Standard Lemma guide

three-headed

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈθɹiːˌhɛdəd/
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adj

Meaning 1

Having three heads.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: triple-headed, tricephalic, tricephalous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From three + headed.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: трохгало́вы (troxhalóvy) — having three heads
  • Bulgarian: тригла́в (trigláv) — having three heads
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三頭的 /三头的 (sān tóu de) — having three heads
  • Czech: trojhlavý — having three heads
  • Czech: tříhlavý — having three heads
  • Danish: trehovedet — having three heads
  • Dutch: driekoppig — having three heads
  • Finnish: kolmipäinen — having three heads
  • French: tricéphale — having three heads
  • Friulian: tricefal — having three heads
  • German: dreiköpfig — having three heads
  • Ancient Greek: τρικέφαλος (triképhalos) — having three heads
  • Hindi: तिमुँहा (timũhā) — having three heads
  • Hungarian: háromfejű — having three heads
  • Icelandic: þríhöfða — having three heads
  • Icelandic: þríhöfðaður — having three heads
  • Ido: trikapa — having three heads
  • Ingrian: kolmipäin — having three heads
  • Italian: tricefalo — having three heads
  • Latin: triceps — having three heads
  • Occitan: tricefal — having three heads
  • Occitan: tricefale — having three heads
  • Polish: trójgłowy — having three heads
  • Polish: trzygłowy — having three heads
  • Romanian: tricefal — having three heads
  • Russian: трёхголо́вый (trjoxgolóvyj) — having three heads
  • Russian: трегла́вый (treglávyj) — having three heads
  • Serbo-Croatian: тро̀глав — having three heads
  • Serbo-Croatian: tròglav — having three heads
  • Slovak: trojhlavý — having three heads
  • Slovene: triglav — having three heads
  • Spanish: tricéfalo — having three heads
  • Swedish: trehövdad — having three heads
  • Ukrainian: триголо́вий (tryholóvyj) — having three heads
  • Ukrainian: тригла́вий (tryhlávyj) — having three heads
  • Vietnamese: ba đầu — having three heads
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