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trites

trites is the plural of trite.

Meaning of trite

Noun (1)

trite (plural trites)

  1. A denomination of coinage in ancient Greece equivalent to one third of a stater.

Noun (2)

trite (plural trites)

  1. (music theory) In Ancient Greek musical theory, the lower-pitched of the two movable notes in the farther tetrachord on a lyre, pitched lower than the paranete and higher than the paramese.

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Questions about trites

What is trites the plural of?
Trites is the plural of trite.

Words near trites in the dictionary

  1. triterpenoic
  2. triterpenoid
  3. triterpenoidal
  4. triterpenoids
  5. triterritorial
  6. trites
  7. tritest
  8. trithallium
  9. tritheism
  10. tritheisms
  11. tritheist

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