kolmikko — meaning in English
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English meaning
- threesome noun A group made up of three people or things.
- triad noun A group or set of three closely related people or things.
- trial noun A formal examination of evidence in court to decide whether someone is guilty of a crime or liable in a dispute.
- triple adjective Made up of three parts, or three times the usual amount.
- triplet noun A set of three, particularly
- triumvirate noun A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
Senses
kolmikko is used for these senses in English:
- threesome A group of three people or things.
- triad A grouping of three.
- trial (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)
- triple (mathematics, computing) A sequence of three elements or 3-tuple.
- triplet One of a group of three, particularly
- triumvirate An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.
threesome — full definition
- noun A group made up of three people or things.
- noun Sexual activity involving three participants.
triad — full definition
- noun A group or set of three closely related people or things.
- noun (music) A chord made up of three notes: a root note plus the third and fifth above it.
- noun A Chinese organized-crime society, historically based in Hong Kong.