triptote

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/ˈtɹɪptoʊt/

noun

A noun which has three cases.

“In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.”

OriginLatin triptōtum ← Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος →
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Meanings

nountriptote (plural triptotes)

plural triptotes

  1. grammarA noun which has three cases.

    In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτρίπτωτος
  2. Latintriptōtum
  3. Englishtriptote

From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”).

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Translations

Arabic مُنْصَرِف, مُتَمَكِّن
  • مُنْصَرِف (munṣarif)a noun which has only three cases
  • مُتَمَكِّن (mutamakkin)a noun which has only three cases
Dutch triptoot
  • triptoota noun which has only three cases
French triptote
  • triptotea noun which has only three cases
German triptotisches Nomen, Triptoton
  • triptotisches Nomena noun which has only three cases
  • Triptotona noun which has only three cases
  • Triptotuma noun which has only three cases
Latin triptotum, triptoton
  • triptotuma noun which has only three cases
  • triptotona noun which has only three cases
Russian трёхпаде́жное существи́тельное, трипто́т
  • трёхпаде́жное существи́тельное (trjoxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje)a noun which has only three cases
  • трипто́т (triptót)a noun which has only three cases
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APA

triptote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triptote

MLA

“triptote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triptote. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triptote,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triptote.

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