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trimotor

adjective

That has three motors.

“The 1920s and 1930s were the peak age of trimotor airplane design.”

OriginEnglish motor ← Middle English motour ← Latin mōtor →

Scrabble 10

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Meanings

adjectivetrimotor (not comparable)

not comparableThat has three motors.
1. especiallynot comparableThat has three piston engines.
  The 1920s and 1930s were the peak age of trimotor airplane design.

nountrimotor (plural trimotors)

plural trimotors

An airplane with three motors in the form of three piston engines.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
Proto-Indo-European*tri-
Proto-Italic*tri-
Latintri-
Englishtri-
Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
Proto-Italic*moweō
Latinmoveō
Latinmōtor
Middle Englishmotour
Englishmotor
Englishtrimotor

From tri- + motor.

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Translations

Catalan trimotor, trimotor

trimotorthat has three motors
trimotoraircraft with three piston motors

Dutch driemotorig

driemotorigthat has three motors

French trimoteur, trimoteur

trimoteurthat has three motors
trimoteuraircraft with three piston motors

German dreimotorig

dreimotorigthat has three motors

Spanish trimotor, trimotor

trimotorthat has three motors
trimotoraircraft with three piston motors

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with trimotor

motor voter promoter boater locomotor psychomotor sensorimotor scoter oculomotor vasomotor remoter quoter toter copromoter doter dynamotor emoter gloater ideomotor misquoter nonvoter oater

Cite this entry

APA

trimotor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimotor

MLA

“trimotor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimotor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trimotor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trimotor.

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