triton
English
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -on
Noun
triton (plural tritons)
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- H+ (hydrogen ion)
Coordinate terms
Translations
tritium nucleus
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Etymology 2
From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.
Noun
triton (plural tritons)
- Any of several marine gastropods of the family Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., which have a pointed spiral shell.
Translations
marine gastropods
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tri‧ton
Noun
triton m (plural tritons)
Synonyms
French
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Pronunciation
Noun
triton m (plural tritons)
Further reading
- “triton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
triton m (plural tritoni)
Declension
Declension of triton
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) triton | tritonul | (niște) tritoni | tritonii |
genitive/dative | (unui) triton | tritonului | (unor) tritoni | tritonilor |
vocative | tritonule | tritonilor |
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