noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈtɹaɪpɒd/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈtɹɑjpɔd/
General-American:/ˈtɹaɪpɑd/
Australian:/ˈtɹɑepɔd/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
New-Zealand:/ˈtɹɑepɒd/
New-Zealand:[ˈtɹɑe̯pɔ̟d]
Scotland:/ˈtɾaɪpɔd/
Wales:/ˈtɾaɪpɒd/
rhymes with -aɪpɒd
CMU ARPABET:T R AY1 P AA2 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A three-legged stand or mount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An organism with three limbs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
a three-legged rack used for support
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rack, stand
Narrower terms: camera tripod, easel
History
Etymology
PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin tripod- (stem of tripūs, tripodis), from Ancient Greek τρίποδ- (trípod-, stem of τρίπους, τρίποδος (trípous, trípodos), literally “three-footed”); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus, tripos, and teapoy.
Across languages
Translations
107 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
driepoot
— a three-legged stand or mount
Afrikaans:
statief
— a three-legged stand or mount
Albanian:
trekëmbësh
— a three-legged stand or mount
Armenian:
եռոտանի
(eṙotani)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Armenian:
կասկարա
(kaskara)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Azerbaijani:
üçayaq
— a three-legged stand or mount
Belarusian:
трыно́га
(trynóha)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Belarusian:
трыно́жнік
(trynóžnik)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Belarusian:
штаты́ў
(štatýw)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Bengali:
টিপাই
(ṭipai)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Bulgarian:
трино́жник
(trinóžnik)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Bulgarian:
трино́га
(trinóga)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Bulgarian:
стати́в
(statív)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Catalan:
trípode
— a three-legged stand or mount
Chinese Mandarin:
三腳架 /三脚架
(sānjiǎojià)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Coptic:
ⲧⲣⲓⲡⲟⲥ
(tripos)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Czech:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Czech:
trojnožka
— a three-legged stand or mount
Czech:
třínožka
— a three-legged stand or mount
Danish:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Dutch:
statief
— a three-legged stand or mount
Dutch:
driepoot
— a three-legged stand or mount
Esperanto:
tripiedo
— a three-legged stand or mount
Esperanto:
stativo
— a three-legged stand or mount
Estonian:
statiiv
— a three-legged stand or mount
Finnish:
tripodi
— a three-legged stand or mount
French:
trépied
— a three-legged stand or mount
Galician:
trípode
— a three-legged stand or mount
Galician:
trepia
— a three-legged stand or mount
Galician:
trespés
— a three-legged stand or mount
Galician:
trébede
— a three-legged stand or mount
German:
Dreifuß
— a three-legged stand or mount
German:
Dreibeinstativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
German:
Dreibein
— a three-legged stand or mount
German:
Tripod
— a three-legged stand or mount
Greek:
πυροστιά
(pyrostiá)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Greek:
τρίποδας
(trípodas)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ancient Greek:
τρίπους
(trípous)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Hebrew:
חֲצוּבָה
(khatsuvá)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Hindi:
तिपाई
(tipāī)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Hungarian:
tripod
— a three-legged stand or mount
Icelandic:
þrífótur
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ido:
tripedo
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ido:
stativo
— a three-legged stand or mount
Indonesian:
kaki tiga
— a three-legged stand or mount
Indonesian:
tripod
— a three-legged stand or mount
Irish:
branra
— a three-legged stand or mount
Italian:
treppiedi
— a three-legged stand or mount
Italian:
cavalletto
— a three-legged stand or mount
Italian:
tripode
— a three-legged stand or mount
Japanese:
三脚架
(sankyakuka)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Japanese:
トライポッド
(toraipoddo)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Korean:
아리쇠
(arisoe)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Korean:
다리쇠
(darisoe)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Korean:
삼발이
(sambari)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Korean:
삼각대
(samgakdae)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Korean:
트라이포드
(teuraipodeu)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Latin:
vāra
— a three-legged stand or mount
Latvian:
trijkājis
— a three-legged stand or mount
Lithuanian:
trikojis
— a three-legged stand or mount
Macedonian:
триножник
(trinožnik)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Macedonian:
триногалка
(trinogalka)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Macedonian:
стати́в
(statív)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Manx:
treechoshagh
— a three-legged stand or mount
Māori:
waetoru
— a three-legged stand or mount
Norwegian Bokmål:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Norwegian Nynorsk:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Persian:
سهپایه
(se-pâye)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Plautdietsch:
Dreefoot
— a three-legged stand or mount
Polish:
statyw
— a three-legged stand or mount
Polish:
trójnóg
— a three-legged stand or mount
Polish:
tripod
— a three-legged stand or mount
Portuguese:
tripé
— a three-legged stand or mount
Russian:
трено́га
(trenóga)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Russian:
трено́жник
(trenóžnik)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Russian:
штати́в
(štatív)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Sanskrit:
त्रिपाद
(tripāda)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Serbo-Croatian:
тро̀ножац
— a three-legged stand or mount
Serbo-Croatian:
тро̀ног
— a three-legged stand or mount
Serbo-Croatian:
trònožac
— a three-legged stand or mount
Serbo-Croatian:
trònog
— a three-legged stand or mount
Sicilian:
trippedi
— a three-legged stand or mount
Sicilian:
cavaḍḍittu
— a three-legged stand or mount
Slovak:
statív
— a three-legged stand or mount
Slovak:
trojnožka
— a three-legged stand or mount
Slovene:
trinožnik
— a three-legged stand or mount
Slovene:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Southern Altai:
очок
(očok)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Southern Altai:
ӱч бутту такта
(üč buttu takta)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Southern Altai:
ӱч бутту стол
(üč buttu stol)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Southern Altai:
кижен
(kižen)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Spanish:
trípode
— a three-legged stand or mount
Spanish:
tripié
— a three-legged stand or mount
Swedish:
stativ
— a three-legged stand or mount
Tagalog:
tungko
— a three-legged stand or mount
Tamil:
முக்காலி
(mukkāli)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Thai:
ขาตั้งกล้อง
(kǎa-dtâng-glɔ̂ng)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Turkish:
tripod
— a three-legged stand or mount
Turkish:
sehpa
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ottoman Turkish:
سهپا
(sehpa)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ukrainian:
трині́жок
(trynížok)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ukrainian:
трині́жка
(trynížka)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Ukrainian:
штати́в
(štatýv)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Urdu:
تپائی
(tipāī)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Welsh:
trybedd
— a three-legged stand or mount
Yiddish:
דרײַפֿוס
(drayfus)
— a three-legged stand or mount
Russian:
приня́ть по́зу трено́жника
(prinjátʹ pózu trenóžnika)
— (intransitive) to enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress