tri
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tri (plural tris)
- (chiefly attributive) triathlon
- a tri bike
- a tri suit
- (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.
- (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) triceps
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tri-h2 (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“three”).
NumeralEdit
tri
Related termsEdit
Atong (India)Edit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri (Bengali script ত্রি)
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.
BislamaEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
tri
Etymology 2Edit
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tri | ||
NumeralEdit
tri
BretonEdit
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Cardinal : tri | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
NumeralEdit
tri m (feminine form teir)
CornishEdit
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Cardinal : tri Ordinal : tressa Feminine : teyr | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
NumeralEdit
tri m (feminine form teyr)
MutationEdit
Cornish consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | mixed after 'th |
tri | dri | thri | unchanged | unchanged | unchanged |
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
tri n (uncountable)
- synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent
AnagramsEdit
ElfdalianEdit
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Cardinal : tri Ordinal : trið | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).
NumeralEdit
tri
EsperantoEdit
30 | ||
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Cardinal: tri Ordinal: tria Adverbial: trie Multiplier: triobla, triopa Fractional: triona, triono |
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Russian три (tri), Latin trēs, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
Derived termsEdit
FanagaloEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tri
- Abbreviation of tohtori.
Usage notesEdit
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.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tri m (plural tris)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “tri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
IdoEdit
30 | ||
← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: tri Ordinal: triesma Adverbial: trifoye Multiplier: triopla Fractional: triima |
EtymologyEdit
From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian три (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
NumeralEdit
tri
IndonesianEdit
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Cardinal : tri | ||
EtymologyEdit
From Malay tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
NumeralEdit
tri
SynonymsEdit
MalayEdit
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tri | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri (Jawi spelling تري)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Nigerian PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
Norwegian NynorskEdit
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Cardinal : tri Ordinal : tridje | ||
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
Old IrishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Celtic *trē (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”); compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras), Latin trāns and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh).
Alternative formsEdit
PrepositionEdit
tri (with the accusative; triggers lenition)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tri.
InflectionEdit
Person | Normal | Emphatic |
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1st person sing. | trium | |
2d person sing. | triut | triutsu |
3d sing. masc./neut., dative | ||
3d sing. masc./neut., accusative | triit | triitsom, trítsom |
3d sing. fem., dative | ||
3d sing. fem., accusative | tree | |
1st person pl. | triunn | triunni |
2d person pl. | triib | |
3d person pl., dative | ||
3d person pl., accusative | treu, treo |
Forms combined with a definite article:
Forms combined with a possessive determiner:
Forms combined with a relative pronoun:
- tresa (“through which”)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940, reprinted 2003), D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 433, 856, pages 272–73, 533–34
- Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 301
Etymology 2Edit
NumeralEdit
tri
- Alternative spelling of trí
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Possibly borrowed from French très.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -i
AdjectiveEdit
tri
- (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting
AdverbEdit
tri
RomagnolEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
Samoan Plantation PidginEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NumeralEdit
tri
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tri
ReferencesEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
30 | ||
← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: tri Ordinal: treći Adverbial: triput, triždi Multiplier: trostruk, trojno Collective: troje Fractional: trećina |
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)
Usage notesEdit
- As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
- In standard Serbo-Croatian, tri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
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nominative | trȋ |
genitive | trìjū |
dative | trìma |
accusative | trȋ |
vocative | trȋ |
locative | trìma |
instrumental | trìma |
Derived termsEdit
SicilianEdit
< 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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Cardinal : tri Ordinal : terzu | ||
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
SlovakEdit
30 | ||
← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: tri Ordinal: tretí Adverbial: tri razy Multiplier: trojitý, trojnásobný Collective: troje Qualitative: trojaký |
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
Coordinate termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- tri in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
trȋ
Usage notesEdit
This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
tri m (uncountable)
- (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
- Synonym: tricolor
NounEdit
tri f (uncountable)
- (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
- Synonym: tricolor
Tok PisinEdit
30 | ||
← 2 | 3 | 4 → |
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Cardinal: tri |
EtymologyEdit
NumeralEdit
tri
Usage notesEdit
Used when counting; see also tripela.
Torres Strait CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NumeralEdit
tri
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
tri
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.
NumeralEdit
tri m
SynonymsEdit
VietnameseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
tri
See alsoEdit
WelshEdit
30[a], [b], [c] | ||
[a], [b] ← 2 | 3 | 4 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal (masculine): tri Cardinal (feminine): tair Ordinal (masculine): trydydd Ordinal (feminine): trydedd Ordinal abbreviation (masculine): 3ydd Ordinal abbreviation (feminine): 3edd Adverbial: teirgwaith Multiplier: triphlyg | ||
Welsh Wikipedia article on 3 |
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
tri m (feminine tair)
Usage notesEdit
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.
MutationEdit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |