English-French translations for triad

• triade
  Les triades chinoises ne limitent pas leurs actions à Hong Kong, mais frappent aussi à Amsterdam, Londres ou San Fransisco. Chinese Triads are not just active in Hong Kong, but also in Amsterdam, London and San Francisco.
  Les deux tiers des échanges mondiaux se font entre les pays de la triade. Ceux-ci absorbent également la plupart des investissements étrangers directs. Two-thirds of world trade is carried out between the countries of the 'triad', which also absorb the majority of direct foreign investments.
  Les pays de la triade se vendent à eux-mêmes les marchandises qu'ils produisent en Chine pour le plus grand bonheur de nos consommateurs et des actionnaires des sociétés multinationales. The Triad countries sell the goods that they produce in China to themselves, for the greater benefit of our consumers and the shareholders of multinational companies.

Definition of triad

• A grouping of three
• A word of three syllables
• A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong
• A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale

Related words

• triadic
• triade
• major triad
• minor triad
• diminished triad
• augmented triad
• Agia Triada