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English

Etymology

Present active participle of Ancient Greek ????? (tr?g?, “chew, gnaw”).

Noun

trogon (plural trogons)

1. A bird of a species in the family Trogonidae, most of which live in Central and South America, have colorful feathers, and nest in holes in trees.

Translations

References

• trogon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Trogonidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Gorton, Groton, gorton

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (tríg?non, “triangle”), neuter substantive of ???????? (tríg?nos, “three-sided”), from ????? (treîs, “three”) + ????? (g?nía, “bend, angle”). Equivalent to tri- +? -gon. Doublet of trigonon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?a???n/, /?t?a???n/
• Hyphenation: tri?gon

Noun

trigon (countable and uncountable, plural trigons)

1. (countable, geometry, rare) A triangle.
2. (countable, historical, music) An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music. Also called sabbeka, sackbut, sambuca.
3. (countable, astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
4. (countable, astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.

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5. (uncountable, historical) An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
6. (countable, zoology) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Girton, Tignor, orting, roting

Gothic

Romanization

trig?n

1. Romanization of ????????????????????????

Romanian

Etymology

From French trigone.

Noun

trigon n (plural trigoane)

1. trigone

Declension