From Middle English trien (“to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier, triher, triere (“to divide, separate, choose, select, prove, determine, try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Occitan triar (“to choose, sort, scrutinise, peel”), Catalan triar (“to pick, choose, decide”). Suggested to be derived from Late Latin *trītāre (“to crush, grind, trample, wear out”), itself derived from Classical Latin trītus (“rubbed, worn down, pulverised”), the past participle of terō, terere (“to rub, wear down, trample”), though this derivation is incompatible with the Occitan form. Additionally, the shift in meaning from "rub, crush, trample" to "pick out, choose, cull" is difficult to explain. One suggestion is that the semantic shift might have originated from a Latin phrase *granum terere ("to tread the corn (in threshing)"; compare Latin trītūra (“rubbing, chafing, friction" also "threshing”)), which has a parallel in the modern French trier le grain (“to sort the grain”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Vulgar Latin *trīāre, a metathetic alteration of *tīrāre (“to tear off, pull, draw”), whence also Old French tirer (“to draw, pull, pluck, tug, peck at, extract”), Occitan tirar (“to take, draw, retrieve, remove, extract”).
Replaced native Middle English cunnen (“to try”) (from Old English cunnian), Middle English fandien (“to try, prove”) (from Old English fandian), and Middle English costnien (“to try, tempt, test”) (from Old English costnian).
Meanings
An attempt.
When Papillon makes his last impossible try for freedom they embrace with the tendresse of lovers, however manly and platonic. 1974 February 2, Jonathan Cross, “Poor Butterfly”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 4:
I gave unicycling a try but I couldn’t do it.
There was the day also when his favourite right uppercut had connected in most accurate and rhythmical fashion with the protruded chin of Bull Wardell of Whitechapel, whereby Silas put himself in the way of a Lonsdale Belt and a try for the championship. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
An act of tasting or sampling.
I gave sushi a try but I didn’t like it.
A score in rugby league and rugby union, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
Today I scored my first try.
But two penalties and a drop-goal from Jonny Wilkinson, despite a host of other wayward attempts, plus a late try from Chris Ashton were enough to send a misfiring England through. 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
They will not passe thorough the holes of the sieve, ruddle or trie, if they be narrow. 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC:
A field goal or extra point
A move that almost solves a chess problem, except that Black has a unique defense.
A block of code that may trigger exceptions the programmer expects to catch, usually demarcated by the keyword try.
tasting (an act of tasting or sampling) · bash (an attempt) · touchdown (a score in rugby) · stab (an attempt) · extra point (the point after touchdown) · go (an attempt) · taste (an act of tasting or sampling) · sampling (an act of tasting or sampling) · whirl (an attempt)
Translations (88)
ro tentativă (an attempt) · fi try (a score in rugby) · pt prova (an act of tasting or sampling) · ml ശ്രമം (an attempt) · pt try (a score in rugby) · es ensayo (a score in rugby) · ka დაგემოვნება (an act of tasting or sampling) · cy cais (a score in rugby) · ja 試み (an act of tasting or sampling) · hu kísérlet (an attempt) · fa کوشش (an attempt) · fi maali (a score in rugby) · it tentativo (an attempt) · de Probe (an act of tasting or sampling) · fr tentative (an attempt) · la temptāmen (an attempt) · sh pokušaj (an attempt) · it prova (an attempt) · ga úd (a score in rugby) · la temptāmentum (an attempt) · fr essai (a score in rugby) · hy փորձ (an attempt) · bal جہد (an attempt) · ro probă (an attempt) · ru про́ба (an act of tasting or sampling) · ckb تام (an act of tasting or sampling) · ar مُحَاوَلَة (an attempt) · gd feuchainn (an act of tasting or sampling) · nl poging (an attempt) · pt tentativa (an attempt) · es prueba (an act of tasting or sampling) · fa چشش (an act of tasting or sampling) · pt ensaio (a score in rugby) · hu próbálkozás (an attempt) · tr denemek (an act of tasting or sampling) · af drie (a score in rugby) · nn forsøk (an attempt) · ca assaig (a score in rugby) · it meta (a score in rugby) · de Versuch (an attempt) · ca prova (an act of tasting or sampling) · nb forsøk (an attempt) · fr essai (an attempt) · bg опит (an attempt) · cs pětka (a score in rugby) · es try (trai) (a score in rugby) · hi प्रयास (an attempt) · fi kokeilu (an attempt) · sv försök (an attempt) · el απόπειρα (an attempt) · ka ლელო (a score in rugby) · gd feuchainn (an attempt) · vi sự thử (an attempt) · fi kokeilu (an act of tasting or sampling) · tr girişim (an attempt) · bal کوشست (an attempt) · az cəhd (an attempt) · pt teste (an act of tasting or sampling) · la conatus (an attempt) · ro probare (an act of tasting or sampling) · cs položení (a score in rugby) · hu próba (an attempt) · de Test (an attempt) · de Probe (an attempt) · de Versuch (a score in rugby) · vi lần thử (an attempt) · ckb ھەوڵ (an attempt) · ru попы́тка (an attempt) · es intento (an attempt) · ms cubaan (an attempt) · fi maistelu (an act of tasting or sampling) · fi maistaminen (an act of tasting or sampling) · de Verkostung (an act of tasting or sampling) · ja 試み (an attempt) · pl próba (an attempt) · es probatura (an attempt) · bg проба (an act of tasting or sampling) · sv provsmakning (an act of tasting or sampling) · ro încercare (a score in rugby) · ro experimentare (an act of tasting or sampling) · ca prova (an attempt) · hi प्रयत्न (an attempt) · ka ცდა (an attempt) · de Anlauf (an attempt) · sv provning (an act of tasting or sampling) · ro încercare (an attempt) · ja トライ (a score in rugby) · sh proba (an act of tasting or sampling)
From Middle English trien (“to separate out, sift, choose, select, evaluate, try a legal case”), from Anglo-Norman trier, triher, triere (“to divide, separate, choose, select, prove, determine, try a case”), Old French trier (“to choose, pick out or separate from others, sift, cull”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Occitan triar (“to choose, sort, scrutinise, peel”), Catalan triar (“to pick, choose, decide”). Suggested to be derived from Late Latin *trītāre (“to crush, grind, trample, wear out”), itself derived from Classical Latin trītus (“rubbed, worn down, pulverised”), the past participle of terō, terere (“to rub, wear down, trample”), though this derivation is incompatible with the Occitan form. Additionally, the shift in meaning from "rub, crush, trample" to "pick out, choose, cull" is difficult to explain. One suggestion is that the semantic shift might have originated from a Latin phrase *granum terere ("to tread the corn (in threshing)"; compare Latin trītūra (“rubbing, chafing, friction" also "threshing”)), which has a parallel in the modern French trier le grain (“to sort the grain”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from Vulgar Latin *trīāre, a metathetic alteration of *tīrāre (“to tear off, pull, draw”), whence also Old French tirer (“to draw, pull, pluck, tug, peck at, extract”), Occitan tirar (“to take, draw, retrieve, remove, extract”).
Replaced native Middle English cunnen (“to try”) (from Old English cunnian), Middle English fandien (“to try, prove”) (from Old English fandian), and Middle English costnien (“to try, tempt, test”) (from Old English costnian).
Meanings
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
Skywalker: Alright... I'll give it a try.
Yoda: NO! Try not! Do, or do not. There is no "try". 1980, Leigh Brackett et al., The Empire Strikes Back:
Can you start the car? —I'll try (to).
[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
I tried to rollerblade, but I couldn’t.
(obsolete) To divide; to separate. ▸ To separate (precious metal etc.) from the ore by melting; to purify, refine.
[…]euery feend his buſie paines applyde, / To melt the golden metall, ready to be tryde. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 281:
(obsolete, qualifier:one sort from another) To divide; to separate. ▸ To winnow; to sift; to pick out; frequently followed by out.
to try out the wild corn from the good
the wylde corne, beinge in shap and greatnesse lyke to the good, if they be mengled, with great difficultie will be tried out 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC:
(obsolete) To divide; to separate. ▸ To extract oil from blubber or fat; to melt down blubber to obtain oil
(obsolete) To divide; to separate. ▸ To extract wax from a honeycomb
To test, to work out. ▸ To make an experiment. Usually followed by a present participle.
I tried mixing more white paint to get a lighter shade.
To test, to work out. ▸ To put to test.
Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
“So mousie shall only find tins on the floor now,” thought Miss Mapp. “Mousie shall try his teeth on tins.” 1922, E. F. Benson, Miss Mapp, p. 89:
I shall try my skills on this.
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
(specifically) To test, to work out. ▸ To test someone's patience.
Don't try me.
You are trying my patience.
(qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, used before a noun) To test, to work out. ▸ To fight or to make an attempt at an attack.
You fixin' to try something, fool?
You wouldn't dare and try me!
(figuratively, used in the imperative) To test, to work out. ▸ To receive an imminent attack; to take.
Mona: Try this vampire bolt on for size!
Cedric: Why don't you try this alien bolt? 1999, Mona the Vampire, "The X-Change Student" (season 1, episode 6a)
To test, to work out. ▸ To taste, sample, etc.
Oh, you need to try the soup of the day!
Calvin: What's this disgusting slimy blob?
Dad: Try it. You'll love it. 1986 January 22, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
To test, to work out. ▸ To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test.
to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a person's opinions
Let the end try the man. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 80, column 2:
(with indirect interrogative clause) To test, to work out. ▸ To attempt to determine (by experiment or effort).
I'll try whether I can make it across town on foot.
Sir, the doctors and apothecaries are the greatest thieves in the world; they are always trying which can rob their patients the most. 1785, James Ridgway, A Dictionary of Literary Conversation:
To test, to work out. ▸ To put on trial.
The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence. 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
He was tried and executed.
I sit in front of the mirror and try myself. I am no impartial judge, otherwise I would have had myself executed several times over by now. 1987, Hadi Khorsandi, “It Didn’t Quite Work Out—2”, in Ehssan Javan, transl., The Ayatollah and I:
Sansa pretends to gather everyone in the great hall to try Arya, and at the last moment reveals she’s actually trying Littlefinger for murder and treason, although I think everyone in that room already knew what was going on except him. 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
To experiment, to strive. ▸ To have or gain knowledge of by experience.
Never more
Mean I to trie what rash untri'd I sought,
The paine of absence from thy sight. 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
[…]try the Lybian Heat, or Scythian Cold. 1697, Virgil, “The First Pastoral. Or, Tityrus and Melibœus.”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 4, line 88:
To experiment, to strive. ▸ To work on something with one's best effort and focus.
Dad, for God's sake, I'm trying my best!
You are trying too hard.
(obsolete) To experiment, to strive. ▸ To do; to fare.
How do you try! (i.e., how do you do?)
To experiment, to strive. ▸ To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms.
[…]Left I the Court, to ſee this Quarrell try’de. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii], page 128, column 2:
to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions
(euphemistic, of a couple) To experiment, to strive. ▸ To attempt to conceive a child.
To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
Repeated failures try one's patience.
The light tries his eyes.
(qualifier:chiefly African-American Vernacular, slang, used with another verb) To want, to desire.
I am really not trying to hear you talk about my mama like that.
tried and true (Terms etymologically related to the verb try) · tried and tested (Terms etymologically related to the verb try) · trier (Terms etymologically related to the verb try) · trial (Terms etymologically related to the verb try)
grc πειράομαι (to attempt) · ja 試みる (to make an experiment) · sl poskušati (to attempt) · vi thử (to taste, sample, etc) · ko 노력하다 (to attempt) · ru про́бовать (to make an experiment) · cmn 嘗 /尝 (to taste, sample, etc) · he ניסה (to attempt) · ktu kumeka (to attempt) · ja 挑戦する (to attempt) · pt tentar (to make an experiment) · eo testi (to put on trial) · de versuchen (to taste, sample, etc) · fi koittaa (to attempt) · bzj chrai (to attempt) · sh isprobati (to put to test) · mk искушува (to attempt) · fi yrittää (to attempt) · fi koettaa (to put to test) · eo provi (to attempt) · az cəhd etmək (to attempt) · es juzgar (to put on trial) · hu tárgyal (to put on trial) · tr çalışmak (to attempt) · th ลอง (to taste, sample, etc) · sw kujaribu (to attempt) · bg експериментирам (to make an experiment) · uk стара́тися (to attempt) · swb udjereɓu (to attempt) · ml നോക്കുക (to taste, sample, etc) · fi kokeilla (to put to test) · ro judeca (to put on trial) · izh proovata (to taste, sample, etc) · da prøve (to taste, sample, etc) · ru попыта́ться (to attempt) · ckb تام کردن (to taste, sample, etc) · el προσπαθώ (to attempt) · da prøve (to make an experiment) · el πειραματίζομαι (to make an experiment) · gag denemää (to attempt) · de anklagen (to put on trial) · fi yrittää (to work on something) · de untersuchen (to put to test) · cmn 嘗味 /尝味 (to taste, sample, etc) · et proovima (to attempt) · pt provar (to taste, sample, etc) · rm provar (to attempt) · ru попро́бовать (to attempt) · ca tractar de (to make an experiment) · ro încerca (to taste, sample, etc) · ml ശ്രമിക്കുക (to attempt) · nl uitproberen (to make an experiment) · ml ശ്രമിക്കുക (to make an experiment) · ml ശ്രമിക്കുക (to work on something) · mk проба (to attempt) · ar حَاوَلَ (to attempt) · az prob eləmək (to taste, sample, etc) · fr essayer (to attempt) · zdj ulauza (to attempt) · ru про́бовать (to attempt) · ja みる (to attempt) · mk опитува (to attempt) · de versuchen (to make an experiment) · pt esforçar-se (to work on something) · pl starać się (to attempt) · la aggredior (to attempt) · eo provi (to work on something) · id mencobai (to put to test) · it tentare (to attempt) · th พยายาม (to attempt) · vec tantar (to attempt) · pl próbować (to make an experiment) · hi कोशिश करना (to attempt) · ckb ئیش لەسەرکردن (to make an experiment) · gag çalışmaa (to attempt) · cs pokusit se (to attempt) · sv pröva (to attempt) · es judgar (to put on trial) · bni meka (to attempt) · da forsøge (to attempt) · ca intentar (to attempt) · da teste (to put on trial) · de versuchen (to attempt) · ru стара́ться (to attempt) · acw جَرَّب (to attempt) · la cōnor (to attempt) · yi פּרוּוון (to attempt) · ota دكهمك (to put to test) · ro strădui (to work on something) · be паспрабава́ць (to attempt) · eo prilabori (to work on something) · fur provâ (to attempt) · es tratar de (to attempt) · it assaggiare (to taste, sample, etc) · lv mēģināt (to attempt) · grc ζητέω (to attempt) · ktu meka (to attempt) · ru стара́ться (to work on something) · fr s'efforcer (to work on something) · fr tâcher (to attempt) · ms cuba (to attempt) · lt pabandyti (to attempt) · id mencoba (to attempt) · zu zama (to attempt) · qu llaqway (to taste, sample, etc) · sh pokušati (to attempt) · bg пробвам (to attempt) · de vor Gericht verhandeln (to put on trial) · fi kokeilla (to make an experiment) · nrf tâchi (to make an experiment) · et üritama (to attempt) · ca jutjar (to put on trial) · fi yrittää (to make an experiment) · la experior (to put to test) · es probar (to put to test) · pt tentar (to attempt) · fi koettaa (to attempt) · ru испы́тывать (to put to test) · mn турших (to make an experiment) · sh kušati (to taste, sample, etc) · de experimentieren (to make an experiment) · nl uitproberen (to put to test) · ro proba (to make an experiment) · fr goûter (to taste, sample, etc) · nl toetsen (to put to test) · bg изпитвам (to put to test) · yi פּרובירן (to attempt) · is reyna (to attempt) · it mettere alla prova (to put on trial) · ro proba (to attempt) · ltg paraudzeit (to attempt) · eo penadi (to work on something) · nl proberen (to attempt) · sv prova (to taste, sample, etc) · gd feuch (to taste, sample, etc) · ar طَلَب (to attempt) · izh yrittää (to taste, sample, etc) · chr ᎠᏁᏟᏗᎭ (to attempt) · bg пробвам (to make an experiment) · ne खोज्नु (to attempt) · acw حاول (to attempt) · hy փորձել (to taste, sample, etc) · nl pogen (to attempt) · pt testar (to put to test) · hy փորձել (to work on something) · eo testi (to put to test) · nrf tenter (to attempt) · ja やってみる (to attempt) · th ทดสอบ (to put to test) · ar سَعَى (to attempt) · ja 裁判に掛ける (to put on trial) · hu felpróbál (to taste, sample, etc) · hu megpróbál (to attempt) · sk pokúsiť sa (to attempt) · pt experimentar (to make an experiment) · it cercare (to work on something) · sv pröva (to put on trial) · fa آزمودن (to put to test) · es hacer todo lo posible (to attempt) · de den Prozess machen (to put on trial) · fa آزمودن (to put on trial) · sh покушати (to attempt) · fo royna (to attempt) · de kosten (to taste, sample, etc) · az çalışmaq (to attempt) · es ver de (to attempt) · da prøve (to attempt) · fi kokeilla (to taste, sample, etc) · pl próbować (to attempt) · da prøve (to work on something) · es intentar (to make an experiment) · eo testi (to make an experiment) · hy փորձել (to attempt) · cmn 嘗試 /尝试 (to attempt) · oc ensajar (to attempt) · ko 보다 (to attempt) · es probar (to taste, sample, etc) · id mencicipi (to taste, sample, etc) · ca tractar de (to attempt) · ru пыта́ться (to attempt) · eo gustumi (to taste, sample, etc) · de ausprobieren (to put to test) · de probieren (to taste, sample, etc) · sv pröva (to put to test) · hy փորձել (to put to test) · gd feuch (to put to test) · it testare (to put to test) · fi syyttää (to put on trial) · be спрабава́ць (to attempt) · no stille for retten (to put on trial) · vec sercar (to attempt) · cy profi (to put on trial) · nrf tâchi (to attempt) · ka სინჯვა (to attempt) · ru постараться (to attempt) · hy փորձել (to make an experiment) · vi cố gắng (to attempt) · ro se forța (to work on something) · hy փորձարկել (to put to test) · xh zama (to attempt) · om yaaluu (to attempt) · ja 試す (to attempt) · ca intentar (to make an experiment) · el προσπαθώ (to work on something) · ko 시도하다 (to attempt) · it provare (to put to test) · es intentar hacer (to work on something) · ceb sulay (to attempt) · it provare (to make an experiment) · da forsøge (to make an experiment) · de testen (to put to test) · th ชิม (to taste, sample, etc) · es procurar (to work on something) · ang onġinnan (to attempt) · izh pruukata (to attempt) · arz حَاوِل (to attempt) · vo steifülön (to attempt) · mba sulay (to attempt) · ja 努める (to attempt) · fa چشیدن (to taste, sample, etc) · es esforzarse (to work on something) · pl testować (to put to test) · ota دكهمك (to make an experiment) · mhr авызлаш (to taste, sample, etc) · hu megpróbálkozik (to attempt) · ga tástáil (to put to test) · as চেষ্টা কৰা (to attempt) · rm empruvar (to attempt) · dsb proběrowaś (to taste, sample, etc) · el δοκιμάζω (to attempt) · ckb ھەوڵ دان (to attempt) · lo ຊີມ (to taste, sample, etc) · nl trachten (to attempt) · ln meka (to attempt) · oc assajar (to attempt) · bg опитвам (to attempt) · sv prova (to put to test) · fr essayer (to taste, sample, etc) · ja 試す (to taste, sample, etc) · nrf tenter (to make an experiment) · vi xét xử (to put on trial) · ota دكهمك (to attempt) · hu kipróbál (to taste, sample, etc) · mn үзэх (to attempt) · fr essayer (to make an experiment) · be пастара́цца (to attempt) · he השתדל (to attempt) · fr traduire en justice (to put on trial) · hu próbál (to attempt) · eo provi (to make an experiment) · ajp حاول (to attempt) · dsb proběrowaś (to make an experiment) · ml വിചാരണ നടത്തുക (to put on trial) · de sich beschäftigen mit (to work on something) · de verkosten (to taste, sample, etc) · ss etama (to attempt) · tr teşebbüs etmek (to attempt) · bg изпробвам (to put to test) · pt autuar (to put on trial) · no forsøke (to attempt) · gd feuch (to attempt) · hu próbálkozik (to attempt) · wa sayî (to attempt) · cs pokoušet se (to attempt) · izh yrittää (to attempt) · sv försöka (to attempt) · no prøve (to attempt) · ko 시험하다 (to attempt) · rm pruver (to attempt) · eu saiatu (to attempt) · az dadına baxmaq (to taste, sample, etc) · sga fo·saig (to attempt) · km សាកល្បង (to taste, sample, etc) · sk pokúšať sa (to attempt) · bg опитвам (to taste, sample, etc) · de testen (to make an experiment) · ro testa (to put to test) · cmn 企圖 /企图 (to attempt) · de vor Gericht stellen (to put on trial) · ckb تاقی کردن (to put to test) · fur cercjâ (to taste, sample, etc) · ta முயல் (to attempt) · nl proberen (to work on something) · ajp جَرَّب (to attempt) · bn চেষ্টা করা (to attempt) · nl berechten (to put on trial) · fr tâcher (to make an experiment) · th ทดลอง (to put to test) · pt provar (to make an experiment) · mk обидува (to attempt) · sv testa (to make an experiment) · de probieren (to make an experiment) · izh proovata (to attempt) · vec çercar (to attempt) · cs zkoušet (to attempt) · rm pruar (to attempt) · la experior (to make an experiment) · sv prova (to attempt) · da afprøve (to put to test) · ru попро́бовать (to taste, sample, etc) · pt acionar (to put on trial) · tr denemek (to attempt) · ca provar (to make an experiment) · cmn 試 /试 (to attempt) · uk про́бувати (to attempt) · io esforcar (to attempt) · ja 試みる (to put to test) · ru про́бовать (to taste, sample, etc) · bg постаравам се (to attempt) · da afprøve (to put on trial) · vi gắng (to attempt) · fur tentâ (to attempt) · ru суди́ть (to put on trial) · vi thử nghiệm (to make an experiment) · hu próbára tesz (to put to test) · cy ceisio (to attempt) · de sich befassen (to work on something) · be стара́цца (to attempt) · ro gusta (to taste, sample, etc) · fr tenter (to attempt) · fa کوشیدن (to attempt) · ru испыта́ть (to put to test) · el δικάζω (to put on trial) · th ทดลอง (to make an experiment) · bg съдя (to put on trial) · hu megkóstol (to taste, sample, etc) · gd feuch (to make an experiment) · vec ẑercar (to attempt) · pt processar (to put on trial) · sv prova (to make an experiment) · th พิจารณา (to put on trial) · pap purba (to attempt) · hy աշխատել (to work on something) · cmn 試驗 /试验 (to make an experiment) · lol meka (to attempt) · it cercare (to attempt) · cs zkusit (to attempt) · fa پژوهیدن (to make an experiment) · hsb spytać (to attempt) · zdj usana (to attempt) · sl poskusiti (to attempt) · mhr судитлаш (to put on trial) · eo provi (to taste, sample, etc) · nl proberen (to make an experiment) · gag savaşmaa (to attempt) · ltg raudzeit (to attempt) · pl próbować (to taste, sample, etc) · ca esforçar-se (to work on something) · hu megkísérel (to attempt) · hu bíróság elé állít (to put on trial) · es tratar de (to make an experiment) · ca provar (to put to test) · ca tastar (to taste, sample, etc) · hu kipróbál (to put to test) · ro încerca (to attempt) · ru про́бовать (to put to test) · sh probati (to taste, sample, etc) · es hacer su mejor esfuerzo (to attempt) · es intentar (to attempt) · sv testa (to put to test) · fr tester (to put to test) · fa کوشیدن (to make an experiment) · ca provar (to taste, sample, etc) · mn ᠲᠤᠷᠰᠢᠬᠤ (to make an experiment) · eo procesi (to put on trial) · fa آزمودن (to make an experiment) · mhn kostn (to taste, sample, etc) · ar حَاكَمَ (to put on trial) · ml നോക്കുക (to make an experiment) · qu malliy (to taste, sample, etc) · uk намага́тися (to attempt) · ru постара́ться (to work on something) · izh pruukata (to taste, sample, etc) · th ลอง (to make an experiment) · es pretender (to work on something) · es probar a (to work on something) · ga triail (to attempt) · ka ცდა (to attempt) · ro proba (to put to test) · fr tenter (to make an experiment) · it provare (to attempt) · nl proeven (to taste, sample, etc) · pt experimentar (to taste, sample, etc) · ru попро́бовать (to make an experiment) · ru попро́бовать (to put to test) · gl tentar (to attempt)
From Middle English trye, trie, probably from Old French trié, past participle of Old French trier (“to try”).
Meanings
(obsolete) Fine, excellent.
But he her ſuppliant hands, thoſe hands of gold, / And eke her feete, thoſe feete of ſiluer trye, […] Chopt off […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 203: