English Explanatory Dictionary

Scorpius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A constellation of the zodiac, traditionally figured in the shape of a scorpion. Its brightest star is the red giant Antares.
  2. Scorpio

Pronunciation

/ˈskɔːpɪəs/ /ˈskɔːɹpɪəs/ en-us-Scorpius.ogg

Word forms

Scorpius ♏︎ Scorpio

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpius (“scorpion”).

Synonyms

Scorpius Scorpio Scorpion

Antonyms

Taurus

Derived words

Scorpii

Translations

Amharic: ጊንጥ Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَقْرَب Arabic: اَلْعَقْرَب Armenian: Կարիճ Azerbaijani: Əqrəb Bengali: বৃশ্চিক Bengali: বিচ্ছু Breton: Skorpion Bulgarian: Скорпио́н Catalan: Escorpió Chinese Cantonese: 天蠍座 /天蝎座 Chinese Mandarin: 天蠍座 /天蝎座 Cornish: an Skorpion Danish: Skorpionen Digo: chisuse class 7 Dutch: Schorpioen Estonian: Skorpion Finnish: Skorpioni French: Scorpion German: Skorpion Greek: Σκορπιός Ancient Greek: Σκορπιός Hebrew: עַקְרָב Hindi: वृश्चिक Hindi: बिच्छू Hindi: अकरब Hungarian: Skorpió Irish: an Scairp Italian: Scorpione Japanese: 蠍座 Japanese: さそり座 Kazakh: Сарышаян Korean: 전갈(全蠍)자리 Korean: 전갈좌 Northern Kurdish: Dûpişk Macedonian: Шкорпија Malay: Kala Malay: Akrab Malay: Skorpio Maltese: Is-Skorpjun Māori: Te Waka o Mairerangi Navajo: átséʼetsoh Norwegian: Skorpionen Polish: Skorpion Portuguese: Escorpião Romanian: Scorpion Russian: Скорпио́н Sanskrit: वृश्चिक
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