tripod

 

 

Borrowed from Latin tripūs, tripodis, from Ancient Greek τρίπους (trípous); equivalent to tri- +‎ -pod. Doublet of tripus and teapoy.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɑd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪpɒd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪpɑd, -aɪpɒd, -ɒd
• Hyphenation: tri‧pod

tripod (plural tripods)

2. A three-legged stand or mount.

   Recent cell phones offer tripod attachments to take steady photographs.

4. (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

5. (slang) A man with macrophallism.

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.

   I tripodded after my 6-mile run.

2. (entomology, intransitive) Of a lizard, to raise its body upright bracing itself on hind legs and tail.

• bipod
• monopod
• trivet

• torpid

• IPA^(key): [ˈtripod]
• Hyphenation: tri‧pod

tripod (plural tripodok)

1. tripod (three-legged stand or mount)

   Synonym: háromlábú állvány

Borrowed from English tripod.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.pɔt/
• Rhymes: -pɔt
• Hyphenation: tri‧pod

tripod (plural tripod-tripod, first-person possessive tripodku, second-person possessive tripodmu, third-person possessive tripodnya)

1. tripod: a three-legged stand or mount.

   Synonym: kaki tiga

• “tripod” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.