English Explanatory Dictionary

Persephone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A minor deity, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and vegetation. Originally named Kore/Core, she is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter; and the wife of Hades. Her Roman counterpart is Proserpina.
  2. 399 Persephone, a main belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  4. The ninth or tenth planet, orbiting beyond Pluto.

Pronunciation

/pəˈsɛfəni/ /pɚˈsɛfəniː/ en-us-Persephone.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-Persephone.wav

Word forms

Persephone Persephonë

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē).

Derived words

Persephonean

Translations

Albanian: Persefonía Bengali: পার্সিফোন Breton: Persefone Bulgarian: Персефона Catalan: Persèfone Chinese Mandarin: 珀耳塞福涅 Chinese Mandarin: 普西芬尼 Coptic: ⲡⲉⲣⲥⲉⲫⲟⲛⲏ Czech: Persefona Danish: Persefone Dutch: Persephone Esperanto: Persefono Finnish: Persefone French: Perséphone German: Persephone Greek: Περσεφόνη Ancient Greek: Περσεφόνη Hebrew: פרספונה Hindi: पर्सेफ़ोनी Hungarian: Perszephoné Irish: Peirsifiné Irish: Peirséifiné Italian: Persefone Japanese: ペルセポネー Korean: 페르세포네 Latin: Persephonē Latvian: Persefone Lithuanian: Persefonė Luxembourgish: Persephone Marathi: पर्सेफनी Norwegian: Persephone Polish: Persefona Portuguese: Perséfone Romanian: Persefona Russian: Персефо́на Serbo-Croatian: Персефона Serbo-Croatian: Perzefona Slovak: Persefona Spanish: Perséfone Swedish: Persefone Thai: เพอร์ซิโฟเน Turkish: Persephone Ukrainian: Персефо́на
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