Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any muscle having three heads.

    Trizeps

    три́цепсtríceps

    any skeletal muscle having three origins (but especially the triceps brachii)

  2. Specifically, the triceps brachii.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. You have excellent definition in your biceps and triceps.

    deIhr Bizeps und Trizeps sind hervorragend definiert. — Sprakify

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Sprakify · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  2. My triceps get stronger with regular exercise in the gym.

  3. Like an idiot I overtrained my muscles and hurt my triceps.

    deWie ein Idiot habe ich meine Muskeln überanstrengt und meinen Trizeps verletzt. — Esperantostern

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Minorojo · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. I pulled a triceps.

  5. Exercises for triceps and biceps.

    deÜbungen für Trizeps und Bizeps. — Sprakify

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Sprakify · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any muscle having three heads:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any muscle having three heads:

Origin

From Latin triceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”). See there for

From Latin triceps (“triple-headed”), from trēs (“three”) + caput (“head”). See there for more details.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: triceps / tricepses
Singulartriceps
Pluraltriceps / tricepses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
muscle in the arm:triceps brachiitriceps extensor cubiti

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
triceps — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto