triliteral
using or consisting of three letters.
(of Semitic roots) consisting of three consonants.
a triliteral word or root.
Origin of triliteral
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How to use triliteral in a sentence
triliteral, trī-lit′ėr-al, adj. consisting of three letters.
We can recognise any Semitic dialect by the triliteral character of its roots.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I | Friedrich Max MllerWords like pity might be made triliteral (triconsonantal) by doubling the tt; words like pitted, by ejecting it.
Man and His Migrations | R. G. (Robert Gordon) Lathamtriliteral and Multiliteral Propositions (such as “All abc are de”).
Symbolic Logic | Lewis CarrollAs Egyptian roots seldom exceeded three letters, there was no need for triliteral phonograms to spell them.
British Dictionary definitions for triliteral
/ (traɪˈlɪtərəl) /
having three letters
(of a word root in Semitic languages) consisting of three consonants
a word root of three consonants
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