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10 Language-to-English Dictionariestripoints
Pronunciation / Transliteration: tripoin
"Le tripoint entre la France, l'Allemagne et la Suisse est très fréquenté."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Geographical points where the boundaries of three countries, states, or other administrative districts meet.
"Several famous European tripoints are marked by monuments accessible to tourists." - 2
Points in various technical or mathematical contexts where three distinct phases, regions, or lines converge.
"The phase diagram showed several tripoints under extreme pressure conditions."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English combining form 'tri-' (meaning three, from Latin and Greek) and 'point' (from Old French 'point', ultimately from Latin 'punctum'). The term emerged in modern geography and international law to describe geographical junctions where three distinct borders meet.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tripoints" is said worldwide
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tripoints
Transliteration: tripoin
"Le tripoint entre la France, l'Allemagne et la Suisse est très fréquenté."
Dreiländerecke
Transliteration: drai-laen-der-ek-e
"Das Dreiländerecke verbindet Deutschland, Frankreich und die Schweiz."
triplice confine
Transliteration: tri-pli-ce con-fi-ne
"Il triplice confine è facilmente raggiungibile a piedi."
trifinios
Transliteration: tri-fi-nios
"El trifinio une las fronteras de tres países diferentes."
tríplices fronteiras
Transliteration: tri-pli-ces fron-tei-ras
"As tríplices fronteiras exigem cooperação internacional."
त्रिसंधि बिंदु
Transliteration: tri-sandhi bindu
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"यह स्थान तीन देशों की सीमाओं का एक प्रमुख त्रिसंधि बिंदु है।"
三国交界点
Transliteration: sān guó jiāojiè diǎn
Script: 中文汉字
"这是一个著名的三国交界点。"
삼국 접경지
Transliteration: sam-guk jeop-gyeong-ji
Script: 한국어 한글
"그곳은 세 나라가 만나는 삼국 접경지입니다."
三国国境点
Transliteration: sankoku kokkyō ten
Script: 日本語
"その山頂は有名な三国国境点です。"
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