trinity en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (General-American) audio
- [-ɾi] (General-American)
- /ˈtɹɪnɪti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈtɹɪnəti/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).
Meanings
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A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trinities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
unity · fourness · quaternity · twoness · unity · fiveness · quinity · oneness · duality · quaternity · quinity · duality
Deriveds
triniunity · trinitize · quadrinity · unholy trinity · nontrinitarian · holy trinity · Emo Trinity · Trinity · Texas trinity · emo trinity · Trinity term · nontrinitarianism · impossible trinity · herb trinity · trinitarian · trinityhood
Relateds
triangle · binitarian · triumvirate · tripartiteness · triatomicity · triarchy · triune · triunity · trinary · unitarian · trichotomy · triple
Synonyms
trine · trine · triumvirate · trinity · troika · tern · trinary · ternion · threesome · trinity · threeness · triplet · threesome · triality · troika · leash · threeness · threeness · trio · trio · ternary · triad · triad
Translations (66)
es trinidad (group or set of three people or things) · da treenighed (group or set of three people or things) · nl drievuldigheid (group or set of three people or things) · sh trójstvo (group or set of three people or things) · it trinità (group or set of three people or things) · sh тро̀јица (group or set of three people or things) · tl tatluhan (group or set of three people or things) · be трыадзі́нства (group or set of three people or things) · ru триеди́нство (group or set of three people or things) · de Dreiheit (group or set of three people or things) · sw utatu (group or set of three people or things) · pt trio (group or set of three people or things) · ca trio (group or set of three people or things) · fr triade (group or set of three people or things) · cmn 三位一體 /三位一体 (group or set of three people or things) · ro treime (group or set of three people or things) · sl trojica (group or set of three people or things) · cs trojice (group or set of three people or things) · uk триє́дність (group or set of three people or things) · is þríeyki (group or set of three people or things) · mk тројство (group or set of three people or things) · be тро́йца (group or set of three people or things) · fi kolminaisuus (group or set of three people or things) · sh tròjica (group or set of three people or things) · bg тро́йка (group or set of three people or things) · lv trīsvienība (group or set of three people or things) · de Dreifaltigkeit (group or set of three people or things) · bg тро́ица (group or set of three people or things) · id trinitas (group or set of three people or things) · ga tríonóid (group or set of three people or things) · sq trini (group or set of three people or things) · ru тро́ица (group or set of three people or things) · kk үштік (group or set of three people or things) · ka სამება (group or set of three people or things) · ar ثَالُوث (group or set of three people or things) · pl trójca (group or set of three people or things) · es trío (group or set of three people or things) · hy երրորդություն (group or set of three people or things) · ko 삼위일체 (group or set of three people or things) · ru тро́йка (group or set of three people or things) · lt trejybę (group or set of three people or things) · th ตรีเอกานุภาพ (group or set of three people or things) · ang þrines (group or set of three people or things) · sh тро́јство (group or set of three people or things) · ru тро́е (group or set of three people or things) · ur تَثْلیث (group or set of three people or things) · ja 三つ組 (group or set of three people or things) · et kolmainsus (group or set of three people or things) · id tritunggal (group or set of three people or things) · bg триеди́нство (group or set of three people or things) · gl trindade (group or set of three people or things) · de Trinität (group or set of three people or things) · uk трі́йка (group or set of three people or things) · el τριάδα (group or set of three people or things) · fr trinité (group or set of three people or things) · pl trójjedność (group or set of three people or things) · sk trojica (group or set of three people or things) · gv treeaght (group or set of three people or things) · ja 三位一体 (group or set of three people or things) · mi tokotoru (group or set of three people or things) · be тро́йка (group or set of three people or things) · ca trinitat (group or set of three people or things) · nl drie-eenheid (group or set of three people or things) · is þrenning (group or set of three people or things) · uk трі́йця (group or set of three people or things) · kk үшбірлік (group or set of three people or things)