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• thro͞o
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• Received-Pronunciation: /θɹuː/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /θɹʉw/
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• Canada, General-American: /θɹu/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /θɹʉː/
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• Scotland: /θɾʉ/
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• Northern-Ireland: /θɻʉ/
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• Wales: /θɾuː/
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• rhymes with -uː
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• homophone: threw (not in Wales)
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• /θɹʌf/
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• /θɹuː/
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• CMU ARPABET: TH R UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2kwe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh2- (“to pass through”) + *-kwe (“and”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian döör (“through”), Saterland Frisian truch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), German durch (“through”), Luxembourgish duerch (“through”), West Flemish deur (“through”), Yiddish דורך (durkh, “through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

From Middle English thrugh, þrouȝ, throgh, from Old English þrūh (“trough, conduit, pipe; box, chest; coffin, tomb”), from Proto-Germanic *þrūhs (“hollowed-out wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh3u- (“to rub, turn, drill, bore”). Not directly related with German Truhe (“chest”), which belongs to the root of English trough. However, these two Germanic roots seem to have influenced each other early on.

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: but see пре- (pre-) — from one side to the other
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — from one side to the other
• Dutch: doorheen — from one side to the other
• Italian: attraverso — from one side to the other
• Portuguese: através — from one side to the other
• Scottish Gaelic: troimhe — from one side to the other
• Arabic: خِلَالَ (ḵilāla) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Arabic: عَبْرَ (ʕabra) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Armenian: միջով (miǰov) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Aromanian: prit — from one side of an opening to the other
• Bashkir: аша (aşa) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Belarusian: праз (praz) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Belarusian: це́раз (cjéraz) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Belarusian: пе́раз (pjéraz) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Bengali: ভিতর দিএ (bhitor die) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Bulgarian: чрез (črez) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Catalan: per — from one side of an opening to the other
• Chinese Mandarin: 通過 /通过 (tōngguò) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Czech: skrz — from one side of an opening to the other
• Danish: gennem — from one side of an opening to the other
• Danish: igennem — from one side of an opening to the other
• Dutch: door — from one side of an opening to the other
• Esperanto: tra — from one side of an opening to the other
• Estonian: läbi — from one side of an opening to the other
• Finnish: läpi — from one side of an opening to the other
• Finnish: kautta — from one side of an opening to the other
• French: par — from one side of an opening to the other
• French: à travers — from one side of an opening to the other
• West-Frisian: troch — from one side of an opening to the other
• German: durch — from one side of an opening to the other
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Ancient Greek: διά (diá) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Hungarian: át — from one side of an opening to the other
• Hungarian: keresztül — from one side of an opening to the other
• Icelandic: gegn — from one side of an opening to the other
• Ido: tra — from one side of an opening to the other
• Indonesian: lewat — from one side of an opening to the other
• Indonesian: melalui — from one side of an opening to the other
• Iquito: acajinacúraji — from one side of an opening to the other
• Irish: trí — from one side of an opening to the other
• Old Irish: tri — from one side of an opening to the other
• Italian: attraverso — from one side of an opening to the other
• Japanese: ...を通って (...o tōtte) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Japanese: ...を通り抜けて (...o tōrinukete) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Kalmyk: ивт (ivt) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Khmer: តាម (taam) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Khmer: កាត់ (kat) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Khmer: តាមចន្លោះ (taam cɑɑcɑnlŭəh) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Korean: 을 통하여 (eul tonghayeo) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Korean: 통해 (tonghae) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Northern Kurdish: tê re — from one side of an opening to the other
• Northern Kurdish: di ... re — from one side of an opening to the other
• Latin: per — from one side of an opening to the other
• Latvian: caur — from one side of an opening to the other
• Livonian: leb — from one side of an opening to the other
• Macedonian: низ (niz) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Malay: melalui — from one side of an opening to the other
• Māori: mā — from one side of an opening to the other
• Marathi: द्वारे (dvāre) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Khiamniungan Naga: chāh — from one side of an opening to the other
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjennom — from one side of an opening to the other
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjennom — from one side of an opening to the other
• Church Slavic: чрѣсъ (črěsŭ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Church Slavic: прѣзъ (prězŭ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Old East Slavic: чересъ (čeresŭ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Old East Slavic: прѣзъ (prězŭ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Old English: þurh — from one side of an opening to the other
• Polish: przez — from one side of an opening to the other
• Portuguese: pelo — from one side of an opening to the other
• Portuguese: pela — from one side of an opening to the other
• Portuguese: por — from one side of an opening to the other
• Portuguese: através — from one side of an opening to the other
• Punjabi: ਦੁਆਰਾ (duārā) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Romanian: prin — from one side of an opening to the other
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Russian: сквозь (skvozʹ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Scots: throu — from one side of an opening to the other
• Scottish Gaelic: tro — from one side of an opening to the other
• Serbo-Croatian: кроз — from one side of an opening to the other
• Serbo-Croatian: kroz — from one side of an opening to the other
• Slovak: skrz — from one side of an opening to the other
• Slovene: skozi — from one side of an opening to the other
• Lower Sorbian: pśez — from one side of an opening to the other
• Upper Sorbian: přez — from one side of an opening to the other
• Spanish: a través de — from one side of an opening to the other
• Spanish: por — from one side of an opening to the other
• Spanish: al través de — from one side of an opening to the other
• Swedish: genom — from one side of an opening to the other
• Swedish: igenom — from one side of an opening to the other
• Telugu: గుండా (guṇḍā) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Thai: ผ่าน (pàan) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Turkish: boyunca — from one side of an opening to the other
• Ukrainian: че́рез (čérez) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Ukrainian: крізь (krizʹ) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Ukrainian: пе́рез (pérez) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Venetan: par — from one side of an opening to the other
• Vietnamese: qua — from one side of an opening to the other
• Vietnamese: xuyên qua — from one side of an opening to the other
• Welsh: trwy — from one side of an opening to the other
• Welsh: drwy — from one side of an opening to the other
• Yiddish: אַדורך (adurkh) — from one side of an opening to the other
• Arabic: عَبْر (ʕabr) — entering, then later exiting
• Bashkir: аша (aşa) — entering, then later exiting
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — entering, then later exiting
• Czech: skrz — entering, then later exiting
• Danish: gennem — entering, then later exiting
• Danish: igennem — entering, then later exiting
• Dutch: door — entering, then later exiting
• Esperanto: tra — entering, then later exiting
• Estonian: läbi — entering, then later exiting
• Finnish: läpi — entering, then later exiting
• Finnish: kautta — entering, then later exiting
• French: à travers — entering, then later exiting
• West-Frisian: troch — entering, then later exiting
• German: durch — entering, then later exiting
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh) — entering, then later exiting
• Hungarian: át — entering, then later exiting
• Hungarian: keresztül — entering, then later exiting
• Hungarian: végig — entering, then later exiting
• Japanese: ...を通って (...o tōtte) — entering, then later exiting
• Japanese: ...を通り抜けて (...o tōrinukete) — entering, then later exiting
• Northern Kurdish: tê re — entering, then later exiting
• Northern Kurdish: di ... re — entering, then later exiting
• Macedonian: низ (niz) — entering, then later exiting
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjennom — entering, then later exiting
• Norwegian Bokmål: igjennom — entering, then later exiting
• Polish: przez — entering, then later exiting
• Portuguese: através de — entering, then later exiting
• Portuguese: pelo — entering, then later exiting
• Portuguese: pela — entering, then later exiting
• Romanian: prin — entering, then later exiting
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — entering, then later exiting
• Russian: сквозь (skvozʹ) — entering, then later exiting
• Scottish Gaelic: tro — entering, then later exiting
• Lower Sorbian: pśez — entering, then later exiting
• Spanish: a través de — entering, then later exiting
• Spanish: al través de — entering, then later exiting
• Swedish: genom — entering, then later exiting
• Swedish: igenom — entering, then later exiting
• Venetan: par — entering, then later exiting
• Arabic: فِي (fī) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Arabic: فـ (fe) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Arabic: في (fī) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Bulgarian: из (iz) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Catalan: per — surrounded by (while moving)
• Czech: skrz — surrounded by (while moving)
• Danish: gennem — surrounded by (while moving)
• Danish: igennem — surrounded by (while moving)
• Dutch: door — surrounded by (while moving)
• Esperanto: tra — surrounded by (while moving)
• Esperanto: en — surrounded by (while moving)
• Estonian: läbi — surrounded by (while moving)
• Finnish: läpi — surrounded by (while moving)
• Finnish: kautta — surrounded by (while moving)
• French: dans — surrounded by (while moving)
• West-Frisian: troch — surrounded by (while moving)
• German: durch — surrounded by (while moving)
• Hungarian: át — surrounded by (while moving)
• Hungarian: keresztül — surrounded by (while moving)
• Italian: per — surrounded by (while moving)
• Japanese: ...を通って (...o tōtte) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Japanese: ...を通り抜けて (...o tōrinukete) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Northern Kurdish: tê re — surrounded by (while moving)
• Northern Kurdish: di ... re — surrounded by (while moving)
• Latin: per — surrounded by (while moving)
• Macedonian: низ (niz) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Polish: przez — surrounded by (while moving)
• Portuguese: através de — surrounded by (while moving)
• Portuguese: por entre — surrounded by (while moving)
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Russian: сквозь (skvozʹ) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Russian: по (po) — surrounded by (while moving)
• Scottish Gaelic: tro — surrounded by (while moving)
• Lower Sorbian: pśez — surrounded by (while moving)
• Spanish: por — surrounded by (while moving)
• Swedish: genom — surrounded by (while moving)
• Swedish: igenom — surrounded by (while moving)
• Venetan: te — surrounded by (while moving)
• Venetan: nte — surrounded by (while moving)
• Venetan: inte — surrounded by (while moving)
• Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة (bi-wāsiṭa) — by means of
• Azerbaijani: vasitəsilə — by means of
• Azerbaijani: hesabına — by means of
• Bashkir: аша (aşa) — by means of
• Bulgarian: чрез (črez) — by means of
• Catalan: mitjançant — by means of
• Chinese Mandarin: 以 (yǐ) — by means of
• Chinese Mandarin: 透過 /透过 (tòuguò) — by means of
• Ngazidja Comorian: ha — by means of
• Czech: skrz — by means of
• Danish: på grund af — by means of
• Dutch: door — by means of
• Esperanto: per — by means of
• Esperanto: laŭ — by means of
• Estonian: läbi — by means of
• Estonian: kaudu — by means of
• Finnish: läpi — by means of
• Finnish: kautta — by means of
• French: par — by means of
• West-Frisian: troch — by means of
• German: durch — by means of
• Greek: μέσω (méso) — by means of
• Ido: tra — by means of
• Ido: per — by means of
• Italian: grazie a — by means of
• Northern Kurdish: bi riya — by means of
• Northern Kurdish: bi — by means of
• Macedonian: по пат на (po pat na) — by means of
• Macedonian: со помош на (so pomoš na) — by means of
• Norwegian: ved at — by means of
• Norwegian: gjennom at — by means of
• Persian: از طریق — by means of
• Polish: przez — by means of
• Polish: poprzez — by means of
• Portuguese: por — by means of
• Romanian: prin — by means of
• Russian: при по́мощи (pri pómošči) — by means of
• Russian: и́з-за (íz-za) — by means of
• Russian: благодаря́ (blagodarjá) — by means of
• Russian: за счёт (za sčot) — by means of
• Scottish Gaelic: trìd — by means of
• Lower Sorbian: pśez — by means of
• Spanish: mediante — by means of
• Spanish: por medio de — by means of
• Spanish: por mediación de — by means of
• Spanish: por intermedio de — by means of
• Spanish: a través de — by means of
• Spanish: al través de — by means of
• Swedish: genom — by means of
• Swedish: igenom — by means of
• Telugu: ద్వారా (dvārā) — by means of
• Turkish: aracılığıyla — by means of
• Turkish: yardımıyla — by means of
• Urdu: ذریعے (zariye) — by means of