tríscele
Portuguese, noun/ˈtɾi.se.li/
tríscele is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “triskele” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “símbolo de três braços de simetria rotacional, espécie de suástica de três rádios”.
What does tríscele mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriskele
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. símbolo de três braços de simetria rotacional, espécie de suástica de três rádios.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tríscele
- trísceles plural
- tríscelo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tríscele?
- Brazil /ˈtɾi.se.li/
- Portugal /ˈtɾiʃ.sɨ.lɨ/
- Portugal /ˈtɾi.ʃɨ.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tríscele in Portuguese?
tríscele appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).