tricolon

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τρικωλος (trikōlos, “having three parts”).

Noun

Examples
veni, vidi, vici (“I came, I saw, I conquered”)

tricolon (plural tricolons or tricola)

1. (rhetoric) A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.

   Hypernym: isocolon

   Hyponym: hendiatris

Derived terms

• tricolon crescens
• tricolon diminuens

Translations

sentence of three parts

• German: Trikolon (de) n

Etymology 2

tri- +‎ colon

Noun

tricolon (plural tricolons)

1. The symbol ⁝, a colon with three dots instead of two.

Further reading

• isocolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τρικωλον (trikōlon, “having three parts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.koːˌlɔn/
• Hyphenation: tri‧co‧lon

Noun

tricolon n (plural tricola)

1. tricolon