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 vesicae piscium, 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: טריקווטרה f (trikvétra)
• Italian: trinacria (it) f, triquetra (it) f
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} trikvetra
• 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 (sv), trikvetra (sv) c
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} трикветр (trykvetr)

Further reading

• triquetra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.kʷe.traː/, [ˈt̪rɪkʷɛt̪räː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.kwe.tra/, [ˈt̪riːkwet̪rä]

Adjective

triquetra

1. inflection of triquetrus (“triangular, having three corners”):
   1. nominative/vocative/ablative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

See also

• Trinacria
• triscelēs

 

Spanish

Adjective

triquetra f sg

1. feminine singular of triquetro