English Online Dictionary. What means tri? What does tri mean?
English
Etymology
Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Homophone: try
Noun
tri (plural tris)
- (chiefly attributive) triathlon
- a tri bike
- a tri suit
- (computer graphics) triangle
- (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) triceps
Anagrams
- IRT, RTI, TIR, Tir, rit
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
- three
Related terms
- tre
Atong (India)
Etymology
From English three.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tri/
Numeral
tri (Bengali script ত্রি)
- three
Synonyms
- tham
- rongtham
- tiin
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
Bislama
Etymology 1
From English tree.
Noun
tri
- tree
Etymology 2
From English three.
Numeral
tri
- three
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Numeral
tri m (feminine form teir)
- three
Cornish
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)
- three
Mutation
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
tri n (uncountable)
- synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent
Anagrams
- rit
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
Numeral
tri
- three
Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian три (tri), Latin trēs, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tri]
- Hyphenation: tri
Numeral
tri
- three (3)
Derived terms
- trio
- tripunkto (“ellipsis”)
Fanagalo
Etymology
Borrowed from English three.
Numeral
tri
- three
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtohtori/, [ˈt̪o̞xt̪o̞ri]
Noun
tri
- 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.
French
Etymology
From trier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁi/
Noun
tri m (plural tris)
- selection
- (computing) sort
Derived terms
- tri à bulles
Further reading
- “tri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rit, rît, tir
Ido
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
- three (3)
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Numeral
tri
- three
Synonyms
- tiga
- telu
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /təri/
- Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i
Numeral
tri (Jawi spelling تري)
- three
- Synonyms: tiga, telu
Derived terms
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From English three.
Numeral
tri
- three
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tre
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
- IPA(key): /triː/
Numeral
tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)
- three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʲrʲi]
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
- tre, tré, trí
Preposition
tri (with the accusative; triggers lenition)
- 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:
- trim, trem (“through my”)
- tria, trea (“through his/her/its/their”)
Forms combined with a relative pronoun:
- tresa (“through which”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle Irish: tre, tré, tri, trí
- Irish: trí, tré, tré- (combining), fríd (Ulster), ⇒ fríd
- Scottish Gaelic: tre
- ⇒ Manx: trooid
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2017) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 433, 856, pages 272–73, 533–34
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 301
Etymology 2
Numeral
tri
- Alternative spelling of trí
Old Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).
Numeral
tri
- three
- Synonyms: tĕlu, tiga, traya, tri
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Javanese: ꦠꦿꦶ (tri) (inherited)
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
- (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting
- (Rio Grande do Sul) Clipping of trilegal
Adverb
tri
- (Rio Grande do Sul) very
- Synonym: tro
See also
- tri-
Romagnol
Etymology
From Latin tres (“three”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tri/
Numeral
tri
- three
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology 1
From English three.
Numeral
tri
- three
Etymology 2
From English tree.
Noun
tri
- 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)[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trîː/
Numeral
trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)
- 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
- trodnevni
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin trēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʈɽi/ (Stressed)
- IPA(key): /ʈɽi/ (Unstressed)
Numeral
tri
- three
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tri]
Numeral
tri
- 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, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tríː/
Numeral
trȋ
- three
Usage notes
This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of tricolor
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾi/ [ˈt̪ɾi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: tri
Noun
tri m (uncountable)
- (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
- Synonym: tricolor
Noun
tri f (uncountable)
- (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
- Synonym: tricolor
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English three.
Numeral
tri
- three (3)
Usage notes
Used when counting; see also tripela.
Coordinate terms
Torres Strait Creole
Etymology 1
From English three.
Numeral
tri
- three
Etymology 2
From English tree.
Noun
tri
- tree
Venetan
Etymology
From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.
Numeral
tri m
- three
Synonyms
- tre
Vietnamese
Alternative forms
- trây
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕi˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʈɪj˧˧]
Verb
tri
- to smear; to daub
See also
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /triː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Numeral
tri m (feminine tair)
- (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
- trisain (“triphthong”)