Tripolitan
/tɹɪˈpɒlɪtən/adjective, noun
Tripolitan is an adjective meaning “Of, from or relating to Tripoli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-I-P-O-L-I-T-A-N, and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Tripolitan mean?
adjective
- 1
Of, from or relating to Tripoli
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Tripoli
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Tripolitan?
- /tɹɪˈpɒlɪtən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Tripolitan
- more Tripolitan comparative
- most Tripolitan superlative
- Tripolitans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Tripolitan?
Tripolitan appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
Tripolitan in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tripolitain , Tripolitain, Tripolitaine |
| Portuguese | tripolitano , tripolitana |
| Spanish | tripolitano , tripolitana |
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 Tripolitan come from?
Borrowed from Latin Tripolitānus, from Tripolis + -itānus. By surface analysis, Tripolis + -itan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).