Aphrodite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.

noun

noun

A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.

/æfɹəˈdaɪti/ /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/ En-us-Aphrodite.ogg /ˈæ.fɹəʊ.daɪt/

Aphrodite Aphrodité Aphrodites afrodite

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).

Aphrodite Giant stevensite

Acidalia Anadyomene Cytherea Despina Kypris Pandemos Urania Ourania Venus

aphro- aphrodisia aphrodisiac aphrodisiacal Aphrodisian Aphrodite Giant Aphrodite Terra aphroditic aphrodito-

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