different between traverso vs travers

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian traverso (or flauto traverso). Doublet of transverse.

Noun

traverso (plural traversos)

1. (music) A transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.

Translations

Anagrams

• at rovers

Finnish

Noun

traverso

1. Synonym of barokkihuilu (“traverso”).

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French traverse, German Traverse, Italian traversa.

Noun

traverso (plural traversi)

1. (architecture) crossbar, beam
2. (railway) sleeper

Derived terms

• traverseto (“bracket”)

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?v?r.so/

Etymology 1

From Latin tr?nsversus.

Adjective

traverso (feminine traversa, masculine plural traversi, feminine plural traverse)

1. transversal, transverse

   Synonym: trasversale

2. oblique

   Synonym: obliquo

Derived terms

• flauto traverso

Noun

traverso m (plural traversi)

1. width

   Synonym: larghezza

2. (nautical) beam

Derived terms

Related terms

• traversa
• traversare

Etymology 2

Verb

traverso

1. first-person singular present of traversare

Anagrams

• sterravo

Further reading

• traverso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Italian attraverso

Preposition

traverso

1. across

English

Etymology

French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse.

Adverb

travers (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) across; athwart
   • 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles

     The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.

Anagrams

• starver

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin traversus, from Latin transversus. Doublet of transverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?a.v??/

Noun

travers m (plural travers)

1. outside (the external part of)
2. wide side (the side of which the width is measured)
3. (historical) border toll

Derived terms

Related terms

• à travers
• au travers de
• traverser

Further reading

• “travers” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• verrats

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tra?v?rs/

Adjective

travers

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