tri-

tri-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ/

Etymology 1

PIE word
*tréyes

From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).

Prefix

Latin number prefix

3	Previous:	bi-
	Next:	quadri-

Greek number prefix

3	Previous:	di- duo-
	Next:	tessara- tetra-

tri-

1. three

Synonyms

• ter-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tri-

words with "tri-" prefix

• triad
• triadic
• triage
• triangle
• triangular
• triangulate
• triannual
• triathlete
• triathlon
• tribune
• tricentennial
• triceps
• trichord
• triclavianism
• triclavianist
• tricycle
• trident
• triennial
• trifoliate
• trigamy
• trigon
• trigonal
• trigonometry
• trihedron
• trike
• trilateral
• trilemma
• triliteral
• trilobite
• trimaran
• trimester
• trimillennial
• trinitarian
• trinitrotoluene
• trinity
• trinomial
• trio
• triode
• triomino
• tripartite
• triplet
• tripod
• tripoint
• triptych
• trireme
• trisect
• trisection
• triterpene
• triterpenoid
• tritium
• triumvirate
• trivia

Related terms

• tre-
• ter-
• -tri-

Translations

three

Arabic: ثُلَاثِيّ‎ (ṯulāṯiyy) Asturian: tri- (ast) Catalan: tri- (ca) Finnish: kolmi- (fi), tri- (fi) French: tri- (fr) Galician: tri- Georgian: ტრი- (ṭri-), სამ- (sam-) German: drei-, tri- (de) Hebrew: תְּלַת‎ (he) (tlat) Hindi: त्रि- (tri-) Irish: trí- Italian: tri- Malay: tri- (ms) Manx: tree- Occitan: tri- Polish: trój- (pl) Portuguese: tri- Russian: трёх- (trjox-), тре- (ru) (tre-), три- (ru) (tri-) Spanish: tri- (es) Swedish: tri- (sv)

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit त्रि- (tri-, “three”).

Prefix

tri-

1. (chemistry) Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements.

Related terms

• eka-
• dvi-

See also

• Thesaurus:number

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TIR, Tir, rit

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Dutch terms prefixed with tri-

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Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English tri-), ultimately from Latin tri-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri-/, [ˈt̪ri-]

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Usage notes

The prefix tri- is mainly used in the names of chemical compounds, e.g. trikloorifluorimetaani or in words that have been loaned from other languages with the tri- prefix already there, e.g. trigonometria, trikolori. For other words, the prefix kolmi-, which is derived from the Finnish word kolme (“three”) is preferred.

Derived terms

• triadi
• triangeli
• triedri
• trieeri
• triennaali
• triforio
• triftongi
• triglyfi
• trigoninen
• trigonometria
• trikloorietyleeni
• trikolori
• triljoona
• trilobiitti
• trilogia
• trimetri
• trimorfinen
• trimorfismi
• trinitaarinen
• trinitrofenoli
• trinomi
• triodi
• trioksidi
• trioli
• trioosi
• triplata
• tripleksilasi
• tripletti
• trippeliallianssi
• triptyykki
• trireemi
• tritium
• triumviraatti
• triumviri
• triviaali
• trivium

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French

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Related terms

• triangle
• trias
• triathlon
• tricentenaire
• tricéphale
• tricolore
• tridimensionnel
• trièdre
• triennal
• trilogie
• trimestre
• trimoteur
• trinité
• triparti
• triple
• trisannuel
• trisomie

See also

• trois

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German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tri- and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʁi(ː)]

• Audio

  (file)

Prefix

tri-

1. tri- (three)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with tri-

Further reading

• “tri-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tri/
• Hyphenation: tri-

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with tri-

Related terms

• tre

Anagrams

• TIR

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Latin

Etymology

Combining form of trēs (“three”, cardinal numeral).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tri/, [t̪rɪ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tri/, [t̪riː]

Prefix

tri-

1. (without adverbial sense) three, tri-

Derived terms

Latin terms prefixed with tri-

Descendants

• English: tri-

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tri-

Alternative forms

• تري‎ (تري-‎)

Etymology

From tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təri/

Prefix

tri- (prefix Jawi spelling, تري)

1. tri-

Synonyms

• tiga / تيݢ‎
• telu / تلو‎

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Portuguese

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Derived terms

Portuguese terms prefixed with tri-

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Spanish

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with tri-

Further reading

• “tri-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Prefix

tri-

1. tri-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with tri-

• arseniktrioxid

Anagrams

• rit