"Trier" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /tɹɪɹ/ [General-American], /tɹɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: Triers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From German Trier, from Latin Treverorum. Ultimately from the Roman name of the settlement, Augusta Trēverōrum, taken from the Gaulish name of a local tribe of Gauls. Compare also the French name for the city, Trèves. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Trier}} German Trier, {{der|en|la|Treverorum}} Latin Treverorum, {{m|la|Augusta Trēverōrum}} Augusta Trēverōrum, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{m|fr|Trèves}} Trèves Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|s}} Trier (countable and uncountable, plural Triers)
  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Cities in Germany, Cities in Rhineland-Palatinate, Places in Germany, Places in Rhineland-Palatinate Translations (city in Germany): Trèveris (Catalan), Trevír [masculine] (Czech), Trèves (French), Trier [masculine] (German), Treviri (Italian), Treverorum [modern] [city, cities, region, location] (Latin), Augusta Trēverōrum [Roman, feminine] [city, cities, region, location] (Latin), Trevir (Lombard), Tréier (Luxembourgish), Trewir [masculine] (Polish), Трир (Trir) [masculine] (Russian), Tréveris (Spanish), Trevere (Venetian)
    Sense id: en-Trier-en-name-dctJ9694 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'city in Germany': 95 5
  2. A habitational surname from German. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Treves [obsolete], Triers [obsolete] Derived forms: New Trier
    Sense id: en-Trier-en-name-Y598sImJ Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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