Meanings
adjectivetriliteral (not comparable)
- not comparableConsisting of three letters.
[T]he philologist may well refuse to accept a body of triliteral roots, developed on a highly artificial and uniform plan, as the ultimate fact in Semitic lexicography.
1911 December 13, C. J. Ball, “A Study in Biblical Philology”, in Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archæology, volume XXXIII, number CCXLIX, London: Society of Biblical Archaeology, →OCLC, page 13
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
- Proto-Indo-European*tri-
- Proto-Italic*tri-
- Latintri-
- Englishtri-
- Latinlītera
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishtriliteral
From tri- + Latin lītera (“letter”) + English -al.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Spanish trilítero, triliteral
- trilíteroregarding Afroasiatic roots
- triliteralregarding Afroasiatic roots
- triláteroregarding Afroasiatic roots
- triconsonánticoregarding Afroasiatic roots
Cite this entry
APA
triliteral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triliteral
MLA
“triliteral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triliteral. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triliteral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triliteral.
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