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /traˈvɛrs/

Adjective

travers

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Romanian

Noun

travers n (plural traversuri)

  1. Obsolete form of traversă.

Declension
Declension of travers
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) travers traversul (niște) traversuri traversurile
genitive/dative (unui) travers traversului (unor) traversuri traversurilor
vocative traversule traversurilor

References
  • travers in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French traverse[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾaˈβeɾs/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧vers

Noun

travers (definite accusative traversi, plural traversler)

  1. (rail transport) A sleeper for railroad tracks; a railroad tie.

Declension
Inflection
Nominative travers
Definite accusative traversi
Singular Plural
Nominative travers traversler
Definite accusative traversi traversleri
Dative traverse traverslere
Locative traverste traverslerde
Ablative traversten traverslerden
Genitive traversin traverslerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular traversim traverslerim
2nd singular traversin traverslerin
3rd singular traversi traversleri
1st plural traversimiz traverslerimiz
2nd plural traversiniz traversleriniz
3rd plural traversleri traversleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular traversimi traverslerimi
2nd singular traversini traverslerini
3rd singular traversini traverslerini
1st plural traversimizi traverslerimizi
2nd plural traversinizi traverslerinizi
3rd plural traverslerini traverslerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular traversime traverslerime
2nd singular traversine traverslerine
3rd singular traversine traverslerine
1st plural traversimize traverslerimize
2nd plural traversinize traverslerinize
3rd plural traverslerine traverslerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular traversimde traverslerimde
2nd singular traversinde traverslerinde
3rd singular traversinde traverslerinde
1st plural traversimizde traverslerimizde
2nd plural traversinizde traverslerinizde
3rd plural traverslerinde traverslerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular traversimden traverslerimden
2nd singular traversinden traverslerinden
3rd singular traversinden traverslerinden
1st plural traversimizden traverslerimizden
2nd plural traversinizden traverslerinizden
3rd plural traverslerinden traverslerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular traversimin traverslerimin
2nd singular traversinin traverslerinin
3rd singular traversinin traverslerinin
1st plural traversimizin traverslerimizin
2nd plural traversinizin traverslerinizin
3rd plural traverslerinin traverslerinin

References
  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “travers”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading
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