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tris

/tɹɪs/

tris noun: a flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is used as a buffer and emulsifying agent. Also the plural of tri.

Noun (1)

tris (uncountable)

  1. A flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is used as a buffer and emulsifying agent.

Noun (2)

tris (uncountable)

  1. A phosphoric acid ester C₉H₁₅Br₆O₄P formerly used to flameproof clothes and especially children's nightclothes until it was found to cause cancer in animals.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Tris

Tris

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Tristram or Tristan.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Tris

Tris

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Patricia or Beatrice.
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    • I said, 'Are you Isabel or Tris?'2009, Gregg Hurwitz, We Know, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Tris

Tris

  1. (plural) plural of Tri

Proper noun (4) capitalized: TRIS

TRIS

  1. (US, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of Transportation Research Information Services.

Noun (3) capitalized: TRIs

TRIs

  1. (plural) plural of TRI

Also used as

tris is also the plural of tri.

tris meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

tris in Hindi

ट्रिस, त्रिस

tris in Tamil

ட்ரிஸ், திரிஸ்

tris in Bengali

ত্রিস

tris in Telugu

త్రిస్, ట్రిస్
More languagesFewer languages
tris in Malayalam
ത്രിസ്, ട്രിസ്
tris in Kannada
ಟ್ರಿಸ್, ತ್ರಿಸ್
tris in Punjabi
ਟਰਿਸ
tris in Odia
ଟ୍ରିସ୍
tris in Nepali
ट्रिस

Forms of tris

alternative formtris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
alternative formtris buffer
alternative formTHAM
alternative formtrometamol
alternative formtromethamine

Origin of tris

Abbreviation of tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane.

Abbreviation of tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)phosphate.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Words formed from tris

Phrases with tris

Words that rhyme with tris

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Questions about tris

What does tris mean?
Tris means a flammable compound which forms a corrosive solution in water and is used as a buffer and emulsifying agent.
What is tris in Hindi?
Tris in Hindi is ट्रिस, त्रिस. See Tris meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tris?
Tris can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tris?
Tris is pronounced /tɹɪs/.

Words near tris in the dictionary

  1. triricinolein
  2. triron
  3. trirotor
  4. trirotors
  5. trirubidium
  6. tris
  7. tris legomena
  8. tris legomenon
  9. tris-
  10. trisaccate
  11. trisaccharide

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tris (page history and authors); Tris (page history and authors); TRIS (page history and authors); TRIs (page history and authors); tris (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tris (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.

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