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A symbol consisting of three spirals, or three bent human legs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1889 "The three legs diverging from one centre, which is now the well-known arms of the Isle of Man, is the ancient Triquetrum, or, as Olshausen [Zeitsch. f. Ethnol., 1886, p. 283] more properly terms it, the Triskeles, seen on the oldest Sicilian coins and on those of Lycia, in Asia Minor" (Daniel Garrison Brinton, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 26, p. 177)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
1880, via German Triskeles (c. 1850), from French triskèle (1835). It is in turn from Ancient Greek τρισκελής (triskelḗs, “three-legged”), composed of τρι- (tri-, “three”) + σκέλος (skélos, “leg”).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Danish:
triskele
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Finnish:
triskele
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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French:
triskèle
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Galician:
tríscele
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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German:
Triskeles
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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German:
Triskele
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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German:
Dreiwirbel
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Italian:
triscele
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Manx:
tree cassyn
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Russian:
трискель
(triskelʹ)
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
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Sicilian:
trìscili
— symbol consisting of three connected curves
