trig

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /tɹɪɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɪɡ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse tryggr, from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz.

Adjective

trig (comparative trigger, superlative triggest)

1. (obsolete) firm, true, steady
   • 1973, Newsweek 1973, April 16th

     The [torture] stories seemed incongruent with the men telling them – a trim, trig lot who, given a few pounds more flesh, might have stepped right out of a recruiting poster.

Translations

firm, true, steady

Finnish: vankka (fi), vakaa (fi)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of trigonometry.

Noun

trig (countable and uncountable; plural trigs)

1. (uncountable) trigonometry.
2. (countable, informal) A trigonometric point.

Anagrams

• girt
• grit, Grit

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Old English

Alternative forms

• treġ

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *trugaz, *trugan, *truh-, *trauh-, *trawjan, from Proto-Indo-European *drAuk(')- (“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English trōg (“trough”).

Noun

triġ n.

1. a wooden board with a low rim, tray.

Declension

    Declension of trig (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	triġ	triġu
accusative	triġ	triġu
genitive	triġes	triġa
dative	triġe	triġum

Synonyms

• trēġ
• trog