trot

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A gait of a person or animal faster than a walk but slower than a run.
2. A brisk journey or progression.
3. A gait of a four-legged animal between walk and canter, a diagonal gait (in which diagonally opposite pairs of legs move together).
4. A toddler.
5. A moderately rapid dance.
6. (obsolete) A young animal.
7. (archaic, derogatory) An ugly old woman, a hag.
8. (Australia, obsolete) A succession of heads thrown in a game of two-up.
9. (Australia, New-Zealand) A run of luck or fortune.
10. (dated, slang) Synonym of horse (illegitimate study aid)
11. (informal) Diarrhoea.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move along briskly; specifically, to move at a pace between a walk and a run.
2. (intransitive) To move at a gait between a walk and a canter.
3. (transitive) To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering.
4. (UK, archaic, slang, transitive) To bid against (a person) at an auction, so as to raise the price of the goods.

Concepts

trotter

trot

courir

jogger

trotskiste

galoper

poney

Synonymes

jog

lope

canter

run

clip

crib

pony

trotting

gallop

run slowly

Trotskyite

quick pace

half run

have good paces

wire trace

lamentation

plod

quick march

torment

trot out

trudge

walk

🚶

go quickly

Traductions

trotto

trottare

Trab

trote

trotar

draven

trotten

traben

trotar

trote

trotar

dribbelen

trot

koşmak

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɹɑt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: trotten

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: trottōn

Appartenant à allemand: trotten

Appartenant à gotique: 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽

Appartenant à vieux norrois: troða

Appartenant à ancien anglais: tredan

In summary

From Middle English trotten, from Old French trotter, troter (“to go, trot”), from Medieval Latin *trottō, *trotō (“to go”), from Frankish *trottōn (“to go, run”), from Proto-Germanic *trudōną, *trudaną, *tradjaną (“to go, step, tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run, escape”). Cognate with Old High German trottōn (“to run”), Modern German trotten (“to trot, plod”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (trudan, “to tread”), Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”), Old English tredan (“to step, tread”). Doublet of trade and tread.