trier
Meanings
Verb
1. to sort, to sort out
2. to grade; to calibrate
Examples12
Trier le tas de lettres.
Sort (out) the pile of letters.
Tu dois trier.
You have to recycle.
Les facteurs trient le courrier chaque matin.
The postmen sort the mail each morning.
Tom ne trie pas ses déchets.
Tom doesn't recycle.
Tom tria son linge.
Tom sorted his laundry.
Elle a trié les fiches par ordre alphabétique.
She sorted the files in alphabetical order.