trialogue
/ˈtɹaɪəˌlɔɡ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A conversation or talk between three people.
noun
An informal tripartite meeting attended by representatives of the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, and the European Commission.
Example Sentences
- "Only for a short while was he kept waiting. The trialogue came to a close, followed by a brief interval of silence—at the end of which the canoe once more made its appearance upon the open water of the lagoon."
- "If you knew how happy it made me that, whenever she interrupted his monopoly of you, instead of making a trialogue with them, you never failed to turn to me!"
Etymology
From tri- + -alogue, formed on the analogy of dialogue, where the first syllable is interpreted as di-. Compare Medieval Latin trialogus. Note that official documents of the European Union use the spelling trilogue (perhaps influenced by the French spelling).
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɹaɪəˌlɔɡ/
- British English: /ˈtɹaɪəlɒɡ/