English Explanatory Dictionary

Janus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
  2. Used to indicate things with two faces (such as animals with diprosopus) or aspects; or made of two different materials; or having a two-way action.
  3. Used to indicate an azo dye with a quaternary ammonium group, frequently with the diazo component being safranine.
  4. A two-faced person, a hypocrite.
  5. A moon of Saturn.
  6. A male given name from Latin.

Pronunciation

ˈjā.nəs /ˈd͡ʒeɪnəs/ /ˈdʒæɪ̯nəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Janus.wav

Word forms

Janus

Etymology

From Latin Iānus (“the Roman god Janus”).

Related words

janiceps January Jekyll and Hyde

Derived words

Janian Janiform Januform Janus cat Janus-faced Janus green B Janus-headed Janus particle Janus word
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