triton

See also: Triton, Tritón, and tritón

English

Etymology 1

trito- +‎ -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”)

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. (physics) the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons

Synonyms

• tritium nucleus
• T⁺ (“tritium ion”)

Hypernyms

• H⁺ (“hydrogen ion”)

Coordinate terms

• (bare nuclei of hydrogen): proton (“hydrogen-1 nucleus”), deuteron (“hydrogen-2 nucleus”), triton
• H⁺, p (“protium ion”)
• D⁺ (“deuterium ion”)
• h (“helium-3 nucleus”)

Translations

tritium nucleus

• Bulgarian: тритиев йон m (tritiev jon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 氚核 (chuānhé)

• Dutch: triton (nl) m, tritiumkern m
• Esperanto: tritono
• Finnish: tritiumin ydin, tritoni (fi)
• French: triton (fr) m
• Hindi: तृतीयाणु (tŕtīyāṇu)
• Japanese: 三重陽子 (sanjūyōshi)
• Khmer: ត្រិយាណូ (trih yea no)
• Polish: tryton (pl) m
• Romanian: triton (ro) m
• Russian: трито́н (ru) m (tritón)
• Tagalog: talusik

Etymology 2

From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.

Translations

marine gastropods

• Bulgarian: трито́н (tritón)
• French: triton (fr) m
• Russian: трито́н (ru) m (tritón)

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: tri‧ton

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. (physics) triton, tritium nucleus

Synonyms

• tritiumkern

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.tɔ̃/

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Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Trītōn, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. (zoology) newt

   triton rugueux ― rough-skinned newt

2. (mythology, fantasy) merman
3. (zoology, physics) triton

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- +‎ ton.

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. (music) tritone

   Synonym: quarte augmentée

Further reading

• “triton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French triton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /triˈton/

Noun

triton m (plural tritoni)

1. newt

Declension

Declension of triton

	singular		plural
	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