WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
tre•mis•sis
(tri mis′is),USA pronunciation n., pl. -mis•ses
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(-mis′ēz).USA pronunciation
- Also called triens. a gold coin of the Eastern Roman Empire, the third part of a solidus, first issued in the 3rd century a.d.
- a Merovingian gold coin imitating this.
- Late Latin trēmissis, equivalent. to Latin trē(s) three + -missis as in sēmissis, Late Latin form of Latin sēmis semis (falsely analyzed as sē- + -missis)
- 1700–10
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