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English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (trítos, “third”) +? -on

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. (physics) the atomic nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons

Synonyms

• tritium nucleus
• T⁺ (“tritium ion”)

Hypernyms

• H⁺ (“hydrogen ion”)

Coordinate terms

• (bare nuclei of hydrogen): proton (“hydrogen-1 nucleus”), deuteron (“hydrogen-2 nucleus”), triton
• H⁺, p (“protium ion”)
• D⁺ (“deuterium ion”)
• h (“helium-3 nucleus”)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.

Noun

triton (plural tritons)

1. Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.

Translations

Anagrams

• intort, rottin'

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tri?ton

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. (physics) triton, tritium nucleus

Synonyms

• tritiumkern

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?i.t??/

Noun

triton m (plural tritons)

1. newt

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French triton.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tri?ton/

Noun

triton m (plural tritoni)

1. newt

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English newte, newete, a form resulting from an incorrect division of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n(j)ut/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?nj??t/
• Rhymes: -u?t

Noun

newt (plural newts)

1. A small lizard-like amphibian in the family Salamandridae that lives in the water as an adult.

Synonyms

• ask/askard (dialectal)
• eft (usually refers to the terrestrial phase of a newt)
• salamander

Related terms

• pissed as a newt

Translations

See also

• newt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Wikipedia article on the indefinite articles a and an

Anagrams

• twen, went