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τρένο
train /ˈtre.no/
nounA2#787 most common
Also: railway train
Example sentences
Το τρένο φεύγει τώρα.
The train is leaving now.
Πάμε στην Αθήνα με το τρένο.
We're going to Athens by train.
Το τρένο φτάνει στις εννιά το βράδυ.
The train arrives at nine in the evening.
Έχασα το τρένο επειδή ξύπνησα αργά.
I missed the train because I woke up late.
Αν δεν είχε αργήσει το τρένο, θα είχαμε φτάσει στην ώρα μας.
If the train hadn't been late, we would have arrived on time.
Το τρένο, το οποίο είχε καθυστερήσει πάνω από μία ώρα, κατέφθασε επιτέλους γεμάτο κόσμο.
The train, which had been delayed by over an hour, finally arrived packed with people.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τρένο | τρένα |
| Genitive | τρένου | τρένων |
| Accusative | τρένο | τρένα |
| Vocative | τρένο | τρένα |
Word family
τρενάκιlittle train, toy/tourist train
τρενάρωto stall, drag out, procrastinate
σιδηρόδρομοςrailway
βαγόνιtrain car, wagon
σταθμόςstationEtymology
Modern Greek borrowed τρένο in the railway age from Italian 'treno', reinforced by French 'train'. The Romance forms go back to French 'train' ('a dragging, train of followers'), from the verb 'traîner' ('to drag'), ultimately from Vulgar Latin *traginare and Latin 'trahere' ('to pull, drag'). The deeper Indo-European source of 'trahere' is disputed, so no secure PIE root is given here.
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