different between tripod vs cabane

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trip?s, tripodis, from Ancient Greek ??????? (trípous); equivalent to tri- +? -pod. Doublet of tripus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?a?p?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t?a?p?d/
• Hyphenation: tri?pod

Noun

tripod (plural tripods)

1. A three-legged stand or mount.

1. (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

2. (slang) A man with macrophallism.

Translations

Verb

tripod (third-person singular simple present tripods, present participle tripoding, simple past and past participle tripoded)

1. (intransitive) To enter the tripod position showing signs of exhaustion or distress.

Translations

See also

• bipod
• monopod
• trivet

Anagrams

• torpid

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tripod]
• Hyphenation: tri?pod

Noun

tripod (plural tripodok)

1. tripod (three-legged stand or mount)

   Synonym: háromlábú állvány

Declension

English

Noun

cabane (plural cabanes)

1. (aviation) The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.

French

Etymology

From Occitan cabana, from Late Latin capanna, of uncertain origin (see further etymology there).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ban/
• Homophone: cabanes

Noun

cabane f (plural cabanes)

1. cabin, hut, shack; shed
2. (slang) prison
3. (Louisiana) workshop

   Synonym: atelier

Synonyms

• (cabin, hut): cabine, hutte

Derived terms

Further reading

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

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN