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A figure composed of three interlocked spirals (or three bent human legs), with threefold rotational symmetry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Coordinate term: tetraskelion
- Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triskeles, triskele
Antonyms: none provided
a figure consisting of three stylized human arms or legs (or three bent lines) radiating from a center
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triskele
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: design, pattern, figure
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρισκέλιον (triskélion).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
трискелион
(triskelion)
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Chinese Mandarin:
三曲腳圖 /三曲脚图
(sānqūjiǎotú)
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Dutch:
triskelion
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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French:
triskèle
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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German:
Triskele
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Hungarian:
triszkelion
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Italian:
triscele
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Italian:
trinacria
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Italian:
triquetra
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Sicilian:
trìscili
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Sicilian:
triskelion
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Sicilian:
trinàcria
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs
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Swedish:
triskele
— figure composed of three interlocked spirals, or three bent human legs