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trine¹

  • /tɹaɪn/

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

adjective

  1. not comparable Triple; threefold.

    Similar: tern, treble, ternary, threefold, triadic, trinary, trine, triple

  2. not comparable Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart. The physicians refer this to their temperament, astrologers to trine and sextile aspects, or opposite of their several ascendants, lords of their genitures, love and hatred of planets […]

noun trines

  1. A group of three things. a single trine of brazen tortoises

    Similar: threesome, triad, leash, tern, ternary, ternion, threeness, trinary, trine, trinity, trio, triplet

  2. An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

verb trines · trining · trined

  1. transitive To put in the aspect of a trine. By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.
  2. UK, archaic To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck. Been Darkmans then booz Mort and Ken, / The been Coves bing awast / On Chats to trine by Rum-Coves dine, / For his long lib at last.

    Similar: hang, swing, dance on a rope, dance on nothing, dance the hempen jig, dance the Tyburn jig, dance upon nothing, dangle, ride a horse foaled by an acorn, stretch hemp, string up, take a ride to Tyburn

trine²

  • /tɹaɪn/

Rhymes with -aɪn

Where it comes from

From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).

verb trines · trining · trined

  1. UK, obsolete To go. Twang dell's, i' the strommell, and let the Quire Cuffin: / And Herman Beck strine and trine to the Ruffin.

Trine³

Where it comes from

Probably an Americanized form of German Trein.

proper noun Trines

  1. A surname from German.

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@misc{trine_2026,
  title = {trine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}