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triaconter

triaconter noun: a vessel with thirty rows of oars for rowers.

Noun

triaconter (plural triaconters)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A vessel with thirty rows of oars for rowers.

Forms of triaconter

pluraltriaconters
alternative formtriakonter

Origin of triaconter

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τριακοντήρης (triakontḗrēs). By surface analysis, triacont- (“thirty”) + -er (“thing to which a certain number applies”).

Questions about triaconter

What does triaconter mean?
Triaconter means a vessel with thirty rows of oars for rowers.
What part of speech is triaconter?
Triaconter is a noun.
What is the plural of triaconter?
The plural of triaconter is triaconters.

Words near triaconter in the dictionary

  1. triacontanol
  2. triacontanols
  3. triacontanyl
  4. triacontatetragon
  5. triacontatetragons
  6. triaconter
  7. triaconters
  8. triacrylate
  9. triacrylates
  10. triacs
  11. triacsin C

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