trireme

See also: Trireme and trirème

English

A Greek trireme

Etymology

From Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪ.ɹiːm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

trireme (plural triremes)

1. (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.

Related terms

• unireme/monoreme/penteconter
• bireme
• quadrireme
• quinquereme/pentere
• polyreme

Translations

galley with three banks of oars

• Catalan: trirrem (ca) f
• Czech: triréma f
• Finnish: kolmisoutu (fi), trieeri
• French: trirème (fr) f
• Galician: trirreme (gl) m
• German: Trireme (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: τριήρης f (triḗrēs)

• Hebrew: טְרִירֶמָה (he) f (trirema), תְּלַת חַתְרִית (he) (tlat khatrit)
• Italian: trireme f
• Polish: trirema (pl) f, tryrema (pl) f
• Portuguese: trirreme (pt) f, trirremo m
• Russian: трире́ма (ru) f (triréma)
• Spanish: trirreme (es) m or f

See also

• trireme on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• meriter

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trirēmis, from tri- + rēmus (“oar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈrɛ.me/
• Rhymes: -ɛme
• Hyphenation: tri‧rè‧me

Noun

trireme f (plural triremi)

1. trireme

Anagrams

• trimere

Latin

Adjective

trirēme

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of trirēmis