Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tri

/tɹaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: tri
IPA: /tɹaɪ/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

noun

Colloquial

name

Initialism of Toxic Release Inventory.

name

Initialism of Toyota Research Institute.

American usage

noun

Initialism of Triple Reuptake Inhibitor.

name

A surname from Vietnamese.

Example Sentences

"a tri bike"
"a tri suit"
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Proto-Indo-European

Word Breakdown

Root: *tréyes, -

Usage

Colloquial
American usage

Inflected Forms

tris (plural)

Homonyms

try tri-

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce tri?: The recorded pronunciation is /tɹaɪ/.
What does tri mean?: triathlon
Where does tri come from?: It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

How to pronounce tri

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