trirème
French, noun/tʁi.ʁɛm/
trirème is a French feminine noun meaning “trireme (galley with three banks of oars)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Galère à trois rangs de rames”.
What does trirème mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrireme (galley with three banks of oars)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Galère à trois rangs de rames.
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 trirème
- trirèmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce trirème?
- /tʁi.ʁɛm/
- \tʁi.ʁɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to trirème
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trirème in French?
trirème appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).