trinity
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈtɹɪnɪti//
- Estados Unidos//ˈtɹɪnəti//
- Estados Unidos/[-ɾi]/
A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
sustantivo
- 1
A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
Near-synonyms: threesome, triad, trio, trine, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat's-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
- 2
The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.
Etimología
From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).
Formas
- plural
- trinities
trinity · A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
Trinity · In Christian belief, the three persons of the Godhead: the…trio · A group of three people or things.trip · A journey; an excursion or jaunt.