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tris legomenon

tris legomenon noun: a word occurring only three times in a given corpus.

Noun

tris legomenon (plural tris legomena)

  1. A word occurring only three times in a given corpus.

Forms of tris legomenon

pluraltris legomena

Origin of tris legomenon

From Ancient Greek τρὶς λεγόμενον (trìs legómenon, “(something) said only three times”), from τρίς (trís, “three times”) and λεγόμενον (legómenon), passive participle of λέγω (légō).

Questions about tris legomenon

What does tris legomenon mean?
Tris legomenon means a word occurring only three times in a given corpus.
What part of speech is tris legomenon?
Tris legomenon is a noun.
What is the plural of tris legomenon?
The plural of tris legomenon is tris legomena.

Words near tris legomenon in the dictionary

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

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