different between trident vs toothbrush

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 tooth +? brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu??b???/

Noun

toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)

1. A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

Derived terms

• toothbrush moustache

Translations

Verb

toothbrush (third-person singular simple present toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing, simple past and past participle toothbrushed)

1. (transitive) To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
   • 1997, Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica

     In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.

   • 2004, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby

     I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.