tripolar
adjective
tripolar is an adjective meaning “Having three poles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-I-P-O-L-A-R, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does tripolar mean?
adjective
- 1
Having three poles.
- 2
Having three electrical connections.
- 3
Having or involving three centers of military, economic or political power.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is tripolar?
Tripolar appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th 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).
Tripolar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having three poles:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tripolaire |
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 tripolar come from?
From tri- + polar.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).