tråd

From Old Danish thraath, from Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

• IPA^(key): /trɔːd/, [tˢʁ̥ɔːˀð], [tˢʁ̥ɔðˀ]

tråd c (singular definite tråden, plural indefinite tråde)

1. thread
2. wire
3. string
4. fiber, fibre
5. filament

From Old Norse troð (“an act of treading”).

• IPA^(key): /trɔd/, [tˢʁʌð]

tråd n (singular definite tråddet, plural indefinite tråd)

1. A step, an act of treading.

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”).

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural tråder, definite plural trådene)

1. thread
2. wire
3. floss

• “tråd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse þráðr, from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Akin to English thread.

• IPA^(key): /troː/

tråd m (definite singular tråden, indefinite plural trådar, definite plural trådane)

1. thread
2. wire
3. floss

• “tråd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse þráðr (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz, from Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-, from *terh₁- (“rub, twist”). Definition 3 is probably a calque of English thread.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtroːd/

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tråd c

1. wire
2. thread (long, thin and flexible form of material).
3. thread, a continued theme or idea.

   Alla dessa essäer har en röd tråd.

   All of these essays have a common thread.

   Jag har tappat tråden av vad du säger.

   I’ve lost the thread of what you’re saying.

4. (Internet) A thread, a series of messages, generally grouped by subject, in which all messages except the first are replies to previous messages in the thread

• tråd in Svensk ordbok.