"trident" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹaɪ̯dənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-trident.wav [US] Forms: tridents [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *tréyes From Latin tridēns, from tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”). Etymology templates: {{l|ine-pro|*tréyes}} *tréyes, {{PIE word|en|tréyes}} PIE word *tréyes, {{uder|en|la|tridēns}} Latin tridēns, {{af|la|tri-|dēns|nocat=1|t1=three|t2=tooth}} tri- (“three”) + dēns (“tooth”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trident (plural tridents)
  1. A three-pronged spear somewhat resembling a pitchfork. Categories (topical): Polearms, Three Translations (three-pronged spear): tërfurk [masculine] (Albanian), τρίαινα (tríaina) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), θρῖναξ (thrînax) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), hiruhortz (Basque), ত্রিশূল (triśul) (Bengali), forh a dri biz (Breton), тризъбец (trizǎbec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), trident [masculine] (Catalan), 三叉戟 (sānchājǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), trızub (english: Ukrainian national emblem) (Crimean Tatar), trojzubec [masculine] (Czech), drietand [masculine] (Dutch), tridento (Esperanto), atrain (Finnish), kolmikärki (Finnish), trident [masculine] (French), tridente [masculine] (Galician), სამკაპი (samḳaṗi) (Georgian), სამკბილა (samḳbila) (Georgian), Dreizack [masculine] (German), τρίαινα (tríaina) [feminine] (Greek), ત્રિશૂળ (triśūḷ) (Gujarati), त्रिशूल (triśūl) (Hindi), háromágú szigony (Hungarian), tridens (Hungarian), þríforkur [masculine] (Icelandic), tridento (Ido), trisula (Indonesian), trírinn [feminine] (Irish), adhal [masculine] (Irish), tridente [masculine] (Italian), 三叉槍 (sansasō) (Japanese), トライデント (toraidento) (Japanese), ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ (triśūla) (Kannada), ត្រីសូល៍ (treisol៍) (Khmer), 삼지창 (samjichang) (alt: 三枝槍) (Korean), fuscina [feminine] (Latin), tridēns [masculine] (Latin), trijzobs [masculine] (Latvian), trišakis (Lithuanian), тризабец (trizabec) [masculine] (Macedonian), serampang (Malay), trisula (Malay), ത്രിശൂലം (triśūlaṁ) (Malayalam), त्रिशूळ (triśūḷ) (Marathi), त्रिशूल (triśūl) [masculine] (Marathi), त्रिशूल (triśūl) (Nepali), trefork (Norwegian), trident [masculine] (Occitan), شل (šel) (Persian), trójząb [masculine] (Polish), tridente [masculine] (Portuguese), trident [neuter] (Romanian), трезу́бец (trezúbec) [masculine] (Russian), त्रिशूल (triśūla) [masculine] (Sanskrit), трозубац [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), trozubac [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ත්රිශූලය (triśūlaya) (Sinhalese), trizob (Slovene), tridente [masculine] (Spanish), tridenti (Swahili), treudd (Swedish), త్రిశూలం (triśūlaṁ) (Telugu), త్రిశూలము (triśūlamu) (Telugu), ตรีศูล (dtrii-sǔun) (Thai), trident (Turkish), тризубець (tryzubecʹ) (english: other tridents) [masculine] (Ukrainian), тризуб (tryzub) (english: Ukrainian national emblem) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đinh ba (Vietnamese), tryfer [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-trident-en-noun-eO-tnuUT Disambiguation of Polearms: 87 13 Disambiguation of Three: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 74 26 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'three-pronged spear': 99 1
  2. (geometry) A curve of third order of the form: Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms (curve): trident curve
    Sense id: en-trident-en-noun-4SnpzMfX Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'curve': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: impossible trident, tridental, tridentlike, trident bat Related terms: trisula (english: Hindu trident), tryzub (english: Ukrainian trident)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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          "word": "trojzubec"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "samḳaṗi",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "სამკაპი"
        },
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "სამკბილა"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Dreizack"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tríaina",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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          "roman": "tríaina",
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          "roman": "thrînax",
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          "word": "θρῖναξ"
        },
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          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "triśūḷ",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "ત્રિશૂળ"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "triśūl",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "त्रिशूल"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "háromágú szigony"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "tridens"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "word": "þríforkur"
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          "code": "io",
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          "word": "tridento"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "trisula"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trírinn"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "adhal"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sansasō",
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          "word": "三叉槍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "toraidento",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "トライデント"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "triśūla",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "treisol៍",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "ត្រីសូល៍"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "三枝槍",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "samjichang",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "삼지창"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "fuscina"
        },
        {
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tridēns"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trijzobs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "trišakis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "trizabec",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "тризабец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "serampang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "trisula"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "triśūlaṁ",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "ത്രിശൂലം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "triśūḷ",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "त्रिशूळ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "triśūl",
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          "word": "त्रिशूल"
        },
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          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "triśūl",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "त्रिशूल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "trefork"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trident"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "šel",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "شل"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trójząb"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "tridente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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          "word": "trident"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trezúbec",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "трезу́бец"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "triśūla",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "त्रिशूल"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "трозубац"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "trozubac"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "triśūlaya",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "ත්රිශූලය"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "trizob"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tridente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "tridenti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "three-pronged spear",
          "word": "treudd"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "სამკაპი"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "სამკბილა"
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "code": "gu",
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      "roman": "triśūḷ",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ત્રિશૂળ"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "word": "adhal"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
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      "word": "tridente"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sansasō",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "三叉槍"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toraidento",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "トライデント"
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      "code": "kn",
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      "roman": "triśūla",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ತ್ರಿಶೂಲ"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "treisol៍",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ត្រីសូល៍"
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      "alt": "三枝槍",
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      "roman": "samjichang",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "삼지창"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuscina"
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tridēns"
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trijzobs"
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      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "trišakis"
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      "word": "тризабец"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "serampang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "trisula"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "triśūlaṁ",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ത്രിശൂലം"
    },
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "triśūḷ",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "त्रिशूळ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "triśūl",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "त्रिशूल"
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      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "triśūl",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "त्रिशूल"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "trefork"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trident"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šel",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "شل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "trójząb"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tridente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "trident"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trezúbec",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "трезу́бец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "triśūla",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "त्रिशूल"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "трозубац"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "trozubac"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "triśūlaya",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ත්රිශූලය"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "trizob"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tridente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "tridenti"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "treudd"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "triśūlaṁ",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "త్రిశూలం"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "triśūlamu",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "త్రిశూలము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dtrii-sǔun",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "ตรีศูล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "trident"
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      "code": "uk",
      "english": "other tridents",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryzubecʹ",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "тризубець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "Ukrainian national emblem",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tryzub",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тризуб"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "word": "đinh ba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "three-pronged spear",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tryfer"
    }
  ],
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.