triquetra
/tɹaɪˈkwɛtɹə/noun
triquetra is a noun meaning “A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-I-Q-U-E-T-R-A, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of triquetra is triquetras or triquetrae.
What does triquetra mean?
noun
- 1
A shape formed of three vesicae piscium, sometimes with an additional circle, a symbol of things and persons that are threefold (including the Christian Trinity), and a symbol of protection in Wicca.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce triquetra?
- /tɹaɪˈkwɛtɹə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of triquetra
- triquetras plural
- triquetrae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is triquetra?
Triquetra appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Triquetra in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense shape formed of three vesica piscis:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Triqueta, Triquetta |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does triquetra come from?
From Latin triquētrus (“having three corners”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).