triquetra

English

Etymology

From Latin triquētrus (“having three corners”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈkwɛtɹə/

Noun

triquetra (plural triquetras or triquetrae)

1. A shape formed of three vesica piscis, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.

Related terms

• triquetrum

Translations

shape formed of three vesica piscis

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} triquetra
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} trikvetra
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} triquetra
• French: ^{(please verify)} triquetra (fr) m
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ტრიქუეტრი (ṭrikueṭri)
• German: Triqueta f, Triquetta f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} טריקווטרה
• Italian: trinacria (it) f, triquetra (it) f
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} trikvetra
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• Polish: ^{(please verify)} triquetra, ^{(please verify)} triquatra
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} triquetra f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} triquetra f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} трикветр (ru) (trikvetr), ^{(please verify)} триквестр (trikvestr)
• Sicilian: ^{(please verify)} triquetra f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} triqueta f, ^{(please verify)} triquetra f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} triquetra
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} трикветр (trykvetr)

Further reading

• triquetra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Adjective

triquetra f sg

1. feminine singular of triquetro