tri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

English

Etymology

Shortening.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹaɪ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ
  • Homophone: try

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.

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tri-h2 (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“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. (cardinal) three

Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

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

  1. (cardinal) three

See also

  • (cardinal number): Previous: dew. Next: peswar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Noun

tri n (uncountable)

  1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

Anagrams

Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : tria
    Adverbial : trie
    Multiplier : triobla
    Fractional : triona

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tri/
  • Audio(file)

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three (3)

Derived terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtohtori/

Abbreviation

tri

  1. 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁi/

Noun

tri m (plural tris)

  1. selection
  2. (computing) sort

Further reading

Anagrams

Ido

Ido cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : triesma
    Adverbial : trifoye
    Multiplier : triopla
    Fractional : triima
Ido Wikipedia article on tri

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. (cardinal) three (3)

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three

Synonyms

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /təri/
  • Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i

Numeral

tri (Jawi spelling تري)

  1. (cardinal) three

Synonyms

Derived terms

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three

Novial

Novial cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : triesmi

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three


Portuguese

Adjective

tri

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting

Adverb

tri

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

  1. tree

References

  • Ulrike Mosel, Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (1980)

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : treći

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trîː/
  • audio(file)

Numeral

trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)

  1. (cardinal) three (3)

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three

Slovak

Slovak cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : tretí

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtri/

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three (3)

Coordinate terms

Further reading

  • tri in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtríː/
  • Tonal orthography: trȋ

Numeral

trí

  1. three

Usage notes

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three (3)

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tripela.

Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

  1. (cardinal) three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

  1. tree

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre

Numeral

tri m

  1. (cardinal) three

Synonyms

Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : trydydd
    Adverbial : teirgwaith
    Multiplier : triphlyg
    Feminine : tair
Welsh Wikipedia article on tri

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /triː/

Numeral

tri m (feminine form tair)

  1. (cardinal) three (3)

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.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tri dri nhri thri
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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