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trental

/ˈtɹɛntəl/noun

trental is spelled T-R-E-N-T-A-L: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trental means “A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trental is trentals.

How many letters and syllables are in trental?

Letters7: T-R-E-N-T-A-L
In writingabout once in every 95 million words; the 313,259th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is trental?

Trental appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce trental?

  • /ˈtɹɛntəl/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of trental

  • trentals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does trental mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A set of 30 requiem masses, said once a day for a month or all in one day.

  2. 2

    The payment for this service.

  3. 3

    obsoleterareSynonym of triacontad, any set of thirty things.

  4. 4

    obsoleteSynonym of elegy, any funeral or funereal song or poem.

  5. 5

    archaicSynonym of month's mind, the commemorative service held on the 30th day after burial.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does trental come from?

From Medieval Latin trentāle directly or via Old French trentel, from the neuter substantive of *Vulgar Latin trenta + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from Latin trīgintā (“thirty”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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