adj
Meaning 1
Lasting three days.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
triduan
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈtɹɪdjʊən/
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UK: /ˈtɹaɪdjʊən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Happening every third day.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1810 January—June, The Universal Magazine, New Series, Volume XIII, page 103, The diurnal or triduan prints are too expensive for every individual, and in consequence the weekly ones have been established; [...] .
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An event lasting three days.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From Latin triduanus, from triduum (“space of three days”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: եռօրյա (eṙōrya) — lasting three days
- Dutch: driedaags — lasting three days
- Finnish: kolmipäiväinen — lasting three days
- Greek: τριήμερος (triímeros) — lasting three days
- Italian: triduario — lasting three days
- Portuguese: triduano — lasting three days
- Russian: трёхдневный (trjóxdnevnyj) — lasting three days
- Ukrainian: триденний (trydennyj) — lasting three days
- Dutch: driedagelijks — happening every third day
- Armenian: եռօրյա (eṙōrya) — an event lasting three days
- Russian: трёхдневка (trjóxdnevka) — an event lasting three days