Standard Lemma guide

triptote

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

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  • /ˈtɹɪptoʊt/

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noun

Meaning 1

A noun which has three cases.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin triptōtum, from Ancient Greek τρίπτωτος (tríptōtos), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πίπτω (píptō, “to fall”) + -τος (-tos, verbal adjective–forming suffix), influenced by the verbal noun πτῶσις (ptôsis, “inflection”).

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُنْصَرِف (munṣarif) — a noun which has only three cases
  • Arabic: مُتَمَكِّن (mutamakkin) — a noun which has only three cases
  • Dutch: triptoot — a noun which has only three cases
  • French: triptote — a noun which has only three cases
  • German: triptotisches Nomen — a noun which has only three cases
  • German: Triptoton — a noun which has only three cases
  • German: Triptotum — a noun which has only three cases
  • Latin: triptotum — a noun which has only three cases
  • Latin: triptoton — a noun which has only three cases
  • Russian: трёхпаде́жное существи́тельное (trjoxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje) — a noun which has only three cases
  • Russian: трипто́т (triptót) — a noun which has only three cases