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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ/
Audio (US): (file)

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

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tri-

Three.
Synonym: ter-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with tri-

triazanaphthalene

tribromoanisole

tribromoethanol

tricarballylic acid

tricarboxylic acid

trichalcogenide

trichlorobiphenyl

trichloroethene

trichloroethylene

trichloroisocyanuric

trichlorosilane

trichlorostannate

trichrysobactin

tricolporoidate

tricompartmental

Related terms

tre-
-tri-

Translations

three

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

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit त्रि- (tri-, “three”).

Prefix

tri-

(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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Danish

Etymology

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

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with tri-

References

“tri-” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Dutch terms prefixed with tri-

trichloormethaan

Finnish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtri-/, [ˈt̪ri-]

Prefix

tri-

(in loanwords or chemistry) 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

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French

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Related terms

See also

trois

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [tʁi(ː)]
Audio: (file)

Prefix

tri-

tri- (three)

Derived terms

German terms prefixed with tri-

trisubstituiert

Further reading

“tri-” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tri/, [t̪ri]

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Indonesian terms prefixed with tri-

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with tri-

triarticolazione

tricarbossilico

tricloroetilene

tricontinentalismo

tridimensionale

trinitroglicerina

trinitrotoluene

Related terms

tre

Anagrams

TIR

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪riː]

Prefix

tri-

(without adverbial sense) three, tri-

Derived terms

Descendants

English: tri-

Malay

**Malay cardinal numbers**
< 2	3	4 >
Cardinal : tri-

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /təri/

Prefix

tri- (Jawi spelling تريـ)

tri-

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly borrowed from French très.

Prefix

tri-

(Rio Grande do Sul, colloquial) superior in quality or degree; super-
‎tri- + ‎legal (“cool”) → ‎trilegal (“awesome”)

See also

tri

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Spanish

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Spanish terms prefixed with tri-

Further reading

“tri-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Prefix

tri-

tri-

Derived terms

Swedish terms prefixed with tri-

arseniktrioxid

Anagrams

rit

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