tripod

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- +‎ -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɒd/ Rhymes: -aɪpɑd, -aɪpɒd, -ɒd Hyphenation: tri‧pod === Noun === tripod (plural tripods) A three-legged stand or mount. (science fiction) A fictional three-legged Martian war machine from H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds (1897). Synonyms: fighting-machine, Thing (slang) A man with macrophallism. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded) (intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress. (entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bipod monopod trivet === Anagrams === torpid == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtripod] Hyphenation: tri‧pod === Noun === tripod (plural tripodok) tripod (three-legged stand or mount) Synonym: háromlábú állvány ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English tripod. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtri.pɔt/ Rhymes: -pɔt Hyphenation: tri‧pod === Noun === tripod (plural tripod-tripod) tripod: a three-legged stand or mount Synonym: kaki tiga === Further reading === “tripod”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Greek τριπόδι (tripódi). By surface analysis, tri- +‎ -pod. === Noun === tripod n (plural tripoduri) tripod ==== Declension ==== === References === tripod in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN