triad

Other forms of triad

plural

triads·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about triad

What does triad mean?

triad means "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in triad?

triad has 2 syllables: tri-ad. The stress falls on "tri". In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪˌæd/.

What is another word for triad?

Close synonyms include three, 3, III, trio, threesome. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is triad a common word?

triad is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with triad?

5 words rhyme with triad. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.