tridente

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tridentem.

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

  1. trident

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tridentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /triˈdɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: tri‧dèn‧te

Noun

tridente m (plural tridenti)

  1. trident

Further reading

  • tridente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

tridente

  1. ablative singular of tridēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tridentem, from trēs (“three”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes) + dēns (“tooth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

  1. trident (three pronged spear)

Spanish

A sculpture of Neptune/Poseidon holding a trident
tridente

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tridentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɾiˈdente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: tri‧den‧te

Adjective

tridente m or f (masculine and feminine plural tridentes)

  1. having three teeth

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

  1. trident (a three-pronged spear)
  2. (Andalusia, Murcia) harpoon
    Synonym: arpón
  3. Tridens grass.

Further reading

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