tri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"

English

Etymology

Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophone: try

Noun

tri (plural tris)

1. (chiefly attributive) triathlon

   a tri bike

   a tri suit

2. (computer graphics) triangle
   • 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters:

     The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.

   • 2010, Tony Mullen, ‎Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making (page 91)

     Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.

Anagrams

• IRT, RTI, TIR, Tir, rit

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tri-h2 (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“three”).

Numeral

tri

1. three

Related terms

• tre

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Breton

Breton cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri m (feminine form teir)

1. three

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Cornish

Cornish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri

Alternative forms

• (Standard Cornish) try
• (Standard Written Form) trei

Etymology

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

Numeral

tri

1. three

Related terms

• teyr

See also

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

tri n (uncountable)

1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

Anagrams

• rit

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Elfdalian

Elfdalian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : trið

Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)

Numeral

tri

1. three

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Esperanto

Esperanto cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : tria     Adverbial : trie     Multiplier : triobla     Fractional : triona

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tri]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tri

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Derived terms

• trio
• tripunkto (“ellipsis”)

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtohtori/, [ˈt̪o̞xt̪o̞ri]

Noun

tri

1. Abbreviation of 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^(key): /tʁi/

Noun

tri m (plural tris)

1. selection
2. (computing) sort

Further reading

• “tri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rit, rît, tir

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Ido

Ido cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : triesma     Adverbial : trifoye     Multiplier : triopla     Fractional : triima
Ido Wikipedia article on 3_(nombro)

Etymology

From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian три (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

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Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri

Etymology

From Malay tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Synonyms

• tiga
• telu

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri

Alternative forms

• تري (تري-)

Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təri/
• Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i

Numeral

tri (Jawi spelling تري)

1. three

Synonyms

• tiga / تيݢ
• telu / تلو

Derived terms

• tri-

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Numeral

tri

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tre

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Novial

Novial cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : triesmi

Etymology

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

Numeral

1. three

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Old Irish

Numeral

tri

1. Alternative spelling of trí

Preposition

tri

1. Alternative form of tre

Mutation

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾi/
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

tri

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting

Adverb

tri

1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very

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Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology 1

From .

Numeral

1. three

Etymology 2

From .

Noun

1. tree

References

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

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Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : treći

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trîː/

• Audio (Serbia):

  (file)

Numeral

trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)

1. three (3)

Derived terms

trodnevni

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin trēs.

Numeral

tri

1. three

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Slovak

Slovak cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : tretí

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri/

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Coordinate terms

Slovak cardinal numbers from 0 to 99

	—0	—1	—2	—3	—4	—5	—6	—7	—8	—9
0—	nula	jeden	dva	tri	štyri	päť	šesť	sedem	osem	deväť
1—	desať	jedenásť	dvanásť	trinásť	štrnásť	pätnásť	šestnásť	sedemnásť	osemnásť	devätnásť
2—	dvadsať	dvadsaťjeden	dvadsaťdva	dvadsaťtri	dvadsaťštyri	dvadsaťpäť	dvadsaťšesť	dvadsaťsedem	dvadsaťosem	dvadsaťdeväť
3—	tridsať	tridsaťjeden	tridsaťdva	tridsaťtri	tridsaťštyri	tridsaťpäť	tridsaťšesť	tridsaťsedem	tridsaťosem	tridsaťdeväť
4—	štyridsať	štyridsaťjeden	štyridsaťdva	štyridsaťtri	štyridsaťštyri	štyridsaťpäť	štyridsaťšesť	štyridsaťsedem	štyridsaťosem	štyridsaťdeväť
5—	päťdesiat	päťdesiatjeden	päťdesiatdva	päťdesiattri	päťdesiatštyri	päťdesiatpäť	päťdesiatšesť	päťdesiatsedem	päťdesiatosem	päťdesiatdeväť
6—	šesťdesiat	šesťdesiatjeden	šesťdesiatdva	šesťdesiattri	šesťdesiatštyri	šesťdesiatpäť	šesťdesiatšesť	šesťdesiatsedem	šesťdesiatosem	šesťdesiatdeväť
7—	sedemdesiat	sedemdesiatjeden	sedemdesiatdva	sedemdesiattri	sedemdesiatštyri	sedemdesiatpäť	sedemdesiatšesť	sedemdesiatsedem	sedemdesiatosem	sedemdesiatdeväť
8—	osemdesiat	osemdesiatjeden	osemdesiatdva	osemdesiattri	osemdesiatštyri	osemdesiatpäť	osemdesiatšesť	osemdesiatsedem	osemdesiatosem	osemdesiatdeväť
9—	deväťdesiat	deväťdesiatjeden	deväťdesiatdva	deväťdesiattri	deväťdesiatštyri	deväťdesiatpäť	deväťdesiatšesť	deväťdesiatsedem	deväťdesiatosem	deväťdesiatdeväť

Further reading

• “tri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tríː/

Numeral

trȋ

1. three

Usage notes

This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three (3)

Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tripela.

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English three.

Numeral

tri

1. three

Etymology 2

From English tree.

Noun

tri

1. tree

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre

Numeral

tri m

1. three

Synonyms

• tre

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Welsh

Welsh cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : tri     Ordinal : trydydd     Adverbial : teirgwaith     Multiplier : triphlyg     Feminine : tair
Welsh Wikipedia article on tri

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triː/

Numeral

tri m (feminine form tair)

1. three (3)

Usage notes

Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. It triggers the aspirate mutation in the written language, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tri	dri	nhri	thri
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.