trident

From Latin tridēns, from three (“three”) +‎ dēns (“tooth”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/

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trident (plural tridents)

1. A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.

   Poseidon's trident

2. (geometry) A curve of third order of the form:

   ${\displaystyle xy+ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx=d\,}$

• (curve): trident curve

• impossible trident
• tridental
• tridentlike
• trident bat

• trisula (Hindu trident)
• tryzub (Ukrainian trident)

• Trident curve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• dritten

Borrowed from Latin tridentem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tɾiˈðen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [tɾiˈðent]

trident m (plural tridents)

1. trident

• “trident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trident”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “trident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /tʁi.dɑ̃/

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trident m (plural tridents)

1. trident

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

Borrowed from French trident, from Latin tridens.

trident n (plural tridente)

1. trident