tricontinental
French, adjective\tʁi.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\
tricontinental is spelled T-R-I-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-A-L (14 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tricontinental is a French adjective meaning “tricontinental” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui appartient à trois continents (la plupart du temps l’Asie, l’Afrique et les Amériques)”.
What does tricontinental mean in English?
adjective
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tricontinental
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui appartient à trois continents (la plupart du temps l’Asie, l’Afrique et les Amériques).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tricontinental
- tricontinentale feminine
- tricontinentaux masculine plural
- tricontinentales feminine plural
- tri-continental
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tricontinental?
- \tʁi.kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃.tal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tricontinental in French?
tricontinental appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).