different between triad vs diatribe

English

Etymology

From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek ????? (triás).

Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a?.æd/

Noun

triad (plural triads)

1. A grouping of three.

   Synonyms: threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
2. A word of three syllables.

   Synonym: trisyllable
3. A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
4. (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
5. (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.

Coordinate terms

• (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, heptad, octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad
• (word of four syllables): quaternion

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• mafia
• tong
• yakuza

Further reading

• triad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• drait, iTard

English

Etymology

First attested 1581, borrowed from French diatribe, from Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??t?a?b/

Noun

diatribe (plural diatribes)

1. An abusive, bitter, attack or criticism: denunciation.
2. A prolonged discourse.
3. A speech or writing which bitterly denounces something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diatribe

Derived terms

• diatribal

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin diatriba (“learned discussion or discourse”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (diatrib?, “way of spending time, lecture”), from ??? (diá, “through”) + ????? (tríb?, “I waste, wear out”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.t?ib/
• Rhymes: -ib

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (abusive, bitter discourse)

Descendants

• English: diatribe
• Portuguese: diatribe
• Spanish: diatriba

Further reading

• “diatribe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

diatribe f

1. plural of diatriba

Anagrams

• ibridate
• ribadite

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French diatribe.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di?a?tri?be

Noun

diatribe f (plural diatribes)

1. diatribe (bitter denunciation)

   Synonyms: catilinária, injúria

2. diatribe (prolongued discourse)