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trimotor en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English trimotor From tri- + motor.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) That has three motors.
  2. (especially, not-comparable, of an aircraft) That has three motors. ▸ That has three piston engines.
    • The 1920s and 1930s were the peak age of trimotor airplane design.

Translations (5)

de dreimotorig (that has three motors) · fr trimoteur (that has three motors) · ca trimotor (that has three motors) · nl driemotorig (that has three motors) · es trimotor (that has three motors)

trimotor en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English trimotor From tri- + motor.

Meanings

  1. An airplane with three motors in the form of three piston engines.

Forms

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Relateds

trijet · trirotor

Translations (3)

fr trimoteur (aircraft with three piston motors) · ca trimotor (aircraft with three piston motors) · es trimotor (aircraft with three piston motors)

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