tripod

Syllables: tri·podUK/ˈtɹaɪpɒd/

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British/ˈtɹɑjpɔd/

tripod noun: a three-legged stand or mount.

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Noun

tripod (plural tripods)

A three-legged stand or mount.
- Cameras often have tripod attachments, which help when taking steady photographs.
An organism with three limbs.
A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897).

Synonyms:

fighting-machine, Thing
(humorous, slang) Someone with a very large penis.

Verb

tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)

(intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.
- I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
(intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

tripod meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

tripod in Hindi

a three-legged stand or mount: तिपाई tipāī

tripod in Tamil

a three-legged stand or mount: முக்காலி mukkāli

tripod in Urdu

a three-legged stand or mount: تپائی tipāī

More languagesFewer languages

tripod in Bengali: টিপাই ṭipai
tripod in Telugu: ముక్కాలిపీట mukkālipīṭa
tripod in Malayalam: ട്രൈപോഡ്, ത്രിപോഡ്
tripod in Kannada: ಮೂರು ಕಾಲಿನ ಪೀಠ, ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲಿ
tripod in Punjabi: ਟ੍ਰਾਈਪੌਡ, ਟ੍ਰਾਈਪੋਡ
tripod in Gujarati: તિરપાઈ tirpāī
tripod in Odia: ଟ୍ରାଇପୋଡ୍, ଟ୍ରାଇପୋଡ, ଟ୍ରାଇପଡ୍
tripod in Sanskrit: त्रिपाद tripāda
tripod in Nepali: ट्राइपोड, ट्राइपड
tripod in Tagalog: tungko
tripod in Indonesian: kaki tiga, tripod
tripod in Persian: سهپایه se-pâye
tripod in Thai: ขาตั้งกล้อง kǎa-dtâng-glɔ̂ng

Examples of tripod in a sentence

You can hand-hold many professional cameras, but using a tripod may be a better idea.
I'll get the tripod ready, and you find the camera.
A tripod can be formed of three hop poles or barlings.

All 20 example sentences with tripod

Synonyms of tripod

fighting-machine
Thing

Forms of tripod

Noun
plural	tripods
Verb
third-person singular present	tripods
present participle	tripoding
past participle	tripoded
past	tripoded

Plural of tripod: tripods

Origin of tripod

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.

Words formed from tripod

Phrases with tripod

tripod position

Questions about tripod

What does tripod mean?: Tripod means a three-legged stand or mount.
What is tripod in Hindi?: Tripod in Hindi is तिपाई (tipāī). See Tripod meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tripod?: Tripod can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce tripod?: Tripod is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪpɒd/ (UK).
What is the plural of tripod?: The plural of tripod is tripods.

Words near tripod in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: tripod (page history and authors); tripod (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ముక్కాలిపీట (Telugu) (page history and authors); tripod (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tripod (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tripod (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); તિરપાઈ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); tripod (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tripod (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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