love triangle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌv ˌtɹaɪ.æŋɡəl/

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Noun

love triangle (plural love triangles)

1. A situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person.
   • 1961 December 12, The Times, p.5 col. F:

     La Battaglia di Legnano is a patriotic melodrama with a love triangle theme included.

   • 1997 January 5, Jack Miles, “On a Mission From God”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     By placing Max and Onno in a love triangle with Ada, Mr. Mulisch achieves an emotional depth that recalls Francois Truffaut's classic film “Jules and Jim.”

Related terms

• love polygon

Translations

situation in which two people vie for the love of a third

• Afrikaans: liefdesdriehoek, driehoeksverhouding
• Arabic: مُثَلَّث حُبّ m (muṯallaṯ ḥubb), ثُلَاثِيَّة حُبّ f (ṯulāṯiyyat ḥubb)
• Armenian: սիրային եռանկյունի (hy) (sirayin eṙankyuni)
• Belarusian: любо́ўны трохку́тнік m (ljubóŭny troxkútnik)
• Bulgarian: любо́вен триъ́гълник m (ljubóven triǎ́gǎlnik)
• Catalan: triangle amorós m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三角戀／三角恋 (zh) (sānjiǎoliàn)

• Czech: milostný trojúhelník m
• Dutch: driehoeksverhouding (nl) f
• Esperanto: amotriangulo
• Estonian: armukolmnurk
• Finnish: kolmiodraama (fi)
• French: triangle amoureux (fr) m
• Galician: triángulo amoroso m
• Georgian: სასიყვარულო სამკუთხედი (sasiq̇varulo samḳutxedi)
• German: Dreiecksverhältnis n
• Greek: ερωτικό τρίγωνο n (erotikó trígono)
• Hebrew: משולש אהבה
• Hungarian: szerelmi háromszög
• Icelandic: ástarþríhyrningur
• Indonesian: cinta segitiga
• Irish: triantán suthain m
• Italian: triangolo amoroso m
• Japanese: 三角関係 (ja) (さんかくかんけい, sankaku kankei)
• Korean: 삼각관계(三角關係) (ko) (samgakgwan'gye)
• Macedonian: љубовен триаголник m (ljuboven triagolnik)
• Polish: trójkąt miłosny m
• Portuguese: triângulo amoroso (pt) m
• Russian: любо́вный треуго́льник (ru) m (ljubóvnyj treugólʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: triantan gaoil m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љубавни троугао m, љубавни трокут m

  Roman: ljubavni trougao m, ljubavni trokut m

• Slovak: milostný trojuholník m
• Slovene: ljubezenski trikotnik m
• Spanish: triángulo amoroso m
• Swedish: triangeldrama (sv) n, kärlekstriangel c
• Telugu: ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ (mukkōṇa prēma)
• Thai: รักสามเส้า (th) (rák-sǎam-sâo)
• Turkish: aşk üçgeni
• Ukrainian: любо́вний трику́тник m (ljubóvnyj trykútnyk)
• Vietnamese: tình tay ba
• Welsh: triongl cariad m
• West Frisian: trijehoeksferhâlding

See also

• eternal triangle
• ménage à trois