"Trier" meaning in English

See Trier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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, {{der|en|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish 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 [feminine] (Catalan), Trevír [masculine] (Czech), Trèves [feminine] (French), Tréveris [feminine] (Galician), Trier [neuter] (German), Treviri [feminine] (Italian), Treverorum [modern, neuter] [city, cities, region, location] (Latin), Augusta Trēverōrum [Roman, feminine] [city, cities, region, location] (Latin), Trevir [masculine] (Lombard), Tréier [neuter] (Luxembourgish), ट्रिअर (ṭriar) (Marathi), Trevèri [feminine] (Occitan), Trewir [masculine] (Polish), Трир (Trir) [masculine] (Russian), Tréveris [feminine] (Spanish), Trevere (Venetan)
    Sense id: en-Trier-en-name-dctJ9694 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, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lombard translations, Terms with Luxembourgish translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Venetan translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 3 15 43 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Lombard translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Luxembourgish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Venetan translations: 21 79

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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