# tri
## Translingual
### Symbol

tri
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Trió.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Trió terms

## English
### Etymology

Shortening of words with the initial component derived from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɹaɪ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophone: try

### Noun

tri (plural tris)
* (chiefly attributive) triathlon
    a tri bike
    a tri suit
* (computer graphics) triangle
** 2009, Andrew Paquette, Computer Graphics for Artists II: Environments and Characters:The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 and 10,000 tris. Anything within that range is sufficient to accommodate all superficial anatomical details without resort to optimization beyond normal model cleanup.
** 2010, Tony Mullen, Claudio Andaur, Blender Studio Projects: Digital Movie-Making, page 91:Tris and quads have different areas of functionality. In real-time graphics, tris are the norm because they provide the most basic geometric representations of planes.
* (bodybuilding, colloquial, uncommon) triceps

### Anagrams

* IRT, RTI, TIR, Tir, rit

## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *trī(-ā), from Proto-Indo-European *tríh₂ (“three”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τρία (tría, “three”) and Latin tria (“three”).

### Numeral

tri
* three

#### Usage notes

* Tri is used with feminine nouns.

#### Related terms

* tre

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From English three.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tri/

### Numeral

tri (Bengali script ত্রি)
* three

#### Synonyms

* tham
* rongtham
* tiin

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary. Stated in Appendix 2.

## Bislama
### Etymology 1

From English tree.

#### Noun

tri
* tree

### Etymology 2

From English three.

#### Numeral

tri
* three

## Breton
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Numeral

tri m (feminine form teir)
* three

## Cornish
### Alternative forms

* (Standard Cornish) try
* (Standard Written Form) trei

### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Numeral

tri m (feminine form teyr, triggers aspirate mutation)
* three

#### Derived terms

* tri ugens (“sixty”)

### References

* “tri” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

tri n (uncountable)
* synonym for trichloorethyleen, a chemical solvent

### Anagrams

* rit

## Elfdalian
### Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ f pl (þrijoʀ), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”).

### Numeral

tri
* three

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian три (tri), Latin trēs, English three, etc., all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tri]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: tri

### Numeral

tri
* three (3)

#### Derived terms

* trio
* tripunkto (“ellipsis”)

## Fanagalo
### Etymology

Borrowed from English three.

### Numeral

tri
* three

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtohtori/, [ˈt̪o̞xt̪o̞ri]
* Rhymes: -ohtori

### Noun

tri
* Abbreviation of tohtori.

#### Usage notes

Only used in writing and together with a name, and is thus not inflected. For example in phrase tri Pentti Arajärvi only the family name Arajärvi is inflected.
    Tämä tri Pentti Arajärven artikkeli on mielenkiintoinen.This article written by Dr. Pentti Arajärvi is interesting.

## French
### Etymology

From trier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʁi/

### Noun

tri m (plural tris)
* selection
* (computing) sort

#### Derived terms

* tri à bulles

### Further reading

* “tri”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* rit, rît, tir

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto tri, from English three, French trois, German drei, Spanish tres, Italian tre, Russian три (tri), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Numeral

tri
* three (3)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay tri, from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Numeral

tri
* three

#### Synonyms

* tiga
* telu

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təri/
* Rhymes: -əri, -ri, -i

### Numeral

tri (Jawi spelling تري)
* three
    Synonyms: tiga, telu

#### Derived terms

* tri-
* trisula

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English three.

### Numeral

tri
* three

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* tre

### Etymology

From Old Norse þrír, from Proto-Norse ᚦᚱᛁᛃᛟᛉ (þrijoʀ) (feminine plural), from Proto-Germanic *þrīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Compare Danish and Swedish tre, Icelandic þrír, Faroese tríggir, English three.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /triː/

### Numeral

tri m (feminine trjå, neuter try or trju)
* three; (pre-2012) alternative form of tre
    Trjå matskeider salt.Three tablespoons of salt.

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tʲrʲi]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *trei (compare Welsh trwy), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- (“to pass through”); compare Sanskrit तिरस् (tiras), Latin trāns and Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh).

#### Alternative forms

* tre, tré, trí

#### Preposition

tri (with the accusative; triggers lenition)
* through
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tri.

##### Inflection

Forms combined with a definite article:
* tris(s)in (“through the m sg or f sg”)
* tris(s)a (“through the n sg”)
* trisna (“through the pl”)
Forms combined with a possessive determiner:
* trim, trem (“through my”)
* tria, trea (“through his/her/its/their”)
Forms combined with a relative pronoun:
* tresa (“through which”)

##### Related terms

* trá
* tremi-

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: tre, tré, tri, trí
** Irish: trí, tré, tré- (combining), fríd (Ulster), thrí (Galway), ⇒ fríd
** Scottish Gaelic: tre
** ⇒ Manx: trooid

#### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “tre”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Thurneysen, Rudolf (1940) D. A. Binchy and Osborn Bergin, transl., A Grammar of Old Irish, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, § 433, 856, pages 272–73, 533–34; reprinted 2017
* Pedersen, Holger (1913) Vergleichende Grammatik der keltischen Sprachen [Comparative Grammar of the Celtic Languages] (in German), volume II, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 301

### Etymology 2
#### Numeral

tri
* Alternative spelling of trí

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रि (tri, “three”).

### Numeral

tri
* three
    Synonyms: tĕlu, tiga, traya, tri

#### Derived terms

* atri
* miṅtri
* piṅtri
* trailokya
* tribhuja
* tribhuwana
* tribhuwanamaṇḍala
* tribhuwanapati
* tribhuwanarājya
* tribhuwanawijaya
* tribhuwaneśwara
* tribhāga
* tribhāwa
* tribhūmi
* tribhūmyaṇḍa
* tridewī
* tridhātu
* trigaṇḍa
* triguṇa
* triguṇatattwa
* triguṇātmaka
* trijanma
* trijaṅgama
* trikaṭuka
* trikhala
* trikāla
* trikāya
* trikūṭa
* triloka
* trilokasaṅgha
* trilokawaraṇa
* trilokaśaraṇa
* trilokya
* trilābha
* trimala
* trinayana
* trinetra
* trināḍi
* tripakṣa
* triparārtha
* tripatha
* tripaṇa
* triporuṣa
* trirājya
* trirūpa
* trisamaya
* trisandhyā
* trisādhya
* triwali
* triwarga
* triwighna
* triwāra
* triyaśa
* triśikha
* triśirah
* tryakṣara
* tryantahkaraṇa
* trīṇi

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦠꦿꦶ (tri) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "tri" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Possibly borrowed from French très.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈtɾi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈtɾi/
* Rhymes: -i

### Adjective

tri
* (Rio Grande do Sul) cool, nice, good, interesting
* (Rio Grande do Sul) Clipping of trilegal

### Adverb

tri
* (Rio Grande do Sul) very
    Synonym: tro

### See also

* tri-

## Romagnol
### Etymology

From Latin tres (“three”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tri/

### Numeral

tri
* three

## Samoan Plantation Pidgin
### Etymology 1

From English three.

#### Numeral

tri
* three

### Etymology 2

From English tree.

#### Noun

tri
* tree

### References

* Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /trîː/
* Audio (Serbia):(file)

### Numeral

trȋ (Cyrillic spelling три)
* three (3)

#### Usage notes

* As a vestige of the Proto-Slavic dual number, nouns following the numbers 2-4 are in genitive singular.
* In standard Serbo-Croatian, tri declines according to case, but this is not always done in speech.

#### Derived terms

* trodnevni

## Sicilian
### Etymology

From Latin trēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʈɽi/ (Stressed)
* IPA: /ʈɽi/ (Unstressed)

### Numeral

tri
* three

## Slovak
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tri.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tri]

### Numeral

tri
* three (3)

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | nula | jeden | dva | tri | štyri | päť | šesť | sedem | osem | deväť |
| 1— | desať | jedenásť | dvanásť | trinásť | štrnásť | pätnásť | šestnásť | sedemnásť | osemnásť | devätnásť |
| 2— | dvadsať | dvadsaťjeden | dvadsaťdva | dvadsaťtri | dvadsaťštyri | dvadsaťpäť | dvadsaťšesť | dvadsaťsedem | dvadsaťosem | dvadsaťdeväť |
| 3— | tridsať | tridsaťjeden | tridsaťdva | tridsaťtri | tridsaťštyri | tridsaťpäť | tridsaťšesť | tridsaťsedem | tridsaťosem | tridsaťdeväť |
| 4— | štyridsať | štyridsaťjeden | štyridsaťdva | štyridsaťtri | štyridsaťštyri | štyridsaťpäť | štyridsaťšesť | štyridsaťsedem | štyridsaťosem | štyridsaťdeväť |
| 5— | päťdesiat | päťdesiatjeden | päťdesiatdva | päťdesiattri | päťdesiatštyri | päťdesiatpäť | päťdesiatšesť | päťdesiatsedem | päťdesiatosem | päťdesiatdeväť |
| 6— | šesťdesiat | šesťdesiatjeden | šesťdesiatdva | šesťdesiattri | šesťdesiatštyri | šesťdesiatpäť | šesťdesiatšesť | šesťdesiatsedem | šesťdesiatosem | šesťdesiatdeväť |
| 7— | sedemdesiat | sedemdesiatjeden | sedemdesiatdva | sedemdesiattri | sedemdesiatštyri | sedemdesiatpäť | sedemdesiatšesť | sedemdesiatsedem | sedemdesiatosem | sedemdesiatdeväť |
| 8— | osemdesiat | osemdesiatjeden | osemdesiatdva | osemdesiattri | osemdesiatštyri | osemdesiatpäť | osemdesiatšesť | osemdesiatsedem | osemdesiatosem | osemdesiatdeväť |
| 9— | deväťdesiat | deväťdesiatjeden | deväťdesiatdva | deväťdesiattri | deväťdesiatštyri | deväťdesiatpäť | deväťdesiatšesť | deväťdesiatsedem | deväťdesiatosem | deväťdesiatdeväť |

### Further reading

* “tri”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tri, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tríjes, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tríː/

### Numeral

trȋ
* three

#### Usage notes

This is the usual form used when counting or reciting numbers.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of tricolor

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɾi/ [ˈt̪ɾi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: tri

### Noun

tri m (uncountable)
* (soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

### Noun

tri f (uncountable)
* (soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team
    Synonym: tricolor

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English three.

### Numeral

tri
* three (3)

#### Usage notes

Used when counting; see also tripela.

#### Coordinate terms

| | —0 | —1 | —2 | —3 | —4 | —5 | —6 | —7 | —8 | —9 |
| 0— | — | wan | tu | tri | foa | faiv | sikis | seven | et | nain |
| 1— | ten | eleven | twelv | tetin | fotin | fiftin | sikistin | seventin | etin | naintin |
| 2— | twenti | tupela ten wan | tupela ten tu | tupela ten tri | tupela ten foa | tupela ten faiv | tupela ten sikis | tupela ten seven | tupela ten et | tupela ten nain |
| 3— | teti | tripela ten wan | tripela ten tu | tripela ten tri | tripela ten foa | tripela ten faiv | tripela ten sikis | tripela ten seven | tripela ten et | tripela ten nain |
| 4— | foti | fopela ten wan | fopela ten tu | fopela ten tri | fopela ten foa | fopela ten faiv | fopela ten sikis | fopela ten seven | fopela ten et | fopela ten nain |
| 5— | fifti | faivpela ten wan | faivpela ten tu | faivpela ten tri | faivpela ten foa | faivpela ten faiv | faivpela ten sikis | faivpela ten seven | faivpela ten et | faivpela ten nain |
| 6— | sikisti | sikispela ten wan | sikispela ten tu | sikispela ten tri | sikispela ten foa | sikispela ten faiv | sikispela ten sikis | sikispela ten seven | sikispela ten et | sikispela ten nain |
| 7— | seventi | sevenpela ten wan | sevenpela ten tu | sevenpela ten tri | sevenpela ten foa | sevenpela ten faiv | sevenpela ten sikis | sevenpela ten seven | sevenpela ten et | sevenpela ten nain |
| 8— | eti | etpela ten wan | etpela ten tu | etpela ten tri | etpela ten foa | etpela ten faiv | etpela ten sikis | etpela ten seven | etpela ten et | etpela ten nain |
| 9— | nainti | nainpela ten wan | nainpela ten tu | nainpela ten tri | nainpela ten foa | nainpela ten faiv | nainpela ten sikis | nainpela ten seven | nainpela ten et | nainpela ten nain |

## Torres Strait Creole
### Etymology 1

From English three.

#### Numeral

tri
* three

### Etymology 2

From English tree.

#### Noun

tri
* tree

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin trēs. Compare Italian tre.

### Numeral

tri m
* three

#### Synonyms

* tre

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* trây

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [t͡ɕi˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʈɪj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʈɪj˧˧]

### Verb

tri
* to smear; to daub

#### See also

* tri trét

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *tri, from Proto-Celtic *trīs, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /triː/
* Rhymes: -iː

### Numeral

tri m (feminine tair)
* (cardinal number) three

#### Usage notes

Tri is used only before grammatically masculine nouns. It triggers the aspirate mutation in the written language, but this is heard only occasionally in speech.

#### Derived terms

* trisain (“triphthong”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.