"tri-" meaning in English

See tri- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /tɹaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tri-.wav
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin tri- (“three”) and Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{der|en|la|tri-||three}} Latin tri- (“three”), {{der|en|grc|τρι-||three}} Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-, “three”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} tri-, {{en-prefix}} tri-
  1. three Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Three Synonyms: ter- Related terms: tre-, ter-, -tri- 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)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: /tɹaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tri-.wav
Etymology: From Sanskrit त्रि- (tri-, “three”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sa|त्रि-||three}} Sanskrit त्रि- (tri-, “three”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} tri-, {{en-prefix}} tri-
  1. (chemistry) Used in combination with a known element name (e.g. 'tri-silicon') 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 Categories (topical): Chemistry, Element nomenclature Related terms: eka-, dvi-, number
    Sense id: en-tri--en-prefix-Iw3z1Ejh Disambiguation of Element nomenclature: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 25 49 13 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 43 16 14 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "pl",
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}

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