tripod
See also: Tripod
English
A camera tripod (sense 1)
A horde of Martian tripods (sense 2) attacking houses, in a 1906 illustration to The War of the Worlds.
Etymology
| PIE word |
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| *tréyes |
Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- + -pod. Doublet of tripus.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɒd/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪpɑd, -aɪpɒd
- Hyphenation: tri‧pod
Noun
tripod (plural tripods)
- A three-legged stand or mount.
- Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.
- (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.
Translations
a three-legged stand or mount
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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.
- I tripodded after my 6-mile run.
- (entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.
Translations
(intransitive) to enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress
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Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtripod]
- Hyphenation: tri‧pod
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tripod | tripodok |
| accusative | tripodot | tripodokat |
| dative | tripodnak | tripodoknak |
| instrumental | tripoddal | tripodokkal |
| causal-final | tripodért | tripodokért |
| translative | tripoddá | tripodokká |
| terminative | tripodig | tripodokig |
| essive-formal | tripodként | tripodokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tripodban | tripodokban |
| superessive | tripodon | tripodokon |
| adessive | tripodnál | tripodoknál |
| illative | tripodba | tripodokba |
| sublative | tripodra | tripodokra |
| allative | tripodhoz | tripodokhoz |
| elative | tripodból | tripodokból |
| delative | tripodról | tripodokról |
| ablative | tripodtól | tripodoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
tripodé | tripodoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
tripodéi | tripodokéi |
| Possessive forms of tripod | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | tripodom | tripodjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tripodod | tripodjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tripodja | tripodjai |
| 1st person plural | tripodunk | tripodjaink |
| 2nd person plural | tripodotok | tripodjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tripodjuk | tripodjaik |
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