Triton

See also: triton, Tritón, and tritón

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Triton m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Tritonidae – triton snails, now in the genus Charonia (family Ranellidae).
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – certain newts, efts, and salamanders.

See also

• Tritoniidae

References

• Triton in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Charonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Charonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Mosaic of Triton, the sea god.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪtən/
• 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

Translations

god of the sea

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

  Mandarin: 特里同 (Tèlǐtóng)

• Dutch: Triton m
• Esperanto: Tritono
• Finnish: Triton (fi)
• Galician: Tritón (gl) m

• Greek: Τρίτων (el) m (Tríton)

  Ancient: Τρίτων m (Trítōn)

• Inuktitut: ᑦᕇᑐᓐ (triitun)
• Japanese: トリトン (ja) (Toriton)
• Korean: 트리톤 (Teuriton)
• 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
• 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)
• Portuguese: Tritão (pt)
• Russian: Трито́н m (Tritón)
• Spanish: Tritón

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
Planets and most likely dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Haumea	Makemake	Eris
Notable moons	—		Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Ganymede Callisto Io Europa	Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas	Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda	Triton	Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx	Hiʻiaka Namaka	(MK2)	Dysnomia

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tɔn/

Proper noun

Triton ?

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