trig

Other forms of trig

plural

trigs·

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 trig

What does trig mean?

trig means "the mathematics of triangles and trigonometric functions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trig?

trig has 1 syllable: trig. In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪɡ/.

What is another word for trig?

Close synonyms include trigonometry, clean-cut, trim. 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 trig a common word?

trig is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.