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trident

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T R AY1 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The nuclear weapon that is the nuclear deterrent of the United Kingdom

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Poseidon's trident

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A curve of third order of the form

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • xy+ax3+bx2+cx=d,

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a spear with three prongs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spear, lance, shaft

History

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tërfurk — three-pronged spear
  • Basque: hiruhortz — three-pronged spear
  • Bengali: ত্রিশূল (triśul) — three-pronged spear
  • Breton: forh a dri biz — three-pronged spear
  • Bulgarian: тризъбец (trizǎbec) — three-pronged spear
  • Catalan: trident — three-pronged spear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三叉戟 (sānchājǐ) — three-pronged spear
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三叉槍 /三叉枪 (sānchāqiāng) — three-pronged spear
  • Crimean Tatar: trızub — three-pronged spear
  • Czech: trojzubec — three-pronged spear
  • Dutch: drietand — three-pronged spear
  • Esperanto: tridento — three-pronged spear
  • Finnish: atrain — three-pronged spear
  • Finnish: kolmikärki — three-pronged spear
  • French: trident — three-pronged spear
  • Galician: tridente — three-pronged spear
  • Georgian: სამკაპი (samḳaṗi) — three-pronged spear
  • Georgian: სამკბილა (samḳbila) — three-pronged spear
  • German: Dreizack — three-pronged spear
  • Greek: τρίαινα (tríaina) — three-pronged spear
  • Ancient Greek: τρίαινα (tríaina) — three-pronged spear
  • Ancient Greek: θρῖναξ (thrînax) — three-pronged spear
  • Gujarati: ત્રિશૂળ (triśūḷ) — three-pronged spear
  • Hindi: त्रिशूल (triśūl) — three-pronged spear
  • Hungarian: háromágú szigony — three-pronged spear
  • Hungarian: tridens — three-pronged spear
  • Icelandic: þríforkur — three-pronged spear
  • Ido: tridento — three-pronged spear
  • Indonesian: trisula — three-pronged spear
  • Irish: trírinn — three-pronged spear
  • Irish: adhal — three-pronged spear
  • Italian: tridente — three-pronged spear
  • Japanese: 三叉槍 (sansasō) — three-pronged spear
  • Japanese: トライデント (toraidento) — three-pronged spear
  • Kannada: ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ (triśūla) — three-pronged spear
  • Khmer: ត្រីសូល៍ (treisol៍) — three-pronged spear
  • Khmer: ច្បូក (cbouk) — three-pronged spear
  • Korean: 삼지창 (samjichang) — three-pronged spear
  • Latin: fuscina — three-pronged spear
  • Latin: tridēns — three-pronged spear
  • Latvian: trijzobs — three-pronged spear
  • Lithuanian: trišakis — three-pronged spear
  • Macedonian: тризабец (trizabec) — three-pronged spear
  • Malay: serampang — three-pronged spear
  • Malay: trisula — three-pronged spear
  • Malayalam: ത്രിശൂലം (triśūlaṁ) — three-pronged spear
  • Marathi: त्रिशूळ (triśūḷ) — three-pronged spear
  • Marathi: त्रिशूल (triśūl) — three-pronged spear
  • Nepali: त्रिशूल (triśūl) — three-pronged spear
  • Norwegian: trefork — three-pronged spear
  • Occitan: trident — three-pronged spear
  • Persian: شل (šel) — three-pronged spear
  • Polish: trójząb — three-pronged spear
  • Portuguese: tridente — three-pronged spear
  • Romanian: trident — three-pronged spear
  • Russian: трезу́бец (trezúbec) — three-pronged spear
  • Sanskrit: त्रिशूल (triśūla) — three-pronged spear
  • Serbo-Croatian: трозубац — three-pronged spear
  • Serbo-Croatian: trozubac — three-pronged spear
  • Sinhalese: ත්රිශූලය (triśūlaya) — three-pronged spear
  • Slovak: trojzub — three-pronged spear
  • Slovene: trizob — three-pronged spear
  • Spanish: tridente — three-pronged spear
  • Swahili: tridenti — three-pronged spear
  • Swedish: treudd — three-pronged spear
  • Telugu: త్రిశూలం (triśūlaṁ) — three-pronged spear
  • Telugu: త్రిశూలము (triśūlamu) — three-pronged spear
  • Thai: ตรีศูล (dtrii-sǔun) — three-pronged spear
  • Turkish: trident — three-pronged spear
  • Ukrainian: тризу́бець (tryzúbecʹ) — three-pronged spear
  • Ukrainian: тризу́б (tryzúb) — three-pronged spear
  • Vietnamese: đinh ba — three-pronged spear
  • Vietnamese: ba chĩa — three-pronged spear
  • Welsh: tryfer — three-pronged spear
Real reading context

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