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Translingual

Symbol

tri

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Trió.

See also

English

Etymology

Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three).

Pronunciation

Noun

tri (plural tris)

  1. (chiefly attributive) triathlon
    a tri bike
    a tri suit
  2. (computer graphics) triangle
    • 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters:
      The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.
    • 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making, page 91:
      Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.
  3. (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) triceps

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tríh₂ (three). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, three) and Latin tria (three).

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Atong (India)

Etymology

From English three.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri (Bengali script ত্রি)

  1. three

Synonyms

References

Bislama

Etymology 1

From English tree.

Noun

tri

  1. tree

Etymology 2

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Breton

Breton cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri m (feminine form teir)

  1. three

Cornish

Cornish numbers (edit)
30
,  ←  2 3
3
4  → ,
    Cardinal (masculine): tri
    Cardinal (feminine): teyr
    Ordinal: tressa
    Multiplier: tryflek
    Fractional: tressa rann

Alternative forms

  • (Standard Cornish) try
  • (Standard Written Form) trei

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri m (feminine form teyr)

  1. three

Mutation

Mutation of tri
unmutated soft aspirate hard mixed mixed after 'th
tri dri thri unchanged unchanged unchanged

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

tri n (uncountable)

  1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

Anagrams

Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : trið

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (three).

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Esperanto

Esperanto numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: tria
    Adverbial: trie
    Multiplier: triobla, triopa
    Fractional: triona, triono

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian три (tri), Latin trēs, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri

  1. three (3)

Derived terms

Fanagalo

Etymology

Borrowed from English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Finnish

Pronunciation

Noun

tri

  1. Abbreviation of tohtori.

Usage notes

Only used in writing and together with a name, and is thus not inflected. For example in phrase tri Pentti Arajärvi only the family name Arajärvi is inflected.

Tämä tri Pentti Arajärven artikkeli on mielenkiintoinen.
This article written by Dr. Pentti Arajärvi is interesting.

French

Etymology

From trier.

Pronunciation

Noun

tri m (plural tris)

  1. selection
  2. (computing) sort

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Ido

Ido numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: triesma
    Adverbial: trifoye
    Multiplier: triopla
    Fractional: triima

Etymology

From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian три (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri

  1. three (3)

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Synonyms

Malay

Malay numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tiga, tri, telu
    Ordinal: ketiga

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri (Jawi spelling تري)

  1. three
    Synonyms: tiga, telu

Derived terms

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : tridje

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)

  1. three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre
    Trjå matskeider salt.
    Three tablespoons of salt.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *trei (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (to pass through); compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras), Latin trāns and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh).

Alternative forms

Preposition

tri (with the accusative; triggers lenition)

  1. through

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tri.

Inflection

Forms combined with a definite article:

  • tris(s)in (through the m sg or f sg)
  • tris(s)a (through the n sg)
  • trisna (through the pl)

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

Forms combined with a relative pronoun:

  • tresa (through which)
Descendants

Further reading

Etymology 2

Numeral

tri

  1. Alternative spelling of trí

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri, three).

Numeral

tri

  1. three
    Synonyms: tĕlu, tiga, traya, tri

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • "tri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Portuguese

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from French très.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -i

Adjective

tri

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting
  2. (Rio Grande do Sul) Clipping of trilegal

Adverb

tri

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very
    Synonym: tro

See also

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin tres (three).

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

  1. tree

References

  • Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: treći
    Adverbial: triput, triždi
    Multiplier: trostruk, trojno
    Collective: troje, trojica
    Fractional: trećina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)

  1. three (3)

Usage notes

  • As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
  • In standard Serbo-Croatian, tri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

Declension

Derived terms

Sicilian

Sicilian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : terzu

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Slovak

Slovak numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri
    Ordinal: tretí
    Adverbial: tri razy
    Multiplier: trojitý, trojnásobný
    Collective: troje
    Qualitative: trojaký

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri

  1. three (3)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • tri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

trȋ

  1. three

Usage notes

This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of tricolor

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: tri

Noun

tri m (uncountable)

  1. (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

Noun

tri f (uncountable)

  1. (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

Tok Pisin

Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three (3)

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tripela.

Coordinate terms

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

  1. tree

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

Numeral

tri m

  1. three

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

tri

  1. to smear; to daub

See also

Derived terms

Welsh

Welsh numbers (edit)
30, ,
,  ←  2 3 4  → ,
    Cardinal (masculine): tri
    Cardinal (feminine): tair
    Ordinal (masculine): trydydd
    Ordinal (feminine): trydedd
    Ordinal abbreviation (masculine): 3ydd
    Ordinal abbreviation (feminine): 3edd
    Adverbial: teirgwaith
    Multiplier: triphlyg

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tri m (feminine tair)

  1. (cardinal number) three

Usage notes

Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. It triggers the aspirate mutation in the written language, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of tri
radical soft nasal aspirate
tri dri nhri thri

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.