different between trident vs strident

English

Etymology

From Latin trid?ns, from tr?s (“three”) + d?ns (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a??d?nt/

Noun

trident (plural tridents)

1. A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.

   Poseidon's trident

2. (geometry) A curve of third order of the form:

   ${\displaystyle xy+ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx=d\,}$

Synonyms

• (curve): trident curve

Derived terms

• tridental
• tridentlike
• trident bat

Translations

References

• Wikipedia: Trident curve

Anagrams

• dritten

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin trid?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /t?i?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /t?i?den/

Noun

trident m (plural tridents)

1. trident

Further reading

• “trident” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “trident” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “trident” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “trident” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

trident m (plural tridents)

1. trident

Further reading

• “trident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French trident, from Latin tridens.

Noun

trident n (plural tridente)

1. trident

Declension

English

Etymology

From French strident, from Latin str?d?ns, present active participle of str?d?.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?st?a?.d?nt/, [?st?a?d?nt]

Adjective

strident (comparative more strident, superlative most strident)

1. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding

2. Grating or obnoxious
3. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides

Derived terms

• stridently
• stridency

Related terms

Translations

Noun

strident (plural stridents)

1. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.

   Hypernym: fricative

Translations

References

• strident in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “strident”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• tridents

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?i.d??/

Adjective

strident (feminine singular stridente, masculine plural stridents, feminine plural stridentes)

1. strident; producing a high-pitched or piercing sound

Further reading

• “strident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tridents

Latin

Verb

str?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of str?d?

Romanian

Etymology

From French strident, from Latin stridens.

Adjective

strident m or n (feminine singular strident?, masculine plural striden?i, feminine and neuter plural stridente)

1. strident

Declension