Meaning and Origin
What does the name Tray mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
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- A submission from Australia says the name Tray means "Strong as Iron" and is of Welsh origin.
Etymology: OF. traïr, F. trahir, L. tradere. See Traitor
- A small trough or wooden vessel, sometimes scooped out of a block of wood, for various domestic uses, as in making bread, chopping meat, etc.
- A flat, broad vessel on which dishes, glasses, etc., are carried; a waiter; a salver.
- A shallow box, generally without a top, often used within a chest, trunk, box, etc., as a removable receptacle for small or light articles.
Etymology: OE. treye, AS. treg. Cf. Trough
- An open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food
From Middle English treye, from Old English trēġ, trīġ (“wooden board, tray”), from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drewo-, *dóru (“tree; wood”). Cognate with Old Norse treyja (“carrier”), Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”), Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), Ancient Greek δρουίτη (drouítē, “tub, vat”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”). Related to trough and tree.
- A small, typically rectangular or round, flat, and rigid object upon which things are carried.
- I carefully arranged the dishes on the and brought it upstairs.
- A flat carrier for items being transported.
- Make sure that of eggs is properly loaded.
- The items on a full tray.
- Before long they had consumed a whole of shrimp cocktails and sent for another.
- A component of a device into which an item is placed for use in the device's operations.
- The CD will not open.
- The loader is responsible for placing the work on the for the plating machines.
- (computing, graphical user interface, informal) A notification area used for icons and alerts.
- (Australia) (pickup) truck bed
- Synonym: bed
From Middle English traye, treie, from Old English trega (“misfortune, misery, trouble, grief, pain”), from Proto-Germanic *tregô (“mourning”), from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”). Cognate with Icelandic tregi (“sorrow, grief”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌲𐍉 (trigō, “grief”).
- (obsolete) trouble; annoyance; anger
From Middle English trayen, treien, from Old English tregian (“to trouble, harass, vex”), from Proto-Germanic *tregōną (“to become tedious, become lazy, sadden”), from Proto-Indo-European *dregʰ- (“unwilling, sullen, slack”).
From Middle English trayen, from Old French trair (“to betray”), from Latin tradō (“hand over, betray”). More at betray.
tray was also found in the following language(s): Kavalan