trine

Other forms of trine

plural

trines·

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 trine

What does trine mean?

trine means "the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one".

How many syllables are in trine?

trine has 1 syllable: trine. In IPA it is /ˈtɹaɪn/.

What is another word for trine?

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 trine a common word?

trine 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.