trireme

See also trirème

English

A Greek trireme

Etymology

From Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.ɹiːm/

Noun

trireme (plural triremes)

1. (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.

Related terms

• unireme/monoreme/penteconter
• bireme
• quadrireme
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme

Translations

galley with three banks of oars

• Finnish: kolmisoutu (fi), trieeri (fi)
• French: trirème (fr) f
• German: Trireme (de) f

• Italian: trireme (it) f
• Portuguese: trirreme (pt) f, trirremo (pt) m

See also

• Trireme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

tri- +‎ ?

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tri.ˈrɛ.me/, X-SAMPA: /tri."rE.me/
• Rhymes: -ɛme
• Hyphenation: tri‧rè‧me

Noun

trireme f (plural triremi)

1. trireme

Anagrams

• trimere

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Latin

Adjective

trirēme

1. nominative neuter singular of trirēmis
2. accusative neuter singular of trirēmis
3. vocative neuter singular of trirēmis