tri-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tri"
English
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[edit]Etymology 1
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| *tréyes |
From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
Prefix
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| Next: | tessara- tetra- |
tri-
- Three.
- Synonym: ter-
- (chemistry) Used for the digit three to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name.
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Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).
Prefix
[edit]tri-
- (chemistry) Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon', 'tri-lead') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements.
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[edit]Catalan
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[edit]tri-
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[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
Prefix
[edit]tri-
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[edit]- “tri-” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
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Prefix
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English tri-), ultimately from Latin tri-.
Pronunciation
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[edit]tri-
Usage notes
[edit]The prefix tri- is mainly used in the names of chemical compounds, e.g. trikloorifluorimetaani or in words that have been loaned from other languages with the tri- prefix already there, e.g. trigonometria, trikolori. For other words, the prefix kolmi-, which is derived from the Finnish word kolme (“three”) is preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- triadi
- triangeli
- triedri
- trieeri
- triennaali
- triforio
- triftongi
- triglyfi
- trigoninen
- trigonometria
- trikarboksyylihappo
- trikloorietyleeni
- trikolori
- triljoona
- trilobiitti
- trilogia
- trimetri
- trimorfinen
- trimorfismi
- trinitaarinen
- trinitrofenoli
- trinomi
- triodi
- trioksidi
- trioli
- trioosi
- triplata
- tripleksilasi
- tripletti
- trippeliallianssi
- triptyykki
- trireemi
- tritium
- triumviraatti
- triumviri
- triviaali
- trivium
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
Prefix
[edit]tri-
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tri-”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Latin tri- and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]tri-
- tri- (three)
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[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay tri-, from tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
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| Next: | catur- |
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[edit]Italian
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[edit]Latin
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[edit]Inherited from Proto-Italic *tri-. Combining form of trēs (“three”, cardinal numeral).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː]
Prefix
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[edit]- English: tri-
Malay
[edit]| < 2 | 3 | 4 > |
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| Cardinal : tri- | ||
Etymology
[edit]From tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.
Pronunciation
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[edit]tri- (Jawi spelling تريـ)
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Internationalism (see English tri-), ultimately from Latin tri-.
Prefix
[edit]tri-
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Possibly borrowed from French très.
Prefix
[edit]tri-
- (Rio Grande do Sul, colloquial) superior in quality or degree; super-
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tri-”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tri-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”).
Prefix
[edit]tri-
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tri-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
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