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PRONUNCIATION OF TRICONSONANTAL

triconsonantal  [traɪˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRICONSONANTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Triconsonantal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TRICONSONANTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Semitic root

The roots of verbs and most nouns in the Semitic languages are characterized as a sequence of consonants or "radicals". Such abstract consonantal roots are used in the formation of actual words by adding the vowels and non-root consonants which go with a particular morphological category around the root consonants, in an appropriate way, generally following specific patterns. It is a peculiarity of Semitic linguistics that a large majority of these consonantal roots are triliterals.

Definition of triconsonantal in the English dictionary

The definition of triconsonantal in the dictionary is having three consonants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRICONSONANTAL


assonantal
ˌæsəˈnæntəl
cantle
ˈkæntəl
consonantal
ˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl
determinantal
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈnæntəl
dismantle
dɪsˈmæntəl
Fremantle
ˈfriːˌmæntəl
hantle
ˈhæntəl
mantel
ˈmæntəl
mantle
ˈmæntəl
octantal
ɒkˈtæntəl
outmantle
ˌaʊtˈmæntəl
overmantel
ˈəʊvəˌmæntəl
postconsonantal
ˌpəʊstˌkɒnsəˈnæntəl
preconsonantal
ˌpriːkɒnsəˈnæntəl
quadrantal
kwɒˈdræntəl
santal
ˈsæntəl
scantle
ˈskæntəl
sextantal
seksˈtæntəl
sonantal
səʊˈnæntəl
unmantle
ʌnˈmæntəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRICONSONANTAL

tricksy
tricktrack
tricky
triclad
triclinia
triclinic
triclinium
triclosan
tricolette
tricolour
triconsonantic
tricorn
tricornered
tricorporate
tricostate
tricot
tricoteuse
tricotine
tricrotic
tricrotism

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRICONSONANTAL

Cantal
car rental
Continental
covenantal
dental
environmental
experimental
frontal
fundamental
governmental
horizontal
incremental
instrumental
mental
oriental
ornamental
parental
quantal
remnantal
rental

Synonyms and antonyms of triconsonantal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «triconsonantal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRICONSONANTAL

Find out the translation of triconsonantal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of triconsonantal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «triconsonantal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

triconsonantal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

triconsonantal
570 millions of speakers

English

triconsonantal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

triconsonantal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تريكونسونانتال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

triconsonantal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

triconsonantal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

triconsonantal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

triconsonantique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Triconsonantal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

triconsonantal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

triconsonantal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

triconsonantal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Triconsonantal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

triconsonantal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

triconsonantal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रिकोनोनान्टल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

triconsonantal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

triconsonantica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trójspółgłoskowymi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

triconsonantal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

triconsonantal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

triconsonantal
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

triconsonantal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

triconsonantal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

triconsonantal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of triconsonantal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRICONSONANTAL»

The term «triconsonantal» is used very little and occupies the 183.246 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of triconsonantal
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRICONSONANTAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «triconsonantal» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «triconsonantal» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about triconsonantal

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRICONSONANTAL»

Discover the use of triconsonantal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to triconsonantal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Comparative Semitic Linguistics: A Manual
Evading the Triconsonantal Root It is generally known that the Semitic languages are characterized by root morphemes consisting of three consonants. Of course, there are morphemes that seem to have just one consonant (*bi 'in, with'), ...
Patrick R. Bennett, 1998
2
Phonology as Human Behavior: Theoretical Implications and ...
TheTriconsonantal (CCC) Root System The Data I will present here a partial analysis of the combinatory phonology of the triconsonantal (CCC) root system of a generalized (panchronic) view of Hebrew, leaving a more complete analysis of  ...
Y. Tobin, 1997
3
A Grammar of Biblical Hebrew
For an earlier attempt to argue for original, universal biconsonantism, see Hurwitz 1913, and more recently Voigt 1988, on which see Blau 1992, esp. p. 250. It has also been pointed out that a number of seemingly triconsonantal roots share an ...
Paul Joüon, 2006
4
Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development
Most of these languages have a few words with triconsonantal medial clusters which, effectively, consist of a word-final biconsonantal cluster plus a word-initial consonant, i.e. apical liquid (or y); plus non-apical stop or nasal; plus stop or nasal ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, 2002
5
The Writing Revolution: Cuneiform to the Internet
Uniconsonantal signs could also be added as phonetic complements to triconsonantal signs. When they followed triconsonantal signs, however, they did not mean the sign was being used purely phonologically. Unlike biconsonantal signs ...
Amalia E. Gnanadesikan, 2011
6
Semitic and Indo-European
wine mixed with water, honey, or something else, they did not take over the earlier IE triconsonantal root (attested in but instead the modified IE forms with the suffix *-sk-, which led to the variable Semitic triconsonantal {m(-)s(-)k/Z(-)g}.
Saul Levin, 2002
7
A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Andalusi Arabic
III (triconsonantal root, with lengthening of1st vowel, synchronically amount— ing to stress in AA, with a conative connotation) {fa'al}.2°4 IV (triconsonantal root, with the prefix {'a+}, with a causative connotation, uncommon in NA and mostly ...
University of Zaragoza, 2012
8
Journal of the American Oriental Society
The PHel in Hebrew.— By Louis B. Wolfenson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. In the Semitic languages the great majority of words are derived from triconsonantal roots. There are a number of plurieonsonantal roots,1 e. g., ( impf.
‎1907
9
A Grammar of Mapuche
6.3.2 Triconsonantal clusters at morpheme boundaries Cfw is the only type of triconsonantal cluster found in native words. The following clusters were recorded: ffw, dfw, shfw, wfw, rfw, mfw and lfw. The cluster fw added to the Spanish root ...
Ineke Smeets, 2008
10
English Prosodic Morphology
For practical reasons, triconsonantal consonant clusters had to be excluded from the analysis.2 For the investigation, Phillips (2002) and Wallace (1992) yielded a total number of 312 base-derivative pairs. The procedure employed in the ...
Sabine Lappe, 2008

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRICONSONANTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term triconsonantal is used in the context of the following news items.
1
American rescued from Taliban, coalition says
With a triconsonantal root from which the word comes. Which is common to a number of Semitic Languages such as Aramaic and Arabic .Which use it similar. «NBCNews.com, Dec 12»
2
Lima Nama Pria Terpopuler di Umat Islam
Muhammad adalah transliterasi utama dari nama yang diberikan Arab dari akar triconsonantal H-MD; yang berarti 'puji'. Tak hanya itu, nama dan transliterasi ... «Republika Online, Oct 12»
3
Learning (and Loving) a Foreign Language
... and then bury themselves in a grammar text full of phrases like “genitive construction,” “triconsonantal root” and “enclitic pronoun,” you are unlikely to cultivate ... «Triple Helix Online, Jul 11»
4
Madrassa: Breeding ground of Jihadists
The word madrasah is derived from the triconsonantal root, which relates to learning or teaching, through the wazn [form/stem], meaning "a place where X is ... «Modern Ghana, Mar 09»

REFERENCE
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