Meanings
trident1
nountrident (plural tridents)
plural tridents
- A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork.
Poseidon's trident
1 more example
I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704
Trident2
proper noun
- The nuclear weapon that is the nuclear deterrent of the United Kingdom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA curve of third order of the form
Similar
trident curve
Also see
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek τρίαινα, θρῖναξ
- τρίαινα (tríaina)three-pronged spear
- θρῖναξ (thrînax)three-pronged spear
Basque hiruhortz
- hiruhortzthree-pronged spear
Bengali ত্রিশূল
- ত্রিশূল (triśul)three-pronged spear
Bulgarian тризъбец
- тризъбец (trizăbec)three-pronged spear
Catalan trident
- tridentthree-pronged spear
Chinese Mandarin 三叉戟, 三叉槍 /三叉枪
- 三叉戟 (sānchājǐ)three-pronged spear
- 三叉槍 /三叉枪 (sānchāqiāng)three-pronged spear
Czech trojzubec
- trojzubecthree-pronged spear
Dutch drietand
- drietandthree-pronged spear
Esperanto tridento
- tridentothree-pronged spear
Finnish atrain, kolmikärki
- atrainthree-pronged spear
- kolmikärkithree-pronged spear
French trident
- tridentthree-pronged spear
German Dreizack
- Dreizackthree-pronged spear
Greek τρίαινα
- τρίαινα (tríaina)three-pronged spear
Hindi त्रिशूल
- त्रिशूल (triśūl)three-pronged spear
Hungarian háromágú szigony, tridens
- háromágú szigonythree-pronged spear
- tridensthree-pronged spear
Icelandic þríforkur
- þríforkurthree-pronged spear
Indonesian trisula
- trisulathree-pronged spear
Irish trírinn, adhal
- trírinnthree-pronged spear
- adhalthree-pronged spear
Italian tridente
- tridentethree-pronged spear
Japanese 三叉槍, トライデント
- 三叉槍 (sansasō)three-pronged spear
- トライデント (toraidento)three-pronged spear
Korean 삼지창
- 삼지창 (samjichang)three-pronged spear
Latin fuscina, tridēns
- fuscinathree-pronged spear
- tridēnsthree-pronged spear
Latvian trijzobs
- trijzobsthree-pronged spear
Lithuanian trišakis
- trišakisthree-pronged spear
Malay serampang, trisula
- serampangthree-pronged spear
- trisulathree-pronged spear
Norwegian trefork
- treforkthree-pronged spear
Persian شل
- شل (šel)three-pronged spear
Polish trójząb
- trójząbthree-pronged spear
Portuguese tridente
- tridentethree-pronged spear
Romanian trident
- tridentthree-pronged spear
Russian трезу́бец
- трезу́бец (trezúbec)three-pronged spear
Slovak trojzub
- trojzubthree-pronged spear
Spanish tridente
- tridentethree-pronged spear
Swahili tridenti
- tridentithree-pronged spear
Swedish treudd
- treuddthree-pronged spear
Thai ตรีศูล
- ตรีศูล (dtrii-sǔun)three-pronged spear
Turkish trident
- tridentthree-pronged spear
Ukrainian тризу́бець, тризу́б
- тризу́бець (tryzúbecʹ)three-pronged spear
- тризу́б (tryzúb)three-pronged spear
Vietnamese đinh ba, ba chĩa
- đinh bathree-pronged spear
- ba chĩathree-pronged spear
Welsh tryfer
- tryferthree-pronged spear
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APA
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“trident.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trident. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trident,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trident.
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