tritão

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Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

Tritão (anfíbio)

Etymology

From Latin Trītōne, from Ancient Greek Τρῑ́των (Trī́tōn).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Homophone: Tritão
Hyphenation: tri‧tão

Noun

tritão m (plural tritões)

newt (small type of salamander)
(mythology) merman
Synonyms: sereio, homem-sereia

Derived terms

References

^ “tritão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

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