trigram
Meaningthree letters
Common meaning: a group of three letters or symbols
- trithree
- grama written letter or markLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 168 · scan
‘three’ + ‘a written letter or mark’ → trigram
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek γράμμα ‘a written letter or mark’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry γράμμα, p. 168 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γράμμα Greek “a written letter or mark”
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