trend

See also: Trend

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɛnd/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Etymology 1

From Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan. Cognate with Dutch trent (“circumference”). Akin to Old English trinde (“ball”), Old English tryndel (“circle, ring”). More at trindle, trundle.

Noun

trend (plural trends)

1. An inclination in a particular direction.

   Her trend is to dump boyfriends when it gets serious.

   the upward trend of stock-market prices

   • 2013 September-October, Michael Sivak, “Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?”, in American Scientist:

     Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, […] . This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

2. A tendency.

   There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.

3. A fad or fashion style.

   Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.

   • 2006, Michael Grecco, Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait, Amphoto Books, →ISBN, page 114:

     To stay on top of what's happening, a good photographer has to follow the trends by watching what's being done in fashion magazines.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club:

     But musical ancestry aside, the influence to which Bieber is most beholden is the current trends in pop music, which means Believe is loaded up with EDM accouterments, seeking a comfortable middle ground where Bieber’s impressively refined pop-R&B croon can rub up on techno blasts and garish dubstep drops (and occasionally grind on some AutoTune, not necessarily because it needs it, but because a certain amount of robo-voice is expected these days).

4. An innovation, or a development of innovations.

   New trends in AI research are resulting in new opportunities.

5. A general development over distance.

   The trend of the boundary goes around the mountains.

6. (mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points; the shift over time represented by such a curve on a graph.
7. (nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
8. (nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.
9. (slang, US) Synonym of street takeover

Derived terms

• antitrend
• buck the trend
• cephalocaudal trend
• countertrend
• detrend
• downtrend
• gigatrend
• macrotrend
• megatrend
• microtrend
• minitrend
• on trend
• subtrend
• trendbait
• trend-busting
• trendify
• trendite
• trendle
• trendless
• trendlet
• trend line
• trendoid
• trend piece
• trendsetter
• trendsetting
• trendspotter
• trendspotting
• trendwatcher
• trendwhore
• trickle-up trend
• uptrend

Translations

inclination in a direction

• Albanian: tendencë (sq) f
• Armenian: միտում (hy) (mitum), տենդենցիա (hy) (tendencʻia)
• Azerbaijani: tendensiya, meyil (az)
• Belarusian: тэндэ́нцыя f (tendéncyja), трэнд m (trend)
• Bulgarian: насо́ченост (bg) f (nasóčenost), направле́ние (bg) n (napravlénie), тенде́нция (bg) f (tendéncija)
• Catalan: tendència (ca) f, vessant (ca) m, corrent (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 趨勢 / 趋势 (zh) (qūshì)

• Czech: tendence (cs) f, trend (cs) m
• Danish: tendens c, retning (da) c, strømning c, trend (da) c
• Dutch: trend (nl) f, neiging (nl) f
• Estonian: tendents, trend (et)
• Finnish: suuntaus (fi), kehityssuunta (fi), trendi (fi)
• French: penchant (fr) f, tendance (fr) f
• Georgian: ტენდენცია (ṭendencia)
• German: Trend (de) m, Tendenz (de) f, Neigung (de) f
• Greek: τάση (el) f (tási), ροπή (el) f (ropí)
• Hebrew: נְטִיָּה, מְגַמָּה
• Hindi: प्रवृत्ति (hi) (pravŕtti), झुकाव (hi) (jhukāv), उपनति (hi) (upanti)
• Hungarian: irányzat (hu), tendencia (hu), trend (hu)
• Icelandic: tilhneiging f
• Italian: tendenza (it) f
• Japanese: 傾向 (ja) (けいこう, keikō), トレンド (ja) (torendo), 趨勢 (ja) (すうせい, sūsei)
• Kazakh: үрдіс (kk) (ürdıs), тенденция (tendensiä)
• Korean: 경향(傾向) (ko) (gyeonghyang), 추세(趨勢) (ko) (chuse), 트렌드 (ko) (teurendeu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕەوەت (rewet)

• Kyrgyz: тенденция (ky) (tendentsiya)
• Latvian: tendence f
• Lithuanian: tendencija f
• Macedonian: тенденција f (tendencija), тренд m (trend)
• Māori: ^{(please verify)} ia
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trend (no) m, tendens (no) m

  Nynorsk: trend m

• Persian: گرایش (fa) (gerâyeš)
• Polish: tendencja (pl) f, trend (pl) m
• Portuguese: tendência (pt) f
• Romanian: tendință (ro) f
• Russian: тенде́нция (ru) f (tɛndɛ́ncija), тренд (ru) m (trɛnd), направле́ние (ru) n (napravlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тендѐнција f, тре̏нд m

  Latin: tendèncija (sh) f, trȅnd (sh) m

• Slovak: tendencia f, trend m
• Slovene: tendenca f
• Spanish: tendencia (es) f, tónica (es) f, corriente (es) f
• Swahili: mwelekeo mkuu (sw)
• Swedish: tendens (sv) c
• Tajik: майл (tg) (mayl), тамоюл (tamoyul)
• Telugu: పోకడ (te) (pōkaḍa), ధోరణి (te) (dhōraṇi)
• Turkish: gidişat (tr), akım (tr), tandans (tr)
• Ukrainian: тенде́нція f (tendéncija), на́прям m (náprjam), тренд (uk) m (trend)
• Uzbek: tendensiya (uz), mayl (uz)
• Welsh: tuedd f

a fad

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: رَائِج (rāʔij), مُتَدَاوَل (mutadāwal)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: мо́дна тенде́нция f (módna tendéncija)
• Catalan: moda (ca) f, tendència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潮流 (zh) (cháoliú)

• Dutch: trend (nl) f, rage (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: furoro
• Finnish: trendi (fi), muoti (fi), villitys (fi), tyyli (fi), muotivirtaus
• French: tendance (fr) f
• Georgian: ტრენდი (ṭrendi)
• German: Trend (de) m
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: אופנה \ אׇפְנָה (he) f (ofná), טְרֶנְד (he) m (trend)
• Icelandic: tíska (is) f
• Italian: tendenza (it), moda (it)
• Japanese: トレンド (ja) (torendo)
• Khmer: និន្នាការ (km) (nɨnniəkaa)
• Korean: 유행(流行) (ko) (yuhaeng)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: trend (ku) f, mode (ku) f

• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: sohor kini
• Māori: ia, tāera
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trend (no) m

  Nynorsk: trend m

• Polish: trend (pl) m
• Portuguese: moda (pt) f, modinha (pt) f
• Romanian: trend n, tendință (ro) f
• Russian: тренд (ru) m (trɛnd), мо́да (ru) f (móda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тре̏нд m

  Latin: trȅnd (sh) m

• Spanish: moda (es) f
• Thai: แนว (th) (nɛɛo), แนวโน้ม (th) (nɛɛo-nóom)
• Turkish: moda (tr), akım (tr), trend (tr)
• Ukrainian: тренд (uk) (trend), мо́да (móda)
• Vietnamese: trào lưu (vi)
• Welsh: trend m

See also

• craze
• fad

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

"Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.

1. (intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend.

   The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

   • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in AV Club‎^[1]:

     Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.

2. (transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.
   • 1616, William Browne, “The Fourth Song”, in Britannia’s Pastorals. The Second Booke, London: […] Thomas Snodham for George Norton, […], →OCLC, page 110:

     Not farre beneath i' the Valley as ſhe trends / Her ſiluer ſtreame, ſome VVood-nymphs and her friends / That follovv'd to her aide, beholding hovv / The Brooke came gliding, […]

3. (social media, intransitive, informal) To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

   What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

   • 2016 February 3, Voice of America, “Trending Today: Puppy Bowl”, in Voice of America‎^[2], Voice of America:

     "Puppy Bowl" was even a trending sports topic on Facebook.

   • 2020 September 25, Reuters Staff, “Thai republican hashtag trends after constitution change delayed”, in Reuters‎^[3], Reuters, retrieved 25 September 2020:

     The hashtag #RepublicofThailand trended on Twitter in Thailand on Friday after parliament voted to push back the question of changing the constitution as protesters have demanded.

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎^[4]:

     The platform, founded in 2006, also came along just as TV’s cultural cachet was rising, with a growth in ambitious, talk-about-able appointment series. “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” premiered during its run; twist-heavy serials like “Scandal” and “Game of Thrones” delivered the kind of OMG moments that got them trending regularly.

Derived terms

• betrend
• trendy

Translations

To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend — see also tend

• Bulgarian: клоня (bg) (klonja)
• Finnish: kulkea (fi), suuntautua (fi)
• German: verlaufen (de), erstrecken (de) (reflexive), streben (de), neigen (de) (reflexive)
• Italian: tendere (it)
• Meru: miitire
• Portuguese: tender (pt)

To cause to turn; to bend

• Bulgarian: отклонявам (bg) (otklonjavam)
• Finnish: kääntää (fi)
• German: wenden (de) (reflexive)

to be the subject of a trend — see also trendy

• Arabic: يَرُوج (yarūj), يُتَدَاوَل (yutadāwal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: trenden, bewegen (de), beschäftigen (de), angesagt sein, en vogue sein, populär sein
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: estar de moda, estar a la última, estar​/​ser canchero/trendy, estilarse (es), llevarse (es), ser de ahora, ser tendencia​/​tónica
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: nổi (vi), thịnh hành (vi)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} tendre vers

Etymology 2

Compare German trennen (“to separate”).

Noun

trend (uncountable)

1. (UK, dialect, dated) Clean wool.

Verb

trend (third-person singular simple present trends, present participle trending, simple past and past participle trended)

1. To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

Anagrams

• entr'd

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛnt/
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

trend f (plural trends, diminutive trendje n)

1. trend, tendency

Derived terms

• groeitrend
• trendbreuk
• trendgroei
• trendlijn
• trendmatig
• trendy

Estonian

Etymology

From English trend. Compare Finnish trendi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrenʲd̥/, [ˈtrenʲd̥]
• Rhymes: -enʲd
• Hyphenation: trend

Noun

trend (genitive trendi, partitive trendi)

1. trend, tendency (the direction of change of a certain (quantifiable) phenomenon)

   Uus trend on kodukontorites töötamine.

   Working from home offices is a new trend.

Declension

Declension of trend (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		trend	trendid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	trendi
genitive			trendide
partitive		trendi	trende trendisid
illative		trendi trendisse	trendidesse trendesse
inessive		trendis	trendides trendes
elative		trendist	trendidest trendest
allative		trendile	trendidele trendele
adessive		trendil	trendidel trendel
ablative		trendilt	trendidelt trendelt
translative		trendiks	trendideks trendeks
terminative		trendini	trendideni
essive		trendina	trendidena
abessive		trendita	trendideta
comitative		trendiga	trendidega

References

• trend in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “trend”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

German

Verb

trend

1. singular imperative of trenden

Hungarian

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɛnd]
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Noun

trend

1. trend

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	trend	trendek
accusative	trendet	trendeket
dative	trendnek	trendeknek
instrumental	trenddel	trendekkel
causal-final	trendért	trendekért
translative	trenddé	trendekké
terminative	trendig	trendekig
essive-formal	trendként	trendekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	trendben	trendekben
superessive	trenden	trendeken
adessive	trendnél	trendeknél
illative	trendbe	trendekbe
sublative	trendre	trendekre
allative	trendhez	trendekhez
elative	trendből	trendekből
delative	trendről	trendekről
ablative	trendtől	trendektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	trendé	trendeké
non-attributive possessive – plural	trendéi	trendekéi

Possessive forms of trend

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	trendem	trendjeim
2nd person sing.	trended	trendjeid
3rd person sing.	trendje	trendjei
1st person plural	trendünk	trendjeink
2nd person plural	trendetek	trendjeitek
3rd person plural	trendjük	trendjeik

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛnd/
• Rhymes: -ɛnd
• Hyphenation: trènd

Noun

trend m (invariable)

1. trend

   Synonym: tendenza

Anagrams

• dentr

Malay

Alternative forms

• tren (Indonesia)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trend, from Middle English trenden (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Old English trendan (“to roll about, turn, revolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *trandijan (“to turn, roll, revolve”), apparently derived from a strong verb Proto-West Germanic *trindan.

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtren/ [ˈt̪rɛn]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Hyphenation: trend

Noun

trend (Jawi spelling تريند, plural trend-trend or trend²)

1. trend

   Dia selalu ikut trend fesyen terkini.

   She always follows the latest fashion trends.

Further reading

• "trend" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English trend.

Noun

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trender, definite plural trendene)

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English trend.

Noun

trend m (definite singular trenden, indefinite plural trendar, definite plural trendane)

1. a trend

Related terms

• tendens
• trendy

References

• “trend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trend, from Middle English trenden, from Old English trendan, from Proto-Germanic *trandijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Syllabification: trend

Noun

trend m inan

1. trend (fad)

Declension

Declension of trend

	singular	plural
nominative	trend	trendy
genitive	trendu	trendów
dative	trendowi	trendom
accusative	trend	trendy
instrumental	trendem	trendami
locative	trendzie	trendach
vocative	trendzie	trendy

Derived terms

adjective

• trendowy

Related terms

adjective

• trendy

Further reading

• “trend”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “trend”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[6] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽ.d͡ʒi/, /ˈtɾẽd͡ʒ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽ.d͡ʒi/, /ˈtɾẽd͡ʒ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾẽd͡ʒ/, /ˈtɾẽ.d͡ʒi/

Noun

trend f (plural trends)

1. (Internet slang) trend; content that goes viral on social media

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trend.

Noun

trend n (plural trenduri)

1. trend

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	trend	trendul	trenduri	trendurile
genitive-dative	trend	trendului	trenduri	trendurilor
vocative	trendule		trendurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trênd/

Noun

trȅnd m inan (Cyrillic spelling тре̏нд)

1. trend

Declension

Declension of trend

	singular	plural
nominative	trend	trendovi
genitive	trenda	trendova
dative	trendu	trendovima
accusative	trend	trendove
vocative	trende	trendovi
locative	trendu	trendovima
instrumental	trendom	trendovima

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English trend.

Noun

trend c

1. a trend

Declension

Declension of trend

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	trend	trends
	definite	trenden	trendens
plural	indefinite	trender	trenders
	definite	trenderna	trendernas

Related terms

• trendig (“trendy”)

References

• “trend”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “trend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “trend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾɛnd/

Noun

trend (definite accusative trendi, plural trendler)

1. trend

Declension

Declension of trend

singular plural nominative trend trendler definite accusative trendi trendleri dative trende trendlere locative trendde trendlerde ablative trendden trendlerden genitive trendin trendlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular trendim trendlerim 2nd singular trendin trendlerin 3rd singular trendi trendleri 1st plural trendimiz trendlerimiz 2nd plural trendiniz trendleriniz 3rd plural trendleri trendleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular trendimi trendlerimi 2nd singular trendini trendlerini 3rd singular trendini trendlerini 1st plural trendimizi trendlerimizi 2nd plural trendinizi trendlerinizi 3rd plural trendlerini trendlerini dative singular plural 1st singular trendime trendlerime 2nd singular trendine trendlerine 3rd singular trendine trendlerine 1st plural trendimize trendlerimize 2nd plural trendinize trendlerinize 3rd plural trendlerine trendlerine locative singular plural 1st singular trendimde trendlerimde 2nd singular trendinde trendlerinde 3rd singular trendinde trendlerinde 1st plural trendimizde trendlerimizde 2nd plural trendinizde trendlerinizde 3rd plural trendlerinde trendlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular trendimden trendlerimden 2nd singular trendinden trendlerinden 3rd singular trendinden trendlerinden 1st plural trendimizden trendlerimizden 2nd plural trendinizden trendlerinizden 3rd plural trendlerinden trendlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular trendimin trendlerimin 2nd singular trendinin trendlerinin 3rd singular trendinin trendlerinin 1st plural trendimizin trendlerimizin 2nd plural trendinizin trendlerinizin 3rd plural trendlerinin trendlerinin

Vietnamese

Etymology

From English trend.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈɛŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʈɛŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: tren

Noun

trend

1. trend

   đú trend ― to follow a trend