tritón

See also: triton, Triton, and Tritón

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪtoːn]

Noun

tritón m inan

1. tritone

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “tritón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈton/ [t̪ɾiˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: tri‧tón

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn), a mythological son of Poseidon.

Noun

tritón m (plural tritones)

1. (mythology) merman
2. (amphibians) newt

Derived terms

• tritón alpino
• tritón jaspeado

 

See also

• sirena (“siren”)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) +‎ -ón, in the sense of subatomic particle.

Noun

tritón m (plural tritones)

1. (nuclear physics) triton, the nucleus of tritium

See also

• protón (“proton”)
• deuterón (“deuteron”)

Further reading

• “tritón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014