love triangle

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlʌv ˌtɹʌɪæŋɡəl/

Noun

love triangle (plural love triangles)

A situation in which two people vie for the love of a third.
- 1961 Dec. 12, The Times, p.5 col. F:
  La Battaglia di Legnano is a patriotic melodrama with a love triangle theme included.

Related terms

love polygon

Translations

situation in which two people vie for the love of a third

Afrikaans: liefdesdriehoek, driehoeksverhouding
Arabic: مُثَلَّث حُبّ‎ m (muṯallaṯ ḥubb)
Bulgarian: любовен триъгълник m (ljubóven triǎ̀gǎlnik)
Catalan: triangle amorós m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 三角戀, 三角恋 (sānjiǎoliàn)
Czech: milostný trojúhelník m
Dutch: driehoeksverhouding (nl) f
Esperanto: amotriangulo
Estonian: armukolmnurk
Finnish: kolmiodraama (fi)
French: triangle amoureux (fr) m
Galician: triángulo amoroso m
Georgian: სასიყვარულო სამკუთხედი (sasiq̇varulo samḳutxedi)
German: Dreiecksverhältnis n
Greek: ερωτικό τρίγωνο n (erotikó trígono)
Hebrew: משולש אהבה‎

Hungarian: szerelmi háromszög
Irish: triantán suthain m
Italian: triangolo amoroso
Japanese: 三角関係 (さんかくかんけい, sankaku kankei)
Korean: 삼각관계 (ko) (samgakgwangye (三角關係))
Polish: trójkąt miłosny f
Portuguese: triângulo amoroso m
Russian: любо́вный треуго́льник (ru) m (ljubóvnyj treugólʹnik)
Scottish Gaelic: triantan gaoil m
Serbo-Croatian: ljubavni trougao
Spanish: triángulo amoroso m
Telugu: ముక్కోణ ప్రేమ (mukkōṇa prēma)
Thai: ความรักสามเส้า (kwaam rák săam-sâo)
Turkish: aşk üçgeni
Vietnamese: tình tay ba
Welsh: triongl cariad m

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