love triangle

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʌv ˌtɹaɪ.æŋɡəl/

Noun

love triangle (plural love triangles)

1. A situation in which two people vie for the love of a third.
   • 1961 Dec. 12, The Times, p.5 col. F:

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

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)
• Bulgarian: любо́вен триъ̀гълник m (ljubóven triǎ̀gǎlnik)
• Catalan: triangle amorós m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 三角戀／三角恋 (sānjiǎoliàn), 三角恋 (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
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• Hungarian: szerelmi háromszög
• Irish: triantán suthain m
• Italian: triangolo amoroso
• Japanese: 三角関係 (さんかくかんけい, sankaku kankei)
• Korean: 삼각관계 (ko) (samgakgwan'gye) (三角關係 (ko))
• Polish: trójkąt miłosny f
• Portuguese: triângulo amoroso m
• Russian: любо́вный треуго́льник (ru) m (ljubóvnyj treugólʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: triantan gaoil m
• Serbo-Croatian: ljubavni trougao
• Spanish: triángulo amoroso m
• Telugu: ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ (mukkōṇa prēma)
• Thai: รักสามเส้า (th) (rák-sǎam-sâo)
• Turkish: aşk üçgeni
• Vietnamese: tình tay ba
• Welsh: triongl cariad m

See also

• eternal triangle
• ménage à trois