tray

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɹeɪ/, enPR: trā Homophones: trey, trait (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -eɪ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English trey, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”). Related to trough and tree. ==== Noun ==== tray (plural trays) A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried. (by extension) The items on a full tray. Synonym: trayful A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations. (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts. (computing, business) A type of retail or wholesale packaging for CPUs where the processors are sold in bulk and/or with minimal packaging. (Australia) The platform of a truck that supports the load to be hauled. Synonym: bed ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed) (transitive) to place (items) on a tray (intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English traye, treie, from Old English trega (“misfortune, misery, trouble, grief, pain”), from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“mourning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). Cognate with Icelandic tregi (“sorrow, grief”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 (trigō, “grief”). ==== Noun ==== tray (plural trays) (obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger ===== Derived terms ===== half in tray and teen === Etymology 3 === From Middle English trayen, treien, from Old English tregian (“to trouble, harass, vex”), from Proto-West Germanic *tregōn, from Proto-Germanic *tregōną (“to become tedious, become lazy, sadden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). ==== Verb ==== tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed) (transitive, obsolete) to grieve; to annoy === Etymology 4 === From Middle English trayen, from Old French trair (“to betray”), from Latin tradō (“hand over, betray”). ==== Verb ==== tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed) (transitive, obsolete) to betray [before 16th c.] === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== tray (plural trays) Alternative form of trey (“third branch of deer's antler”). === Etymology 6 === Blend of trans +‎ gay. ==== Noun ==== tray (plural trays) (LGBTQ slang) A gay trans person, particularly a man (a man who is both transgender and gay) ===== See also ===== transbian === Further reading === tray on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === See also === tray-trip (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === Arty, arty == Kavalan == === Noun === tray electric wire; barbed wire == Malay == === Etymology === From English try. === Verb === tray (Sanggau) To try. ==== Synonyms ==== cuba (standard) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tray alternative form of trey (“tray”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tray alternative form of trey (“three in dice”)