trident
/ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/
trident noun: a three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
Noun
trident (plural tridents)
- A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
- Poseidon's trident
- I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704
- A curve of third order of the form
- xy+ax³+bx²+cx=d,
- Synonyms:
- trident curve
Proper noun capitalized: Trident
Trident
- The nuclear weapon that is the nuclear deterrent of the United Kingdom
trident meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
trident in Hindi
- three-pronged spear
- त्रिशूल triśūl
trident in Tamil
- திரிசூலம்
trident in Marathi
- three-pronged spear
- त्रिशूळ triśūḷ, त्रिशूल triśūl
trident in Bengali
- three-pronged spear
- ত্রিশূল triśul
More languagesFewer languages
- trident in Telugu
- త్రిశూలం triśūlaṁ, త్రిశూలము triśūlamu
- trident in Malayalam
- ത്രിശൂലം triśūlaṁ
- trident in Kannada
- ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ triśūla
- trident in Punjabi
- ਤ੍ਰਿਸੂਲ trisūl
- trident in Gujarati
- ત્રિશૂળ triśūḷ
- trident in Sanskrit
- त्रिशूल triśūla
- trident in Sinhala
- ත්රිශූලය triśūlaya
- trident in Nepali
- त्रिशूल triśūl
- trident in Malay
- serampang, trisula
- trident in Indonesian
- trisula
- trident in Persian
- شل šel
- trident in Thai
- ตรีศูล dtrii-sǔun
- trident in Vietnamese
- đinh ba, ba chĩa
Synonyms of trident
- trident curve
Forms of trident
| plural | tridents |
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Origin of trident
PIE word *tréyes From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”).
Words formed from trident
Phrases with trident
Questions about trident
- What does trident mean?
- Trident means a three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
- What is trident in Hindi?
- Trident in Hindi is त्रिशूल (triśūl). See Trident meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is trident?
- Trident can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce trident?
- Trident is pronounced /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/.
- What is the plural of trident?
- The plural of trident is tridents.
Words near trident in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: trident (page history and authors); Trident (page history and authors); trident (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤ੍ਰਿਸੂਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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