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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlʌv ˌtɹaɪ.æŋɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-love triangle.wav Forms: love triangles [plural]
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  1. A situation in which two suitors vie or compete for the love of the same person. Wikipedia link: love triangle Categories (topical): Love, Plot devices, Romance fiction, Three Related terms: love polygon, eternal triangle, ménage à trois Translations (situation in which two people vie for the love of a third): liefdesdriehoek (Afrikaans), driehoeksverhouding (Afrikaans), مُثَلَّث حُبّ (muṯallaṯ ḥubb) [masculine] (Arabic), ثُلَاثِيَّة حُبّ (ṯulāṯiyyat ḥubb) [feminine] (Arabic), սիրային եռանկյունի (sirayin eṙankyuni) (Armenian), любо́ўны трохку́тнік (ljubóŭny troxkútnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), любо́вен триъ́гълник (ljubóven triǎ́gǎlnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), triangle amorós [masculine] (Catalan), 三角戀 (Chinese Mandarin), 三角恋 (sānjiǎoliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), milostný trojúhelník [masculine] (Czech), driehoeksverhouding [feminine] (Dutch), amotriangulo (Esperanto), armukolmnurk (Estonian), kolmiodraama (Finnish), triangle amoureux [masculine] (French), triángulo amoroso [masculine] (Galician), სასიყვარულო სამკუთხედი (sasiq̇varulo samḳutxedi) (Georgian), Dreiecksverhältnis [neuter] (German), ερωτικό τρίγωνο (erotikó trígono) [neuter] (Greek), משולש אהבה (Hebrew), szerelmi háromszög (Hungarian), ástarþríhyrningur (Icelandic), cinta segitiga (Indonesian), triantán suthain [masculine] (Irish), triangolo amoroso [masculine] (Italian), 三角関係 (sankaku kankei) (alt: さんかくかんけい) (Japanese), 삼각관계 (samgakgwan'gye) (alt: 三角關係) (Korean), љубовен триаголник (ljuboven triagolnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), trójkąt miłosny [masculine] (Polish), triângulo amoroso [masculine] (Portuguese), любо́вный треуго́льник (ljubóvnyj treugólʹnik) [masculine] (Russian), triantan gaoil [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), љубавни троугао [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), љубавни трокут [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljubavni trougao [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ljubavni trokut [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), milostný trojuholník [masculine] (Slovak), ljubezenski trikotnik [masculine] (Slovene), triángulo amoroso [masculine] (Spanish), triangeldrama [neuter] (Swedish), kärlekstriangel [common-gender] (Swedish), ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ (mukkōṇa prēma) (Telugu), รักสามเส้า (rák-sǎam-sâo) (Thai), aşk üçgeni (Turkish), любо́вний трику́тник (ljubóvnyj trykútnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), tình tay ba (Vietnamese), triongl cariad [masculine] (Welsh), trijehoeksferhâlding (West Frisian)
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "roman": "sānjiǎoliàn",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "word": "triangle amoureux"
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "word": "triángulo amoroso"
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ljubezenski trikotnik"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "triángulo amoroso"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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          "word": "kärlekstriangel"
        },
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "mukkōṇa prēma",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "word": "ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "rák-sǎam-sâo",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "word": "รักสามเส้า"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "word": "aşk üçgeni"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ljubóvnyj trykútnyk",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "любо́вний трику́тник"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "word": "tình tay ba"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "triongl cariad"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
          "word": "trijehoeksferhâlding"
        }
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      "word": "love polygon"
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      "word": "eternal triangle"
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "1961 December 12, The Times, p.5 col. F:",
          "text": "La Battaglia di Legnano is a patriotic melodrama with a love triangle theme included.",
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          "ref": "1997 January 5, Jack Miles, “On a Mission From God”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "By placing Max and Onno in a love triangle with Ada, Mr. Mulisch achieves an emotional depth that recalls Francois Truffaut's classic film “Jules and Jim.”",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "liefdesdriehoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
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      "roman": "muṯallaṯ ḥubb",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "roman": "ṯulāṯiyyat ḥubb",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ثُلَاثِيَّة حُبّ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sirayin eṙankyuni",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "սիրային եռանկյունի"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljubóŭny troxkútnik",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "любо́ўны трохку́тнік"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljubóven triǎ́gǎlnik",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "любо́вен триъ́гълник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triangle amorós"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "三角戀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānjiǎoliàn",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "三角恋"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milostný trojúhelník"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "driehoeksverhouding"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "amotriangulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "armukolmnurk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "kolmiodraama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triangle amoureux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triángulo amoroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasiq̇varulo samḳutxedi",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "სასიყვარულო სამკუთხედი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Dreiecksverhältnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erotikó trígono",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ερωτικό τρίγωνο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "משולש אהבה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "szerelmi háromszög"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "ástarþríhyrningur"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "cinta segitiga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triantán suthain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triangolo amoroso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さんかくかんけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sankaku kankei",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "三角関係"
    },
    {
      "alt": "三角關係",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "samgakgwan'gye",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "삼각관계"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ljuboven triagolnik",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љубовен триаголник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trójkąt miłosny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triângulo amoroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljubóvnyj treugólʹnik",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "любо́вный треуго́льник"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triantan gaoil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љубавни троугао"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "љубавни трокут"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ljubavni trougao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ljubavni trokut"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milostný trojuholník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ljubezenski trikotnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triángulo amoroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "triangeldrama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kärlekstriangel"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mukkōṇa prēma",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rák-sǎam-sâo",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "รักสามเส้า"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "aşk üçgeni"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljubóvnyj trykútnyk",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "любо́вний трику́тник"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "tình tay ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "triongl cariad"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "situation in which two people vie for the love of a third",
      "word": "trijehoeksferhâlding"
    }
  ],
  "word": "love triangle"
}

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