tray
English
/tɹeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- A flat carrier for items being transported.
- The items on a full tray.
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- (computing) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- (computing) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging.
- (Australia) (pickup) truck bed
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English treye inherited from Old English trēġ inherited from Proto-Germanic *trawją (wooden vessel, vessel, bowl) derived from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drewo-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ash English
- ashtray English
- atray English
- bake English
- betray English
- betrayable English
- betrayal English
- betrayed English
- betrayer English
- betrayest English
- betrayeth English
- betraying English
- betrayment English
- case English
- cloth English
- e-tray English
- egg English
- eggtray English
- line English
- task English
- tasktray English
- traybake English
- traycase English
- traycased English
- traycloth English
- trayful English
- traying English
- trayless English
- traylike English
- trayline English
- traymobile English
- trey English
- undertray English
- waste English
- waste tray English
- troga Latin
- *drewo- Proto-Indo-European
- *trawją Proto-Germanic
- *trewwō Proto-Germanic
- トレイ Japanese
- トレー Japanese
- trøye Norwegian Nynorsk
- trēġ Old English
- द्रोण Sanskrit
- atrayen Middle English
- betrayen Middle English
- treye Middle English
- treyja Old Norse
- treyja Icelandic
- dorna Indonesian
- troie Middle Low German
- troye Middle Low German
- *dráwnam Proto-Indo-Aryan
- troie Low German
- trei xno
- ದೊನ್ನೆ Kannada
- tire Hausa