Meaning

5 senses
  1. (not comparable)Pertaining to a trial or test.

    probeweise, testweise

    про́бныйpróbnyj, испыта́тельныйispytátelʹnyj

  2. (not comparable)Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.

    probeweise

    испыта́тельныйispytátelʹnyj, эксперимента́льныйeksperimentálʹnyj, про́бныйpróbnyj

  3. (not comparable)Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.

  4. (not comparable)Triple.

  5. (not comparable)Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people. (See Ambai language for an example.)

    No language has a trial number unless it has a dual.

    Trialis

    тро́йственныйtrójstvennyj

Examples

334 sentences
  1. We learn by trial and error.

    ruМы учимся методом проб и ошибок. — odexed

    deWir lernen durch Versuch und Irrtum. — al_ex_an_der

  2. No trial date has been set.

  3. A trial date hasn't been set.

  4. The police didn't put him on trial.

  5. This is a hearing, not a trial.

    deDas ist eine Vernehmung, kein Prozess. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
pertaining to a trial or test:
attempted on a provisional or experimental basis:
pertaining to a language form referring to three of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pertaining to a trial or test:
pertaining to a language form referring to three of something:

Origin

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick ou

From Middle English trial, triall, from Anglo-Norman trial, triel, from trier (“to pick out, cull”) + -al. More at English try.

From Latin tri- (stem of trēs (“three”)) + -al, on the pattern of dual.

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedtriality

Collocations

4 patterns
  • trial date hasn't
  • trial date
  • trial is set
  • trial started

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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