trie

See also: trié

English

Etymology 1

See try.

Verb

trie

  1. Obsolete spelling of try
    • 1588?, Robert Browne, “A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons & Their Doctrine Touching the Hearing & Preaching of the Word of God” in Cartwrightiana, ed. Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson (1951, published for the Sir Halley Stewart Trust by Allen and Unwin), page 228
      If anie do dislike the superstitious & needles cærimonies in ordination & yet also acknowledg that the Byshops may call, authorise, trie, confirme, & warrant by testimonie the sufficiencie of ministers / what greuous synne is it.

Etymology 2

From retrieval.

Pronunciation

[tri] ("tree"), although some encourage the use of [traɪ] ("try") or the use of [triːeɪ] ("tree-ay") in order to distinguish it from the more general tree.

Noun

trie (plural tries)

  1. (computer science) An ordered tree data structure that is used to store an associative array where the keys are usually strings.
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Esperanto

Etymology

tri +‎ -e

Adverb

trie

  1. thirdly

French

Verb

trie

  1. first-person singular present indicative of trier
  2. third-person singular present indicative of trier
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of trier
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of trier
  5. second-person singular imperative of trier

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Norman

Etymology

From Late Latin troia (compare French truie), of uncertain origin.

Noun

trie f (plural tries)

  1. (Jersey) sow

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