Triton

See also: triton, Tritón, and tritón

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn, “a sea god”).

Proper noun

Triton m

1. A taxonomic genus within the class Thecostraca – certain barnacles.
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Tritonidae – triton snails, now in the genus Charonia (family Ranellidae).
3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – synonym of Triturus, certain newts, efts, and salamanders.

Derived terms

• Calotriton
• Echinotriton
• Laotriton
• Lissotriton
• Ommatotriton
• Pachytriton
• Paramesotriton
• Triturus
• Tylototriton

See also

• Tritoniidae

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Triton”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

barnacles

• Triton Linnaeus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

sea snails

• Charonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Charonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

newts, salamanders

• Triturus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triturus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Triturus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Mosaic of Triton, the sea god.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪtən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən

Proper noun

Triton

1. (Greek mythology) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) The seventh moon of Neptune.

Derived terms

• Tritonian
• Triton Island

Translations

god of the sea

• Arabic: تْرَايْتُون m (traytun)
• Armenian: Տրիտոն (hy) (Triton)
• Catalan: Tritó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特里同 (Tèlǐtóng)

• Danish: Triton
• Dutch: Triton (nl) m
• Esperanto: Tritono
• Finnish: Triton (fi)
• French: Triton (fr) m
• Galician: Tritón (gl) m
• Greek: Τρίτων (el) m (Tríton)

  Ancient Greek: Τρίτων m (Trítōn)

• Hindi: ट्रिटन m (ṭriṭan)
• Inuktitut: ᑦᕇᑐᓐ (triiton)
• Japanese: トリトン (ja) (Toriton), トリートーン (Torītōn)
• Korean: 트리톤 (Teuriton)
• Polish: Tryton m
• Portuguese: Tritão (pt) m
• Romanian: Triton (ro) m
• Russian: Трито́н m (Tritón)
• Spanish: Tritón

seventh moon of Neptune

• Arabic: تْرَايْتُون m (traytun)
• Catalan: Tritó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海衛一 / 海卫一 (Hǎiwèiyī)

• Dutch: Triton (nl)
• Esperanto: Tritono
• Finnish: Triton (fi)
• French: Triton (fr)
• Galician: Tritón (gl) m
• German: Triton m
• Greek: Τρίτων (el) m (Tríton)
• Italian: Tritone m
• Japanese: トリトン (ja) (Toriton)
• Korean: 트리톤 (Teuriton)
• Polish: Tryton m
• Portuguese: Tritão (pt)
• Russian: Трито́н m (Tritón)
• Spanish: Tritón

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Triton (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triton (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tɔn/

Proper noun

Triton ?

1. (Greek mythology) Triton
2. (astronomy) Triton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρῑ́των (Trī́tōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtriː.toːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtriː.ton]

Proper noun

Trītōn m (genitive Trītōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Triton (mythological sea god)
2. a river and lake in Libya
3. the name of a ship

Noun

Trītōn m (genitive Trītōnis); third declension

1. (mythology) a merman
2. (zoology) a type of fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Trītōn	Trītōnes Trītōnēs
genitive	Trītōnis Trītōnos	Trītōnum
dative	Trītōnī	Trītōnibus
accusative	Trītōna Trītōnem	Trītōnas Trītōnēs
ablative	Trītōne	Trītōnibus
vocative	Trītōn	Trītōnes Trītōnēs

References

• “Triton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Triton”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Turkish

Proper noun

Triton

1. (Greek mythology) Triton
2. (astronomy) Triton

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrɪtɔn/

Proper noun

Triton m

1. (astronomy) Triton (a moon of Neptune)

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star	yr Haul
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercher	Gwener	y Ddaear	Mawrth	Ceres	Iau	Sadwrn	Wranws	Neifion	Plwton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	y Lleuad	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Mutation

Mutated forms of Triton

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Triton	Driton	Nhriton	Thriton

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.