trine

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

6 C Eraudi 8 19 4 35 8 will. 7 2 Trine Mars Merc. — Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin
Those, That round them fleet, gazing the Godhead next, Are thrones; in whom the first trine ends. — The divine comedy, Dante Alighieri
And aught else besides Thee was there not, whereof Thou mightest create them, O God, One Trinity, and Trine Unity; and therefore out of nothing didst Thou create heaven and earth; a great thing, and a small thing; for Thou art Almighty and Good, to make all things good, even the great heaven, and the petty earth. — The Confessions of St. Augustine, of Hippo, Saint Augustine

three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-ace

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