# trinca
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɾiŋ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtɾiŋ.ka]

### Etymology 1

Uncertain.

#### Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)
* trio, threesome (set of three)

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

#### Noun

trinca f (plural trinques)
* (nautical) lashing

##### Derived terms

* nou de trinca

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

trinca
* inflection of trincar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “trinca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Probably from Old French strenc (“string, cord, rope”), from Frankish *strangi, from Proto-Germanic *strangiz (“string”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“rope, cord, strand”).
Compare estrinque.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾiŋka̝/

#### Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)
* (nautical) string
    Synonyms: cordel, retriza

##### Related terms

* estrinque

#### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trinca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trinca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trinca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trinca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

trinca
* inflection of trincar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Verb

trinca
* inflection of trincare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* tranci

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾĩ.kɐ/

### Etymology 1

Like Spanish trinca, probably originally an informal slang word.

#### Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)
* triplet; triad (group of three things)
    Synonyms: trio, tríade

##### Coordinate terms

| Coeficiente | Substantivo | Resultado |
| 1 | único singular | |
| 2 | dobro | dupla par duo |
| 3 | triplo | trio trinca terceto tríade |
| 4 | quádruplo | quarteto |
| 5 | quíntuplo | quinteto |
| 6 | sêxtuplo | sexteto |
| 7 | sétuplo séptuplo | septeto |
| 8 | óctuplo | octeto |
| 9 | nônuplo (Brazil) nónuplo (Portugal) | noneto/novena |
| 10 | décuplo | dezena |
| 11 | undécuplo | onzena/onzeno |
| 12 | duodécuplo | dúzia |
| 100 | cêntuplo | |
| muitos | múltiplo | |

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from trincar.

#### Noun

trinca f (plural trincas)
* crack (thin break opened in a previously solid material)
    Synonyms: rachadura, fissura

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

trinca
* inflection of trincar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “trinca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “trinca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

### References

* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Verb

trinca
* inflection of trincar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Venetan
### Noun

trinca f (plural trinche)
* trough

#### Related terms

* trincar