triduum

See also: Triduum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trīduum, from trēs (“three”) + diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪ.dju.əm/, /ˈtraɪ.dju.əm/

Noun

triduum (plural triduums or tridua)

  1. A period of three days (especially in Roman Catholic liturgy).

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *trizdiwom. Equivalent to Latin trēs + diēs (“day”).

Pronunciation

Noun

trīduum n (genitive trīduī); second declension

  1. the space of three days, three days

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trīduum trīdua
Genitive trīduī trīduōrum
Dative trīduō trīduīs
Accusative trīduum trīdua
Ablative trīduō trīduīs
Vocative trīduum trīdua

Descendants
  • → English: triduum
  • → Italian: triduo
  • → Spanish: triduo

References
  • “triduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “triduum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triduum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin trīduum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /triˈdu.um/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uum
  • Syllabification: tri‧du‧um
  • Homophone: Triduum

Noun

triduum n

  1. triduum (period of three days)

Declension
Declension of triduum
singular plural
nominative triduum tridua
genitive triduum triduów
dative triduum triduom
accusative triduum tridua
instrumental triduum triduami
locative triduum triduach
vocative triduum tridua

Further reading
  • triduum in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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