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Yes. The word trine is a Scrabble US word. The word trine is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word trine is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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5-letter words (5 found)

INERT,INTER,NITER,NITRE,TRINE,

4-letter words (12 found)

NITE,REIN,RENT,RINE,RITE,TEIN,TERN,TIER,TINE,TIRE,TRIE,TRIN,

3-letter words (13 found)

ERN,IRE,NET,NIE,NIT,REI,REN,RET,RIN,RIT,TEN,TIE,TIN,

2-letter words (9 found)

EN,ER,ET,IN,IT,NE,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 40 words from trine according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of trine

trine

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɹaɪn/
  • Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English trine, from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

Adjective

trine (not comparable)

  1. Triple; threefold.
    Synonyms: tern, treble; see also Thesaurus:triple
  2. (astrology) Denoting the aspect of two celestial bodies which are 120° apart.

Noun

trine (plural trines)

  1. A group of three things.
    Synonyms: threesome, triad; see also Thesaurus:trio
  2. (astrology) An aspect of two astrological bodies when 120° apart.

Verb

trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)

  1. (transitive, astrology) To put in the aspect of a trine.
  2. (archaic, UK, thieves' cant) To hang; to execute (someone) by suspension from the neck.
    Synonyms: hang, swing; see also Thesaurus:die by hanging

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle English trynen, of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse troða (“to walk, tread”); compare Old Swedish trina (“to go”).

Verb

trine (third-person singular simple present trines, present participle trining, simple past and past participle trined)

  1. (obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) To go.

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “trine”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

  • terin, riten., inter-, n-tier, inert, -retin, -retin-, inter, Inter, retin, nitre, niter, Terni, Tiner

Caló

Numeral

trine

  1. alternative form of trin (“three”)

References

  • “trine” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.

Italian

Noun

trine f

  1. plural of trina

Anagrams

  • Inter, Terni, entri, inter-, terni, treni

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.nɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt̪riː.ne]

Numeral

trīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of trīnus

References

  • "trine", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French trin, from Latin trīnus.

Alternative forms

  • tryne

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtriːn(ə)/

Adjective

trine

  1. trine, triple
Related terms
  • trinite
Descendants
  • English: trine
References
  • “trīne, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

trine

  1. alternative form of trynen

Portuguese

Verb

trine

  1. inflection of trinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

trine

  1. inflection of trinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org