"triliteral" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tri-|t1=three}} tri- (“three”), {{der|en|la|litera|t=letter}} Latin litera (“letter”), {{affix|en|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} triliteral (not comparable)
  1. Of word roots in Afroasiatic languages: consisting of three letters. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-triliteral-en-adj-73i7naqc Categories (other): English terms prefixed with tri- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 49 51

Noun

Forms: triliterals [plural]
Etymology: tri- (“three”) + Latin litera (“letter”) + -al. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|tri-|t1=three}} tri- (“three”), {{der|en|la|litera|t=letter}} Latin litera (“letter”), {{affix|en|-al}} -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} triliteral (plural triliterals)
  1. A word root in an Afroasiatic language that consists of three letters. Categories (topical): Semitic linguistics, Three Related terms: quadriliteral
    Sense id: en-triliteral-en-noun-7U4pUrW5 Disambiguation of Semitic linguistics: 34 66 Disambiguation of Three: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with tri-, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with tri-: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 37 63

Inflected forms

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