different between triforium vs tritorium

English

Etymology

From Latin triforium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?a???f?????m/

Noun

triforium (plural triforia or triforiums)

1. (architecture) The gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tri?fo.ri.um/, [t????f??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tri?fo.ri.um/, [t??i?f???ium]

Noun

triforium n (genitive trifori? or trifor?); second declension

1. triforium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• ? English: triforium
• Italian: triforio
• Spanish: triforio

References

• triforium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

triforium n (definite singular triforiet, indefinite plural triforier, definite plural triforia or triforiene)

1. (architecture) triforium

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

triforium n (definite singular triforiet, indefinite plural triforium, definite plural triforia)

1. (architecture) triforium

English

Etymology

Compare Latin terere, tritum (“to rub”).

Noun

tritorium (plural tritoria)

1. (chemistry, obsolete) A vessel for separating liquids of different densities.