troika
pronunciation
How to pronounce troika in British English:
UK [ˈtrɔɪkə]
How to pronounce troika in American English:
US [ˈtrɔɪkə]
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- Noun:
- a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- a modern Russian triumvirate
Word Origin
- troika (n.)
- 1842, "carriage drawn by three horses abreast," from Russian troika "three-horse team, any group of three," from collective numeral troje "group of three" (from PIE *tro-yo-, suffixed form of *trei-, see three) + diminutive suffix -ka. Sense of "any group of three administrators, triumvirate" is first recorded 1945.
Example
- 1. But a draft report by the troika is optimistic , saying it would it would hit 144 % .
- 2. When thomsen predicted that the economy would shrink in 2012 someone in the room shouted angrily : " your troika is destroying us ! "
- 3. In athens , the greek government and the troika of international institutions overseeing its austerity programme have been sparring over what else greece needs to do to get its next , 8 billion ( $ 11 billion ) tranche of bail-out funds .
- 4. He joined stewart and justice lewis powell in a decisive troika that struck down mandatory sentences in 1976 by a vote of 5 to 4 .
- 5. But with the greek government resuming negotiations with the country 's " troika " of foreign lenders at 1 am , officials appeared confident that the sticking point would be resolved by the morning .