trigone
/trɪˈɡəʊn/noun
trigone is spelled T-R-I-G-O-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, trigone means “One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of trigone is trigones.
How many letters and syllables are in trigone?
| Letters | 7: T-R-I-G-O-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is trigone?
Trigone appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th 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 trigone?
- UK /trɪˈɡəʊn/
- UK /ˈtrʌɪɡəʊn/
Trigone has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with trigone?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as trigone from its last stressed vowel (/əʊn/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: negrito.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of trigone
- trigones plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does trigone mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
- 2
A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does trigone come from?
From French trigone, from Latin trigōnum, from Ancient Greek τρῐ́γωνον (trĭ́gōnon). Doublet of trigon and trigonon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).