tripoli

Other forms of tripoli

plural

tripolis·

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 tripoli

What does tripoli mean?

tripoli means "a weathered and decomposed siliceous limestone; in powdered form it is used in polishing". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tripoli?

tripoli has 3 syllables: trip-o-li. The stress falls on "trip". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɪpəli/.

What is another word for tripoli?

Close synonyms include rottenstone, Tarabulus Al-Gharb, capital of Libya, Tarabulus, Tarabulus Ash-Sham. 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 tripoli a common word?

tripoli 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.