tritão

See also: Tritão

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾiˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tɾiˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

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

Noun

tritão m (plural tritões)

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

Derived terms

  • tritão-de-crista
  • tritão-de-patas-espalmadas
  • tritão-de-ventre-laranja
  • tritão-ibérico
  • tritão-marmorado
  • tritão-palmado

References

  1. ^ “tritão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
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