Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trinary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
tri-nary
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trinary star.

noun

A ternary, a set of three things.

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Etymology

From Late Latin trīnārius (“consisting of three”), from Latin trīni (“triple, three each”) + -ārius.

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Word Breakdown

  • Root: trīnārius, trīni

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Questions

What does trinary mean?
Alternative form of ternary.
Where does trinary come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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