trymować

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German trimmen + -ować, from English trim, from Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną, from *trumaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɨˈmɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: try‧mo‧wać

Verb

trymować impf

  1. (transitive) to trim (to reduce slightly, to remove excess)
    Synonyms: przycinać, przystrzygać
  2. (transitive, nautical) to trim (to modify the angle relative to the water by shifting cargo or ballast)
  3. (transitive, nautical) to trim (to modify the angle of the sail relative to the wind)

Conjugation

noun

Further reading

  • trymować in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trymować in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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