noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈtɹɛntəl/
rhymes with -ɛntəl
1
noun
Meaning 1
A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The payment for this service.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete, rare
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Synonyms: triacontad, any set of thirty things
Antonyms: none provided
4
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Meaning 4
Synonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, obsolete
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Synonyms: elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem
Antonyms: none provided
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Meaning 5
Synonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: month's mind
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication; believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and feet
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pentoxifylline
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drug
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).