tritón

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See also: triton, Triton, and Tritón

Czech

Pronunciation

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/
  • 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. newt
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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

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