"trireme" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ.ɹiːm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trireme.wav Forms: triremes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁reh₁- (row)}}, {{bor|en|la|trirēmis}} Latin trirēmis Head templates: {{en-noun}} trireme (plural triremes)
  1. (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): History, Nautical, Three, Warships, Watercraft Related terms: unireme, monoreme, penteconter, bireme, quadrireme, quinquereme, pentere, polyreme Translations (galley with three banks of oars): τριήρης (triḗrēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), trirrem [feminine] (Catalan), triréma [feminine] (Czech), kolmisoutu (Finnish), trieeri (Finnish), trirème [feminine] (French), trirreme [masculine] (Galician), Trireme [feminine] (German), טְרִירֶמָה (trirema) [feminine] (Hebrew), תְּלַת חַתְרִית (tlat khatrit) (Hebrew), trireme [feminine] (Italian), trirema [feminine] (Polish), tryrema [feminine] (Polish), trirreme [feminine] (Portuguese), trirremo [masculine] (Portuguese), трире́ма (triréma) [feminine] (Russian), trirreme [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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