trireme
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of trireme
1595–1605; < Latin trirēmis having three banks of oars, equivalent to tri- tri- + rēm ( us ) oar + -is adj. suffix
Vocabulary lists containing trireme
Example Sentences
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The warship's welcoming ceremony outside the naval base of Salamis included a copy of an ancient Athenian trireme and the Georgios Averof, a historic cruiser that fought in the Balkan Wars.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
“We just aim to get people to know the trireme and have fun.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2018
You get the sense that, were he sent to review an Olive Garden, he would remark, in his opening paragraph, that the bread sticks reminded him of the oars on a trireme.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2017
Like all great ships of the past, from the Greek trireme to the Yankee clipper, the supertanker was launched to meet a specific demand at a specific time.
From Time Magazine Archive
He scanned the slips for some sort of magic vessel—a trireme, maybe, or a dragon-headed warship like he’d seen in his dreams.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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