triskele
/ˈtɹaɪ.skil/noun
triskele is a noun meaning “A material with a structure resembling a triskeles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-R-I-S-K-E-L-E and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 78 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of triskele is triskeles.
What does triskele mean?
noun
- 1
A material with a structure resembling a triskeles.
Both materials have the triskele geometry.
- 2
Alternative form of triskeles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce triskele?
- US /ˈtɹaɪ.skil/
- US /ˈtɹɪs.kil/
Triskele has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-triskele.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-triskele2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of triskele
- triskeles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is triskele?
Triskele appears about once in every 78 million words in written English, the 279,513th 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).
Where does triskele come from?
Circa 1885, alongside triskeles (c. 1880), from French triskèle (1835).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).