Troika — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/tɹˈɔɪkə/

🇬🇧British English

/tɹˈɔɪkə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/tɹˈɔɪkə/

2 syllables Say it as /tɹˈɔɪkə/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

III tierce tercet trinity leash trey threesome ternary ternion terzetto triad triplet trine 3 trio deuce-ace three

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

troïka

une calèche russe tirée par trois chevaux de front

🇪🇸Spanish

troica

un carruaje ruso tirado por tres caballos en fila

🇳🇱Dutch

trojka

een Russische koets getrokken door drie paarden naast elkaar

🇷🇺Russian

тройка

русская карета, запряженная тройкой лошадей в ряд

India

🇮🇳Hindi

तिकड़ी

एक रूसी गाड़ी जिसे तीन घोड़े बराबर खींच रहे थे

🇮🇳Tamil

முக்கூட்டு

ஒரு ரஷ்ய வண்டி மூன்று குதிரைகளால் இழுக்கப்பட்டது

🇮🇳Telugu

త్రయం

ఒక రష్యన్ క్యారేజ్ మూడు గుర్రాల ద్వారా లాగబడింది

🇮🇳Marathi

ट्रोइका

तीन घोड्यांनी खेचलेली रशियन गाडी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ટ્રોઇકા

એક રશિયન ગાડી ત્રણ ઘોડાઓ દ્વારા ખેંચાઈ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ട്രോയിക്ക

മൂന്ന് കുതിരകൾ വലിക്കുന്ന ഒരു റഷ്യൻ വണ്ടി

🇵🇰Urdu

ٹرائیکا

ایک روسی گاڑی جس کو تین گھوڑوں نے قریب سے کھینچا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

三驾马车

三匹马并排拉动的俄罗斯马车

🇯🇵Japanese

トロイカ

3頭の馬が並んで引くロシアの馬車

🇰🇷Korean

트로이카

세 마리의 말이 나란히 끄는 러시아 마차

🇹🇭Thai

ทรอยก้า

รถม้าของรัสเซียลากด้วยม้าสามตัวเคียงข้างกัน

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الترويكا

عربة روسية تجرها ثلاثة خيول جنبًا إلى جنب

🇮🇷Persian

تروئیکا

یک کالسکه روسی که توسط سه اسب کنار هم کشیده می شد

🇹🇷Turkish

üçlü

yan yana üç atın çektiği bir Rus arabası

🇮🇱Hebrew

טְרוֹאִיקָה

כרכרה רוסית נמשכת על ידי שלושה סוסים לצדה

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