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triliteral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
trilit-er-al
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Consisting of three letters.

noun

A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English triliteral From tri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Linguistics.

Inflected Forms

triliterals (plural)

Derived Forms

triliteralism triliterality triliterally triliteralness

Frequently Paired Words

biliteral biliteralism literal monoliteral multiliteral pluriliteral postliteral quadriliteral

Questions

What does triliteral mean?
Consisting of three letters.
Where does triliteral come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin lītera Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English triliteral From tri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.

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