different between trike vs trine

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?k

Etymology 1

Shortening of tricycle, probably modelled on bike.

Noun

trike (plural trikes)

1. A tricycle, typically that of a child
2. A three-wheeled motorbike
   • 2002, Sports 'n Spokes (volumes 28-29, page 36)

     As a trike, his motorbike gave him more stability at the price of some speed.

3. A kind of railroad maintenance vehicle: a speeder or jigger

See also

• bike

Verb

trike (third-person singular simple present trikes, present participle triking, simple past and past participle triked)

1. To tricycle; to travel by tricycle.

Etymology 2

Shortening of triceratops.

Noun

trike (plural trikes)

1. (informal) A triceratops.
   • 1992, David Koepp, Jurassic Park (screenplay)

     ELLIE: Oh, you know, if it's alright, I'd like to stay with Dr. Harding and finish with the trike. Is that okay?

Anagrams

• kiter

English

Etymology

From Middle French trin, from Latin tr?nus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

trine (not comparable)

1. Triple; threefold.
2. (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.

Synonyms

• (triple; threefold): tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple

Noun

trine (plural trines)

1. A group of three things.

   • a single trine of brazen tortoises

2. (astrology) An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

Synonyms

• (a group of three things): threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio

Verb

trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)

1. (transitive, astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.

   • By fortune he [Saturn] was now to Venus trined.

2. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To hang; To execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
3. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To go.

Anagrams

• -retin, -retin-, Inter, Terni, Tiner, inert, inter, inter-, niter, nitre, riten., terin

Caló

Numeral

trine

1. Alternative form of trin (“three”)

References

• “trine” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.

Italian

Noun

trine f

1. plural of trina

Anagrams

• entri, Terni, terni, treni

Latin

Adjective

tr?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of tr?nus

References

• trine in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

trine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of trinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of trinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of trinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of trinar

Spanish

Verb

trine

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of trinar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of trinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of trinar.