trinal
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin trīnālis.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪnəl/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈtɹʌɪnəl/, [ˈtɹʌɪn̩l]
Adjective
trinal (not comparable)
- (now rare) Having three parts; triple.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto XII, XXXIX, Google Books
- Like as it had bene many an Angels voice, // Singing before th’ eternall maiesty, // In their trinall triplicities on hye.
- 1941, Henry Miller, The Wisdom of the Heart, Google Books
- The trinal division of body, mind and soul becomes a unity, a holy trinity. And with it the realization that one aspect of our nature cannot be exalted above another...
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, Book I, Canto XII, XXXIX, Google Books
Translations
having three parts, triple — see tripartite