trilateral

Borrowed from New Latin trilaterālis.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌtrɪˈlæ.təɹ.əl/, [ˌtrɪˈlæ.ɾɚ.əl]

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ætəɹəl

trilateral (not comparable)

1. Having three sides
2. Involving three parties

   The trilateral peace conference, between the red faction, blue faction and white faction, went nowhere.

   • 2020 May 6, “Network News: Shapps: Network Rail puts spare capacity to use”, in Rail, page 15:

     Meanwhile, a trilateral agreement has been signed with the French and Irish governments committing the nations to keeping freight routes open throughout the pandemic.

• trilateralization

• “trilateral”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Borrowed from French trilatéral. By surface analysis, tri- +‎ lateral.

trilateral m or n (feminine singular trilaterală, masculine plural trilaterali, feminine and neuter plural trilaterale)

1. trilateral

trilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural trilaterales)

1. trilateral