Meanings
nountripod (plural tripods)
plural tripods
verbtripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)
present singular third person tripods · participle present tripoding · participle past tripoded · past tripoded
- intransitiveTo enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
Similar
fighting-machineThing
Also see
Origin
- Ancient Greekτρίποδ-
- Latintripod-
- Englishtripod
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans driepoot, statief
- driepoota three-legged stand or mount
- statiefa three-legged stand or mount
Ancient Greek τρίπους
- τρίπους (trípous)a three-legged stand or mount
Bengali টিপাই
- টিপাই (ṭipai)a three-legged stand or mount
Bulgarian трино́жник, трино́га
- трино́жник (trinóžnik)a three-legged stand or mount
- трино́га (trinóga)a three-legged stand or mount
- стати́в (statív)a three-legged stand or mount
Catalan trípode
- trípodea three-legged stand or mount
Chinese Mandarin 三腳架 /三脚架
- 三腳架 /三脚架 (sānjiǎojià)a three-legged stand or mount
Czech stativ, trojnožka
- stativa three-legged stand or mount
- trojnožkaa three-legged stand or mount
- třínožkaa three-legged stand or mount
Danish stativ
- stativa three-legged stand or mount
Dutch statief, driepoot
- statiefa three-legged stand or mount
- driepoota three-legged stand or mount
Esperanto tripiedo, stativo
- tripiedoa three-legged stand or mount
- stativoa three-legged stand or mount
Estonian statiiv
- statiiva three-legged stand or mount
Finnish tripodi
- tripodia three-legged stand or mount
French trépied
- trépieda three-legged stand or mount
German Dreifuß, Dreibeinstativ
- Dreifußa three-legged stand or mount
- Dreibeinstativa three-legged stand or mount
- Dreibeina three-legged stand or mount
- Tripoda three-legged stand or mount
Greek πυροστιά, τρίποδας
- πυροστιά (pyrostiá)a three-legged stand or mount
- τρίποδας (trípodas)a three-legged stand or mount
Hebrew חֲצוּבָה
- חֲצוּבָה (khatsuvá)a three-legged stand or mount
Hindi तिपाई
- तिपाई (tipāī)a three-legged stand or mount
Hungarian tripod
- tripoda three-legged stand or mount
Icelandic þrífótur
- þrífótura three-legged stand or mount
Indonesian kaki tiga, tripod
- kaki tigaa three-legged stand or mount
- tripoda three-legged stand or mount
Irish branra
- branraa three-legged stand or mount
Italian treppiedi, cavalletto
- treppiedia three-legged stand or mount
- cavallettoa three-legged stand or mount
- tripodea three-legged stand or mount
Japanese 三脚架, トライポッド
- 三脚架 (sankyakuka)a three-legged stand or mount
- トライポッド (toraipoddo)a three-legged stand or mount
Korean 아리쇠, 다리쇠
- 아리쇠 (arisoe)a three-legged stand or mount
- 다리쇠 (darisoe)a three-legged stand or mount
- 삼발이 (sambari)a three-legged stand or mount
- 삼각대 (samgakdae)a three-legged stand or mount
- 트라이포드 (teuraipodeu)a three-legged stand or mount
Latin vāra
- vāraa three-legged stand or mount
Latvian trijkājis
- trijkājisa three-legged stand or mount
Lithuanian trikojis
- trikojisa three-legged stand or mount
Māori waetoru
- waetorua three-legged stand or mount
Norwegian Bokmål stativ
- stativa three-legged stand or mount
Persian سهپایه
- سهپایه (se-pâye)a three-legged stand or mount
Polish statyw, trójnóg
- statywa three-legged stand or mount
- trójnóga three-legged stand or mount
- tripoda three-legged stand or mount
Portuguese tripé
- tripéa three-legged stand or mount
Russian трено́га, трено́жник
- трено́га (trenóga)a three-legged stand or mount
- трено́жник (trenóžnik)a three-legged stand or mount
- штати́в (štatív)a three-legged stand or mount
- приня́ть по́зу трено́жника (prinjátʹ pózu trenóžnika)(intransitive) to enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress
Slovak statív, trojnožka
- statíva three-legged stand or mount
- trojnožkaa three-legged stand or mount
Spanish trípode, tripié
- trípodea three-legged stand or mount
- tripiéa three-legged stand or mount
- trípodesomeone with a large penis
Swedish stativ
- stativa three-legged stand or mount
Tagalog tungko
- tungkoa three-legged stand or mount
Tamil முக்காலி
- முக்காலி (mukkāli)a three-legged stand or mount
Thai ขาตั้งกล้อง
- ขาตั้งกล้อง (kǎa-dtâng-glɔ̂ng)a three-legged stand or mount
Turkish tripod, sehpa
- tripoda three-legged stand or mount
- sehpaa three-legged stand or mount
Ukrainian трині́жок, трині́жка
- трині́жок (trynížok)a three-legged stand or mount
- трині́жка (trynížka)a three-legged stand or mount
- штати́в (štatýv)a three-legged stand or mount
Urdu تپائی
- تپائی (tipāī)a three-legged stand or mount
Welsh trybedd
- trybedda three-legged stand or mount
Yiddish דרײַפֿוס
- דרײַפֿוס (drayfus)a three-legged stand or mount
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APA
tripod. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripod
MLA
“tripod.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripod. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tripod,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripod.
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