EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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.
  3. (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

  1. three

Related termsEdit

Atong (India)Edit

EtymologyEdit

From English three.

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

tri (Bengali script ত্রি)

  1. three

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

BislamaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English tree.

NounEdit

tri

  1. tree

Etymology 2Edit

Bislama cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

From English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

BretonEdit

Breton cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

tri m (feminine form teir)

  1. three

CornishEdit

Cornish cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : tressa
    Feminine : teyr

Alternative formsEdit

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

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

tri m (feminine form teyr)

  1. three

MutationEdit

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tri n (uncountable)

  1. synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

AnagramsEdit

ElfdalianEdit

Elfdalian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    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

  1. three

EsperantoEdit

Esperanto numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    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

  1. three (3)

Derived termsEdit

FanagaloEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

FinnishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

tri

  1. 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)

  1. selection
  2. (computing) sort

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

IdoEdit

Ido numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    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

  1. three (3)

IndonesianEdit

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri

EtymologyEdit

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

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

SynonymsEdit

MalayEdit

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    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)

  1. three

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Nigerian PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    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

tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)

  1. three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre
    Trjå matskeider salt.
    Three tablespoons of salt.

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)

  1. through

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tri.

InflectionEdit

Forms combined with a definite article:

  • tris(s)in (through the m sg or f sg)
  • tris(s)a (through the n sg)
  • trisna (through the pl)

Forms combined with a possessive determiner:

Forms combined with a relative pronoun:

  • tresa (through which)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Middle Irish: tre, tré, tri, trí
    • Irish: trí, tré; tré-; fríd, fríd
    • Scottish Gaelic: tre
    • Manx: trooid

Further readingEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. Alternative spelling of trí

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Possibly borrowed from French très.

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -i

AdjectiveEdit

tri

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

AdverbEdit

tri

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) very
    Synonym: tro

RomagnolEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tres (three).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

Samoan Plantation PidginEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

Etymology 2Edit

From English tree.

NounEdit

tri

  1. tree

ReferencesEdit

  • 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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Serbo-Croatian numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    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)

  1. three (3)

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

Derived termsEdit

SicilianEdit

Sicilian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tri
    Ordinal : terzu

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trēs.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʈɽi/ (Stressed)
  • IPA(key): /ʈɽɪ/ (Unstressed)

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

SlovakEdit

Slovak numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    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

  1. three (3)

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

  1. three

Usage notesEdit

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

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Clipping of tricolor

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾi/ [ˈt̪ɾi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: tri

NounEdit

tri m (uncountable)

  1. (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

NounEdit

tri f (uncountable)

  1. (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

Tok PisinEdit

Tok Pisin numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: tri

EtymologyEdit

From English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three (3)

Usage notesEdit

Used when counting; see also tripela.

Torres Strait CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English three.

NumeralEdit

tri

  1. three

Etymology 2Edit

From English tree.

NounEdit

tri

  1. tree

VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

NumeralEdit

tri m

  1. three

SynonymsEdit

VietnameseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tri

  1. to smear; to daub

See alsoEdit

Derived terms

WelshEdit

Welsh numbers (edit)
30[a], [b], [c]
[a], [b] ←  2 3 4  → [a], [b]
    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)

  1. (cardinal number) three

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
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.