Meanings
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- Greekhuman sciencesA god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.]
1699, Walter Harris, A Description of the King's Royal Palace and Gardens at Loo, London: R. Roberts, page 31 - astronomyThe seventh moon of Neptune.
Six years earlier these two men—among the few interested in that distant speck of light—had detected methane and nitrogen on Triton's surface. At that time they suspected that Triton's frigid temperature might liquefy nitrogen but not be cold enough to freeze it.
1990 August, Rick Gore, “Neptune: Voyager's Last Picture Show”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 37
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.
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nounsmall usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and northern Asia
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Origin
triton · noun
- Ancient Greekτρίτος“third”
- Englishtriton
From trit- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).
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Full word history & related roots →triton · noun
From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.
Full word history & related roots →Triton · proper noun
- Ancient GreekΤρίτων
- EnglishTriton
From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Τρίτων
- Τρίτων (Trítōn)god of the sea
Arabic تْرَايْتُون, تْرَايْتُون
- تْرَايْتُون (traytun)god of the sea
- تْرَايْتُون (traytun)seventh moon of Neptune
Bulgarian тритиев йон, трито́н
- тритиев йон (tritiev jon)tritium nucleus
- трито́н (tritón)marine gastropods
Catalan Tritó, Tritó
- Tritógod of the sea
- Tritóseventh moon of Neptune
Chinese Mandarin 氚核, 特里同
- 氚核 (chuānhé)tritium nucleus
- 特里同 (Tèlǐtóng)god of the sea
- 海衛一 /海卫一 (Hǎiwèiyī)seventh moon of Neptune
Danish Triton
- Tritongod of the sea
Dutch triton, tritiumkern
- tritontritium nucleus
- tritiumkerntritium nucleus
- Tritongod of the sea
- Tritonseventh moon of Neptune
Esperanto tritono, Tritono
- tritonotritium nucleus
- Tritonogod of the sea
- Tritonoseventh moon of Neptune
Finnish tritiumin ydin, tritoni
- tritiumin ydintritium nucleus
- tritonitritium nucleus
- Tritongod of the sea
- Tritonseventh moon of Neptune
French triton, triton
- tritontritium nucleus
- tritonmarine gastropods
- Tritongod of the sea
- Tritonseventh moon of Neptune
German Triton
- Tritonseventh moon of Neptune
Greek Τρίτων, Τρίτων
- Τρίτων (Tríton)god of the sea
- Τρίτων (Tríton)seventh moon of Neptune
Hindi तृतीयाणु, ट्रिटन
- तृतीयाणु (tŕtīyāṇu)tritium nucleus
- ट्रिटन (ṭriṭan)god of the sea
Italian Tritone
- Tritoneseventh moon of Neptune
Japanese 三重陽子, トリトン
- 三重陽子 (sanjūyōshi)tritium nucleus
- トリトン (Toriton)god of the sea
- トリートーン (Torītōn)god of the sea
- トリトン (Toriton)seventh moon of Neptune
Korean 트리톤, 트리톤
- 트리톤 (Teuriton)god of the sea
- 트리톤 (Teuriton)seventh moon of Neptune
Polish tryton, Tryton
- trytontritium nucleus
- Trytongod of the sea
- Trytonseventh moon of Neptune
Portuguese tritão, tríton
- tritãotritium nucleus
- trítontritium nucleus
- Tritãogod of the sea
- Tritãoseventh moon of Neptune
Romanian triton, Triton
- tritontritium nucleus
- Tritongod of the sea
Russian трито́н, трито́н
- трито́н (tritón)tritium nucleus
- трито́н (tritón)marine gastropods
- Трито́н (Tritón)god of the sea
- Трито́н (Tritón)seventh moon of Neptune
Spanish Tritón, Tritón
- Tritóngod of the sea
- Tritónseventh moon of Neptune
Tagalog talusik
- talusiktritium nucleus
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
triton. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triton
“triton.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triton. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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