triceratops

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/tɹaɪˈsɛɹətɒps/

noun

Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.

Origintranslingual Triceratops ← Ancient Greek τρεῖς →
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Meanings

nountriceratops (plural triceratops or triceratopses)

plural triceratopses

  1. Common name of the extinct genus Triceratops; herbivorous ceratopsids from the late Cretaceous.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekτρεῖς“three”
  2. translingualTriceratops
  3. Englishtriceratops

From translingual Triceratops, from Ancient Greek τρεῖς (treîs, “three”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”).

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Translations

Arabic تَرَيْسِيرَاتُوپْس
  • تَرَيْسِيرَاتُوپْس (taraysīrātūps)Triceratops
Chinese Mandarin 三角龍 /三角龙
  • 三角龍 /三角龙 (sānjiǎolóng)Triceratops
French tricératops
  • tricératopsTriceratops
German Dreihorn, Trizeratops
  • DreihornTriceratops
  • TrizeratopsTriceratops
  • TriceratopsTriceratops
  • DreihorngesichtTriceratops
Greek τρικεράτωψ
  • τρικεράτωψ (trikerátops)Triceratops
Hebrew תְּלַת קֶרֶן
  • תְּלַת קֶרֶן (tlát qéren)Triceratops
Icelandic nashyrningseðla
  • nashyrningseðlaTriceratops
Italian triceratopo
  • triceratopoTriceratops
Japanese トリケラトプス
  • トリケラトプス (torikeratopusu)Triceratops
Korean 트리케라톱스
  • 트리케라톱스 (teurikeratopseu)Triceratops
Polish triceratops
  • triceratopsTriceratops
Portuguese tricerátopo, tricerátops
  • tricerátopoTriceratops
  • tricerátopsTriceratops
Russian трицера́топс
  • трицера́топс (tricerátops)Triceratops
Spanish tricerátops, tricératops
  • tricerátopsTriceratops
  • tricératopsTriceratops
Swedish triceratops
  • triceratopsTriceratops

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tetrasporic
Cite this entry
APA

triceratops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triceratops

MLA

“triceratops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triceratops. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triceratops,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triceratops.

Source: triceratops on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.