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tri¹

  • /tɹaɪ/

Sounds like try · Rhymes with -aɪ

Where it comes from

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

noun tris

  1. attributive triathlon a tri bike
  2. triangle 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.
  3. colloquial, uncommon triceps

TRI²

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Toxic Release Inventory
  2. US, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Toyota Research Institute

noun TRIs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Triple Reuptake Inhibitor

Tri³

Where it comes from

A Vietnamese surname.

proper noun Tris

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: well-tried, time-tested, dependable, reliable, proven, proved, tested, screening, sorting, sort, triage, appraisal, stearin, irr, triple, tris

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"tri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tri

Chicago

"tri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tri.

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@misc{tri_2026,
  title = {tri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}