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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
tritón m inan
- tritone
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- tritón in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɾiˈton/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: tri‧tón
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn), a mythological son of Poseidon.
Noun
tritón m (plural tritones)
- (mythology) merman
- (amphibians) newt
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) + -ón, in the sense of subatomic particle.
Noun
tritón m (plural tritones)
- (nuclear physics) triton, the nucleus of tritium
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Further reading