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tricolon

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (trik?los, having three parts)

Noun

tricolon (plural tricolons or tricola)

  1. (rhetoric) A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
    Hypernym: isocolon
    Hyponym: hendiatris
Derived terms
  • tricolon crescens
  • tricolon diminuens
Translations

Etymology 2

tri- +? colon

Noun

tricolon (plural tricolons)

  1. The symbol ?, a colon with three dots instead of two.

Further reading

  • isocolon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

  • Silva Rhetoricae

Dutch

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (trik?lon, having three parts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tri.ko??l?n/
  • Hyphenation: tri?co?lon

Noun

tricolon n (plural tricola)

  1. tricolon

tricolon From the web:

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  • what does tricolon do
  • what does tricolon mean in writing
  • what is tricolon crescens
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  • what does tricolon mean in rhetoric


bicolon

English

Noun

bicolon (plural bicolons)

  1. A pair of adjacent lines of poetry in which the second echoes the meaning of the first

See also

  • tricolon

bicolon From the web:

  • what does bicolor mean
  • bicolor meaning
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