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triliterate

triliterate adjective: capable of reading and writing in three languages.

Adjective

triliterate (not comparable)

  1. Capable of reading and writing in three languages.

Origin of triliterate

From tri- + literate.

Questions about triliterate

What does triliterate mean?
Triliterate means capable of reading and writing in three languages.
What part of speech is triliterate?
Triliterate is an adjective.

Words near triliterate in the dictionary

  1. triliteralism
  2. triliterality
  3. triliterally
  4. triliteralness
  5. triliterals
  6. triliterate
  7. trilith
  8. trilitha
  9. trilithic
  10. trilithionite
  11. trilithium

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