troad
See also: Troad
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹəʊd/
Noun
troad (plural troads)
- Obsolete spelling of trode.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- He chaunst to come, far from all people's troad
References
- “troad”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *tregess. Cognate with Welsh troed (“foot”).
Noun
troad m (plural treid)
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | troad | droad | zroad | unchanged |
| plural | treid | dreid | zreid | unchanged |
Welsh
Alternative forms
- troead
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtro.ad/
Noun
troad m or f (plural troadau)
- rotation, revolution
- Synonym: cylchdroad
- act of stirring (e.g. with a spoon)
- turning, twisting
- Synonym: cyfrodeddiad
- turn or bend in or off a road
- Synonyms: trofa, trobwynt
- (figurative) turning point
- Synonym: trobwynt
- change, alteration, conversion, transformation
- Synonyms: newidiad, trawsffurfiad
- (religion) conversion
- Synonym: tröedigaeth
- translation between languages
- Synonyms: cyfieithiad, trosiad
- turn of phrase, figure of speech
- Synonyms: troad ymadrodd, ffigur
- distortion or perversion of meaning
- Synonym: gwyrdroad
- twist of fate
- Synonym: troad ar fyd
- event, occurrence
- Synonym: gwyddiad
- bad turn, duplicitous act, deceit
- lot, fate
Usage notes
The word troad is used to refer to a particular kind or instance of rotation. However, when referring the concept or process of rotation, the verbnoun troi is used as a masculine noun.
Derived terms
- ar droad llaw, mewn troad llaw (“immediately”)
- cylchdroad (“revolution”)
- ffurfdroad (“inflection”)
- gwyrdroad (“distortion”)
- troad allan (“self-presentation; expulsion”)
- troad ar fyd (“change of fortune”)
- troad llygad (“glance”)
- troad sâl (“bad turn, ill turn”)
- troad y ganrif (“turn of the century”)
- troad y llaw (“least thing; sleight of hand”)
- troad (y) rhod (“solstice”)
- troad ymadrodd (“turn of phrase”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| troad | droad | nhroad | throad |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.