Translation
to cut
Word origin
From French trancher ('to slice, to cut'), whose own origin is disputed. English trench and trenchant come from the same French verb.
- Origin
- French trancher
- Root
- trancher
- English cognates
- trench, trenchant
Other proposed origins
- Most often traced to a Vulgar Latin trinicare ('to cut in three'), from trini ('three each'). (trinicare)
- Some accounts derive it instead from Latin truncare ('to lop, to mutilate'), the source of truncate. (truncare)
Examples
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Mother is cutting the bread.
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Careful, do not cut your finger!
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He cut the meat into small pieces.
The knife the cutting is done with is a o: the root plus --, the tool suffix. A slice is a tranĉo or o.
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