Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trimotor

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tri-mo-tor
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has three motors.

adj

That has three motors.

noun

An airplane with three motors in the form of three piston engines.

Example Sentences

"The 1920s and 1930s were the peak age of trimotor airplane design."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English trimotor From tri- + motor.

Inflected Forms

trimotors (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

trijet trirotor

Rhymes With

motor voter promoter floater locomotor sensorimotor boater psychomotor oculomotor vasomotor remoter scoter

Questions

What does trimotor mean?: That has three motors.
Where does trimotor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English trimotor From tri- + motor.

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