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Webster 1913 Edition

Trier

Tri′er

,
Noun.
[From
Try
.]
1.
One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines anything by a test or standard.
Boyle.
2.
One who tries judicially.
3.
(Law)
A person appointed according to law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
Burrill.
4.
That which tries or approves; a test.
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Trier

TRI'ER

,
Noun.
[from try.] One who tries; one who makes experiments; one who examines any thing by a test or standard.
1.
One who tries judicially; a judge who tries a person or cause; a juryman. [See Trior.]
2.
A test; that which tries or approves.

Definition 2024

Trier

Trier

See also: trier

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Trier

  1. A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.

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German

Proper noun

Trier n ‎(genitive Triers)

  1. Trier (independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Derived terms

  • Trierer

trier

trier

See also: Trier

English

Noun

trier ‎(plural triers)

  1. One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Boyle to this entry?)
  2. An instrument used for sampling something.
    • 2009, Stephanie Clark, ‎Michael Costello, ‎Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products (page 145)
      The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
  3. One who tries judicially.
  4. (law) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
  5. (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

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French

Etymology

From Middle French trier, from Old French trier ‎(“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), from Gallo-Romance *triare ‎(“to pick out”), a variant of Late Latin trītō, trītāre, from Latin trītus, the past participle of terō. The word sense originates from granum terere, to beat the corn from the chaff, or trier le grain in modern French, hence the meaning. Italian tritare keeps both senses of the word - to grind and to sort - confirming a common Romance origin. For loss of medial "t" see abbaye.

Old French tirer ‎(“to pull out, snatch”), is a false cognate of Germanic origin.

Related to Occitan triar ‎(“to pick out, choose from among others”), Catalan triar ‎(“to pick, choose”).

Pronunciation

Verb

trier

  1. to sort, to sort out
    Trier le tas de lettres.
    Sort (out) the pile of letters.
  2. to grade; to calibrate

Derived terms

  • trié sur le volet (carefully sorting so as to select the best of something)
  • triage

Conjugation

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Old French

Etymology

Disputed; see English try.

Verb

trier

  1. to choose; to select
  2. to sort
  3. to find
  4. to verify; to make sure of
  5. (law) to try (in court)
  6. to pull

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of trier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive trier avoir trïé
gerund en triant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle triant
past participle trïé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present tri trïes trïe trions trïez trïent
imperfect trioie, trïeie, trioe, trïeve trioies, trïeies, trioes, trïeves trioit, trïeit, triot, trïeve triiiens, triiens triiiez, triiez trioient, trïeient, trioent, trïevent
preterite triai trias tria triames triastes trïerent
future trïerai trïeras trïera trïerons trïeroiz, trïereiz, trïerez trïeront
conditional trïeroie, trïereie trïeroies, trïereies trïeroit, trïereit trïeriiens, trïeriens trïeriiez, trïeriez trïeroient, trïereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present tri tris trit trions trïez trïent
imperfect triasse triasses triast triissons, triissiens triissoiz, triissez, triissiez triassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— trïe — trions trïez —

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References

Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin name of the settlement, Augusta Trēverōrum, taken from the name of a local tribe of Gauls. Compare also the French name for the city, Trèves.

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