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Tridentine

/tɹaɪˈdɛntaɪn/adjective, noun

Tridentine is spelled T-R-I-D-E-N-T-I-N-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Tridentine means “Relating to Trent, Italy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in Tridentine?

Letters10: T-R-I-D-E-N-T-I-N-E
In writingabout once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st 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 Tridentine?

Tridentine appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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 Tridentine?

  • /tɹaɪˈdɛntaɪn/
  • /tɹɪˈdɛntaɪn/
  • /ˈtɹɪdəntin/

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

Forms of Tridentine

  • more Tridentine comparative
  • most Tridentine superlative
  • Tridentines plural

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

What does Tridentine mean?

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

adjective

  1. 1

    Relating to Trent, Italy.

  2. 2

    Relating to the Council of Trent.

  3. 3

    Pertaining to the form of Mass promulgated at the Council of Trent, often called the Tridentine Mass.

  4. 4

    Aligned with the traditionalist Catholic movement.

noun

  1. 1

    A strong follower of the Tridentine Creed established at the Council of Trent.

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

Tridentine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanTrienter (relating to the city of Trent), tridentinisch (relating to the Council of Trent)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does Tridentine come from?

From Latin Tridentīnus (“pertaining to Trent”).

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

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