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Added 9 October 2026

trinity

/ˈtɹɪnɪti/ noun

Latin root: trīnitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about trinity at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A group or set of three people or things; three things combined into one.
The state of being three; independence of three things; things divided into three.

Origin

From Middle English trinite, from Anglo-Norman trinite and Old French ternite (modern French trinité), from Latin trīnitās, from trīnī (“three each”), from trēs (“three”). By surface analysis, trine + -ity. Displaced native Old English þrines (literally “threeness”).

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