tru

See also: trú, trữ, trừ, třu, tʳu, тру, and TRU

English

Adjective

tru (comparative more tru, superlative most tru)

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of true.
   • 2014, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Nights: The Saga Continues‎^[1], Los Angeles, Calif., New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, Disney Book Group, →ISBN:

     sashaFEROCIOUS228: not
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: happy
     tinydancerlexi14: why???
     tinydancerlexi14: cuz singles awareness day 2morro?
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: ugh shut up
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate when ppl call it that
     sashaFEROCIOUS228: i hate you
     tinydancerlexi14: its tru tho
     tinydancerlexi14: u dont have a bf

   • 2017, Chyna Moore-Smith, Orbit. A Collection of Thoughts, Poems, and Conversations from the First Time I Fell in Love., [Morrisville, N.C.]: [Lulu.com], →ISBN, page 29:

     Chyna: Lmao okay, that’s not true so idk why she told you that.
     Chyna: My only focus rn is college and money.
     Jonathan: No, not like tht. She asked me if i thought u couldve and i said yea ot wouldnt suprise me. She jus asked me.
     Jonathan: And if those are ur only focuses, yd u ask me
     Jonathan: She ddnt say anything about being tru
     Jonathan: She jus asked if i had thought of it

   • 2020, Hannah Capin, Foul Is Fair‎^[2], London: Penguin Books, →ISBN:

     And the second-string boy said, bro you were yelling about her all night. Then, pics, u promised. / And Connor said, u think im fukkin high? no phones in the room. dunc’s rules. / The second-string boy said, bet Dunc’s rules say no trophies too. / Connor said, dammm. And then, tru tho. And then, check it out lmao.

Derived terms

• tru dat

References

• “Tru”, in Slang.net‎^[3], 2013–2023, archived from the original on 2023-06-02: “Tru is an easy and common way to abbreviate "true" - because it reads and sounds exactly the same.”

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *taruna, from Proto-Indo-European *teruno (“tender, soft”). Compare Sanskrit तरुण (táruṇa, “young, fresh”), Ancient Greek τέρην (térēn), Italian tenero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾũ/

Noun

tru m (plural tru, definite truri, definite plural trutë)

1. brain

Synonyms

• mend (“mind”)

Derived terms

• trullos
• truri (standard, Tosk)
• truni (Gheg) / trũnië (Zhêzhë)

Alngith

Pronoun

tru

1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

References

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ntru

Etymology

From Latin intro. Compare Romanian întru.

Preposition

tru

1. in

Synonyms

• ãn, tu

Related terms

• ãntru

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /truːˀ/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uˀ], [ˈtˢʁ̥oˀ]

• Homophone: tro

Verb

tru

1. imperative of true

Linngithigh

Pronoun

tru

1. you, second-person singular, nominative; thou

References

• Claire Bowern, Harold James Koch, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method (2004), page 513

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tro (Etymologies 1-3)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse trúr.

Adjective

tru

1. faithful, loyal

   Han har trua på at det skal gå bra.

   He is faithful that it will go well.

2. true

Derived terms

• truskap

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trú.

Noun

tru f or m (definite singular trua or truen, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith
2. trust, confidence

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúa.

Verb

tru (imperative tru, present tense trur, simple past trudde, past participle trudd)

1. to think, believe
2. to imagine, suppose
3. to have faith

Etymology 4

Verb

tru

1. imperative of true

References

• “tru” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trʉː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse trú.

Noun

tru f (definite singular trua, indefinite plural truer, definite plural truene)

1. belief, faith

   Dette var før den nye trua hadde kome.

   This was before the new faith had arrived.

2. trust, confidence

   Eg har trua på deg.

   I have confidence in you.

Derived terms

• mun tru
• truskyld
• truverdig

Etymology 2

From Old Norse trúa. Akin to English trow.

Verb

tru (present tense trur, past tense trudde, past participle trutt/trudd, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative tru)

1. to think, believe

   Nei, det trur eg ikkje.

   No, I don't think so.

2. imagine, suppose

   Skal tru om det kjem til å snøa i morgon.

   I wonder if it will snow tomorrow.

3. to believe

   Eg trur deg ikkje.

   I don't believe you.

4. to believe (have religious faith)

   Eg trur på Gud.

   I believe in God.

5. entrust

Etymology 3

From Old Norse trúr.

Adjective

tru

1. faithful, loyal

   Han var ein tru tenar.

   He was a faithful servant.

   Einige og tru til Dovre fell

   United and loyal (are we) until the Dovre (mountains) fall

2. true

Derived terms

• truskap

References

• “tru” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pacoh

Alternative forms

• (Kadô) sru
• (Pahi Tamprín) chru

Etymology

From Proto-Katuic *ɟruu[ʔ], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [truː]

Adjective

tru 

1. (Pahi Axap, Tal-ay) deep

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English true.

Adjective

tru

1. true

Noun

tru

1. truth

Taroko

Taroko cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tru

Numeral

tru

1. (Toda dialect) three
2. (Truku dialect) three
3. (Truku) three

Tircul

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾuː/

Numeral

1. 6 (six)

See also

• (Pyu digits):           

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English true.

Adjective

tru

1. true
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:23:

     Man i lukim meri na em i tok olsem, “Em nau. Em i poroman tru bilong mi. Bun bilong em i kamap long bun bilong mi, na mit bilong em i kamap long mit bilong mi. God i wokim em long bun bilong mi, olsem na bai mi kolim em ‘meri.’ ”

     →New International Version translation

Adverb

tru

1. truly; very; verily
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:31:

     God i lukim olgeta dispela samting i gutpela, na em i amamas tru. Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba 6.

     →New International Version translation

2. very much
3. amen; so be it

Usage notes

This can be used where one would use yet in English, to signify that something is true even when it would seem unbelievable. It is placed at the end of a phrase or sentence.

Derived terms

• tenkyu tru

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈʊw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

tru

1. (of an animal) to howl

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誅.

Verb

tru

1. (only in compounds) to eliminate

Derived terms

• tru di tam tộc, tru di cửu tộc
• trời tru đất diệt

Etymology 3

Noun

(classifier con) tru

1. North Central Vietnam form of trâu (“water buffalo”)

Wakhi

Etymology

Cognate with Yagnobi тирай (tiray), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tru

1. three