Triton

See also: triton, Tritón, and tritón

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn, “a sea god”).

Proper noun

Triton m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Tritonidae – triton snails, now in the genus Charonia (family Ranellidae).
2. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Salamandridae – certain newts, efts, and salamanders.

See also

• Tritoniidae

References

• “Triton”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Charonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Charonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Mosaic of Triton, the sea god.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹaɪtən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən

Proper noun

Triton

1. (Greek mythology) A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) The seventh moon of Neptune.

Derived terms

• Tritonian
• Triton Island

 

Translations

god of the sea

• Arabic: تْرَايْتُون m (traytun)
• Armenian: Տրիտոն (hy) (Triton)
• Catalan: Tritó m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特里同 (Tèlǐtóng)

• Danish: Triton
• Dutch: Triton m
• Esperanto: Tritono
• Finnish: Triton (fi)
• French: Triton (fr) m
• Galician: Tritón (gl) m
• Greek: Τρίτων (el) m (Tríton)

  Ancient: Τρίτων m (Trítōn)

• Inuktitut: ᑦᕇᑐᓐ (triiton)
• Japanese: トリトン (ja) (Toriton), トリートーン (Torītōn)
• Korean: 트리톤 (Teuriton)
• Polish: Tryton m
• Portuguese: Tritão (pt) m
• Romanian: Triton (ro) m
• Russian: Трито́н m (Tritón)
• Spanish: Tritón

seventh moon of Neptune

• Arabic: تْرَايْتُون m (traytun)
• Catalan: Tritó
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海衛一／海卫一 (Hǎiwèiyī)

• Dutch: Triton
• Esperanto: Tritono
• Finnish: Triton (fi)
• French: Triton (fr)
• Galician: Tritón (gl) m
• German: Triton m
• Greek: Τρίτων (el) m (Tríton)
• Italian: Tritone m
• Japanese: トリトン (ja) (Toriton)
• Korean: 트리톤 (Teuriton)
• Polish: Tryton m
• Portuguese: Tritão (pt)
• Russian: Трито́н m (Tritón)
• Spanish: Tritón

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Triton (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Triton (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtri.tɔn/

Proper noun

Triton ?

1. (Greek mythology) Triton
2. (astronomy) Triton

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρῑ́των (Trī́tōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtriː.toːn/, [ˈt̪riːt̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtri.ton/, [ˈt̪riːt̪on]

Proper noun

Trītōn m (genitive Trītōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Triton (mythological sea god)
2. A river and lake in Libya
3. the name of a ship

Noun

Trītōn m (genitive Trītōnis); third declension

1. (mythology) a merman
2. (zoology) a type of fish

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Trītōn	Trītōnes Trītōnēs
genitive	Trītōnis Trītōnos	Trītōnum
dative	Trītōnī	Trītōnibus
accusative	Trītōna Trītōnem	Trītōnas Trītōnēs
ablative	Trītōne	Trītōnibus
vocative	Trītōn	Trītōnes Trītōnēs

References

• “Triton”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Triton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Turkish

Proper noun

Triton

1. (Greek mythology) Triton
2. (astronomy) Triton