"tri-" meaning in English

See tri- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /tɹaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tri-.wav [US]
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|ine-pro}}, {{langname|ine-pro}} Proto-Indo-European, {{word|en|ine|tréyes|id=}}, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{ety|en|:der|la:tri-}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "three", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tréyes", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*tri-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*tri-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tri-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tri-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="tri-">, {{der|en|la|tri-||three}} Latin tri- (“three”), {{der|en|grc|τρι-||three}} Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} tri-
  1. Three. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: ter- Translations (three): ثُلَاثِيّ (ṯulāṯiyy) (Arabic), tri- (Asturian), tri- (Catalan), kolmi- (Finnish), tri- (Finnish), tri- (French), tri- (Galician), ტრი- (ṭri-) (Georgian), სამ- (sam-) (Georgian), drei- (German), tri- (German), תְּלַת (tlat) (Hebrew), त्रि- (tri-) (Hindi), tri- (Hungarian), trí- (Irish), tri- (Italian), tri- (Malay), tree- (Manx), tri- (Occitan), trój- (Polish), tri- (Portuguese), трёх- (trjox-) (Russian), тре- (tre-) (Russian), три- (tri-) (Russian), tri- (Spanish), tri- (Swedish)
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  2. (chemistry) Used for the digit three to form systematic element names of elements whose existence has been predicted, and which have not yet been given a trivial name. Tags: morpheme
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Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /tɹaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tri-.wav [US]
Etymology: From Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sa|त्रि||three}} Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} tri-
  1. (chemistry) Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon', 'tri-lead') to designate an unknown element that would reside three periods lower than the known element on a Mendeleev-type periodic table. See Mendeleev's predicted elements. Tags: morpheme Related terms: eka-, dvi-, number
    Sense id: en-tri--en-prefix-z89iqRJK Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 14 entries, Pages with entries, Chemical element nomenclature Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 33 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 14 entries: 30 25 32 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 23 29 10 8 Disambiguation of Chemical element nomenclature: 2 42 56 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Etymology number: 2
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