tridente

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Italic *tri-

Latin tri-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dēns

Latin tridentemlbor.

Galician tridente

Learned borrowing from Latin tridentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdente/ [t̪ɾiˈð̞en̪.t̪ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Hyphenation: tri‧den‧te

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

1. trident

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tridentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /triˈdɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: tri‧dèn‧te

Noun

tridente m (plural tridenti)

1. trident

Further reading

• “tridente”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Noun

tridente

1. ablative singular of tridēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tridentem, from trēs (“three”) (from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes) + dēns (“tooth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dénts, *h₃dónts).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdẽ.tɨ/ [tɾiˈðẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdẽ.tɨ/ [tɾiˈðẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: tri‧den‧te

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

1. trident (three pronged spear)

Further reading

• “tridente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tridente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

tridente

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-European *tri-

Proto-Italic *tri-

Latin tri-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts

Proto-Italic *dents

Latin dēns

Latin tridentemlbor.

Spanish tridente

Learned borrowing from Latin tridentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈdente/ [t̪ɾiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: tri‧den‧te

Adjective

tridente m or f (masculine and feminine plural tridentes)

1. having three teeth

Noun

tridente m (plural tridentes)

1. trident (a three-pronged spear)
2. (Andalusia, Murcia) harpoon

   Synonym: arpón

3. Tridens grass.

Further reading

• “tridente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026