tris

See also: trīs, tris-, Tris, and TRIS

English

Etymology 1

Chemical structure of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane

Abbreviation of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: Tris

Noun

tris (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is used as a buffer and emulsifying agent.

Alternative forms

• tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane, tris buffer, THAM
• trometamol, tromethamine (used for drugs)

Etymology 2

Chemical structure of tris(2,3‑dibromopropyl)phosphate

Abbreviation of tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs
• Homophone: Tris

Noun

tris (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A phosphoric acid ester C₉H₁₅Br₆O₄P formerly used to flameproof clothes and especially children's nightclothes until it was found to cause cancer in animals.

Etymology 3

From tri +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪz/
• Rhymes: -aɪz
• Homophone: tries

Noun

tris

1. plural of tri

References

• “tris”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tris”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

• ISTR, RTIs, Rist, STIR, rits, sirt, stir

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French

Noun

tris m

1. plural of tri

Anagrams

• tirs

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

Guinea-Bissau Creole cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tris

Etymology

From Portuguese três. Cognate with Kabuverdianu tres.

Numeral

tris

1. three (3)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtris/
• Rhymes: -is
• Hyphenation: trìs

Noun

tris m (invariable)

1. prile
2. (card games, poker) three of a kind
3. trio (three varieties as a unit)

   Un tris di baccalà ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   il tris di primi piatti ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French triste (“sad”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾis/

Adjective

tris

1. sad.

Antonyms

• èrè, gé, konten

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Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲrʲis/

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers

<  2nd	3rd	4th  >
Cardinal : trí     Ordinal : tris

tris

1. third

Inflection

Usually uninflected, but sometimes as an o/ā-stem:

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	tris	tris	tris
Vocative	tris
Accusative	tris	tris
Genitive	tris	tresi	tris
Dative	triuss	tris	triuss
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	tris	trisa
Vocative	trisu trisa†
Accusative	trisu trisa†
Genitive	tris
Dative	trisaib
Notes	† not when substantivized

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tres
  • Irish: treas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
tris	thris	tris pronounced with /d(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 tress”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tríːs/

Noun

trȋs m inan

1. (poker) three of a kind

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Spanish

Noun

tris m (plural tris)

1. crack (sound)

Derived terms

• en un tris

Further reading

• “tris”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014