Meanings
- not comparableHaving three sides
- not comparableInvolving three parties
The trilateral peace conference, between the red faction, blue faction and white faction, went nowhere.
2 more examples
Meanwhile, a trilateral agreement has been signed with the French and Irish governments committing the nations to keeping freight routes open throughout the pandemic.
2020 May 6, “Network News: Shapps: Network Rail puts spare capacity to use”, in Rail, page 15Hours later, answering journalists’ questions via a WhatsApp chat, Mr. Zelenskyy said the Trump administration had floated a trilateral meeting in Miami involving the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia.
2025 December 20, The Associated Press, “Russia strikes Ukrainian port as peace negotiations continue in US”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinvolving three parties
adjectivehaving three sides
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- New Latintrilaterālis
- Englishtrilateral
Borrowed from New Latin trilaterālis or from tri- + lateral.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian тристранен
- тристранен (tristranen)Translations
German trilateral
- trilateralTranslations
Russian трёхсторо́нний
- трёхсторо́нний (trjoxstorónnij)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trilateral
Cite this entry
trilateral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilateral
“trilateral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trilateral. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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