tri

See also trì, and trí

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

tri

1. (chiefly attributive) triathlon

   a tri bike

   a tri suit

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Breton

Numeral

tri m. (feminine form teir)

1. (cardinal) three

See also

• (cardinal number): Previous: daou. Next: pevar

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Cornish

Numeral

tri

1. (cardinal) three

See also

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

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Dutch

Noun

tri n.

1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

Anagrams

• rit

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Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4   >
Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : tria     Adverbial : trie     Multiplier : triobla

Etymology

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

Cardinal number

tri

1. (cardinal) three (3)

Derived terms

• trio

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈt̪oxt̪ori/ (always read out as full word)

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.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁi/, SAMPA: /tRi/

Noun

tri m. (plural tris)

1. selection

Anagrams

• rit, rît, tir

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Ido

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

1. (cardinal) three (3)

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English three

Cardinal number

tri

1. three

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Novial

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

1. (cardinal) three

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Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology 1

From English three.

Cardinal number

tri

1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /trîː/

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Numeral

trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три̑)

1. (cardinal) three (3)

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Slovak

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

1. (cardinal) three (3)

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Cardinal number

tri

1. three (3)

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Tok Pisin

Cardinal number

tri

1. three (3)

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English three.

Adjective

tri

1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian tre

Cardinal number

tri m.

1. three

Synonyms

• tre

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Welsh

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri (feminine form tair)

1. (cardinal) three (3)

Usage notes

Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. Tri is traditionally said to trigger the aspirate mutation, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.