trident

From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“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

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:

     I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.

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

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

• (curve): trident curve

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

• Trident curve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• dritten

Borrowed from Latin tridentem.

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

trident m (plural tridents)

1. trident

• “trident”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “trident”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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 tridēns.

trident n (plural tridente)

1. trident