trefn

== Welsh == === Etymology === Originally meant "room, building, home", from Proto-Celtic *trebā, from Proto-Indo-European *treb-. Doublet of tref (“town”). === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /trɛvn/ (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /trɛvn/, [ˈtr̥ʰɛvn̩] (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈtreːvɛn/, /ˈtrɛvɛn/ Rhymes: -ɛvn === Noun === trefn f (usually uncountable, plural trefnau) order, sequence, routine Synonym: olyniaeth yn nhrefn yr wyddor ― in alphabetical order order (conformity with law) cyfraith a threfn ― law and order order, procedure (religion) providence (usually with the definite article) Synonym: rhagluniaeth diolch i'r drefn ― providentially (lit. "thanks to the providence") ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “order”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “sequence”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[2], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “trefn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “trefn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies