tritón

• IPA^(key): [ˈtrɪtoːn]

tritón m inan

1. tritone

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “tritón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈton/ [t̪ɾiˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: tri‧tón

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn), a mythological son of Poseidon.

tritón m (plural tritones)

1. (mythology) merman
2. newt

• sirena (“siren”)

From Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”) +‎ -ón, in the sense of subatomic particle.

tritón m (plural tritones)

1. (nuclear physics) triton, the nucleus of tritium

• protón (“proton”)
• deuterón (“deuteron”)

• “tritón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024