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Webster 1913 Edition

Triptote

Trip′tote

,

Noun.

[L.

triptotum

, Gr. [GREEK] with three cases; [GREEK] (see

) + [GREEK] falling, fr. [GREEK] to fall.]

(Gram.)

A noun having three cases only.

Webster 1828 Edition

Triptote

TRIP'TOTE

,

Noun.

[Gr. three, and case.] In grammar, a name having three cases only.

Definition 2024

triptote

triptote

English

Noun

triptote ‎(plural triptotes)

(grammar) In grammar, a noun which has three cases.
In Modern Standard Arabic, nouns belong to triptotes or diptotes, or can be indeclinable.

Derived terms

triptotic

Translations

(grammar) a noun which has only three cases

Arabic: مُنْصَرِف m ‎(munṣarif)
Dutch: triptoot m
French: triptote (fr) m

German: Triptoton n
Latin: triptotum, triptoton
Russian: трёхпаде́жное существи́тельное n ‎(trjóxpadéžnoje suščestvítelʹnoje), трипто́т ‎(triptót)

See also

diptote