tret

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tret"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre.

Noun

tret (plural trets)

1. (obsolete, shipping) An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted.

Etymology 2

Clipping of tretinoin.

Noun

tret (plural trets)

1. (pharmacology, informal) Clipping of tretinoin.
   • 2024 September 24, Beth Gillette, “I Tested Apostrophe, and I’ll Never Get Acne Meds From My Derm’s Office Again”, in Cosmopolitan‎:

     Important to keep in mind: It usually takes up to three months to see a difference with tretinoin. So don’t expect miracles in a matter of a few weeks. However! Because I had been using tret previously, it really was like I just added the tranexamic acid and topical spiro to my routine.

Etymology 3

From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met.

Verb

tret

1. (Northern England, Bristol, colloquial) simple past and past participle of treat, i.e. treated.

Anagrams

• tert-, tetr-

Albanian

Etymology

Variant of tres.

Verb

tret (aorist treta, participle tretur)

1. to dissolve, digest, melt down, lose weight
2. to throw away

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾet]
• Rhymes: -et

Noun

tret m (plural trets)

1. trait

   Synonyms: qualitat, característica, propietat, atribut

2. shot (with a gun)

Etymology 2

From treure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈtɾet]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Mallorca) [ˈtɾet], (Menorca) [ˈtɾɛt]

Preposition

tret

1. except

   Synonyms: tret de, excepte, exceptuant

Participle

tret (feminine treta, masculine plural trets, feminine plural tretes)

1. past participle of treure
2. past participle of traure

Further reading

• “tret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “tret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.