triduum

See also: Triduum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trīduum, from trēs (“three”) + diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɪ.dju.əm/, /ˈtraɪ.dju.əm/

Noun

triduum (plural triduums or tridua)

1. A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).

Related terms

• Easter Triduum / Paschal Triduum

Translations

a period of three days

• Catalan: tridu m
• French: triduum (fr) m
• German: Triduum n
• Irish: tréan m

  Old Irish: treise f

• Polish: triduum (pl) n
• Portuguese: tríduo (pt) m
• Spanish: triduo (es) m
• Welsh: triduum m

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *trizdiwom. Equivalent to Latin trēs + diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.du.um/, [ˈt̪riːd̪uʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.du.um/, [ˈt̪riːd̪uːm]

Noun

trīduum n (genitive trīduī); second declension

1. the space of three days, three days

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	trīduum	trīdua
Genitive	trīduī	trīduōrum
Dative	trīduō	trīduīs
Accusative	trīduum	trīdua
Ablative	trīduō	trīduīs
Vocative	trīduum	trīdua

Descendants

• → English: triduum
• → Italian: triduo
• → Spanish: triduo

References

• “triduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “triduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• triduum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trīduum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈdu.um/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uum
• Syllabification: tri‧du‧um
• Homophone: Triduum

Noun

triduum n

1. triduum (period of three days)

Declension

Declension of triduum

	singular	plural
nominative	triduum	tridua
genitive	triduum	triduów
dative	triduum	triduom
accusative	triduum	tridua
instrumental	triduum	triduami
locative	triduum	triduach
vocative	triduum	tridua

Further reading

• triduum in Polish dictionaries at PWN