Andromeda

See also: andromeda, Androméda, Andrómeda, and Andrômeda

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda, “ruler of men”).

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – bog rosemary.
2. (dated) A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – Synonym of Pieris; certain shrubs: andromedas or fetterbushes..

Hypernyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Vaccinioideae – subfamily; Andromedeae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda polifolia – type species; Andromeda glaucophylla – other species

References

• Andromeda polifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pieris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andromeda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda at USDA Plants database

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒmɪdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑmɪdə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• enPR: ăn-drŏm′ĕ-də

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
2. (astronomy) A constellation of the northern sky representing the "chained woman" Andromeda in Greek mythology, which is surrounded by the constellations of Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus, among others.
4. (astronomy) The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.
   • 2018 July 23, Hannah Devlin, “Discovered: Milky Way's long-lost galactic sibling”, in The Guardian:

     The Milky Way once had a massive galactic sibling that was shredded and consumed by our closest neighbour, Andromeda, scientists have discovered.

   • 2008, Roger Reid, Space (novel), Montgomery, AL: Junebug Books, page 41:

     Andromeda is a large, spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. It's between two and three million light years away. On a clear night in a dark place, you can see Andromeda with the naked eye.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Andromeda.

Meronyms

• (constellation): Adhil, Almach, Alpheratz, Mirach, Nembus, Titawin, Veritate

Derived terms

• (constellation): And (abbreviated form), Andromedae (Latin genitive form), Andromedid

Translations

mythical daughter of Cepheus

Bulgarian: Андроме́да f (Androméda) Catalan: Andròmeda (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 安德羅墨達 / 安德罗墨达 (Āndéluómòdá), 安德洛墨達 / 安德洛墨达 (Āndéluòmòdá), 安朵美達 / 安朵美达 (Ānduǒměidá), 安德洛美達 / 安德洛美达 (Āndéluòměidá) Danish: Andromeda Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f Esperanto: Andromedo French: Andromède (fr) f Georgian: ანდრომედა (andromeda) German: Andromeda (de) Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda) Ancient: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda) Greenlandic: Andromeda Hungarian: Androméda (hu) Inuktitut: ᐊᓐᑦᕉᒥᑕ (antroomita) Irish: Andraiméide f Japanese: アンドロメダー (andoromedā), アンドロメデー (andoromedē) Korean: 안드로메다 (andeuromeda) Latin: Andromeda f, Andromedē f Norwegian: Andromeda (no) Polish: Andromeda (pl) f Portuguese: Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f European: Andrómeda (pt) f Romanian: Andromeda (ro) Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda) Spanish: Andrómeda (es)

constellation

Arabic: المَرْأَة المُسَلْسَلَة f (al-marʔa(t) al-musalsala), المَرْأَة الَّتِي لَمْ تَرَ بَعْلًا f (al-marʔa(t) allatī lam tara baʕlan), الأَرْمَلَة f (al-ʔarmala) Bulgarian: Андроме́да f (Androméda) Catalan: Andròmeda (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 仙女座 (sin1 neoi5 zo6) Mandarin: 仙女座 (zh) (Xiānnǚzuò) Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f Esperanto: Andromedo Finnish: Andromeda (fi) French: Andromède (fr) Georgian: ანდრომედა (andromeda) German: Andromeda (de) Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda) Ancient: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda) Hindi: देवयानी तारामंडल m (devyānī tārāmaṇḍal) Hungarian: Androméda (hu) Irish: Andraiméide f Japanese: アンドロメダ座 (ja) (andoromeda za) Kazakh: Андромеда (Andromeda) Korean: 안드로메다자리 (Andeuromedajari) Malay: Andromeda, Puteri Teratai Norwegian: Andromeda (no) Polish: Andromeda (pl) f Portuguese: Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f European: Andrómeda (pt) f Romanian: Andromeda (ro) Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda) Spanish: Andrómeda (es) Turkish: Andromeda

spiral galaxy

Bulgarian: Андроме́да f (Androméda) Catalan: Andròmeda (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 仙女座 (zh) (Xiānnǚzuò) Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f Esperanto: Andromedo, Andromeda galaksio Hindi: देवयानी मंदाकिनी f (devyānī mandākinī) Irish: Réaltra Andraiméide f, Bís Andraiméide f Norwegian: Andromeda (no) Polish: Andromeda (pl) f Portuguese: Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f European: Andrómeda (pt) f Spanish: Andrómeda (es) Swahili: Andromeda class n/n

See also

• Local Group

Further reading

• Andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Andromeda (constellation) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Andromeda Galaxy on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Andromeda

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnˈdroː.meː.daː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. (astronomy) Andromeda
2. (Greek mythology) Andromeda

Derived terms

• Andromedanevel

Finnish

Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:

Andromeda

Wikipedia ^fi

Etymology

From Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndromedɑ/, [ˈɑ̝n.dro̞ˌme̞dɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -edɑ
• Syllabification^(key): And‧ro‧me‧da
• Hyphenation^(key): And‧ro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.

Declension

Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Andromeda	—
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Andromeda	—
accusative	nom.	Andromeda	—
	gen.	Andromedan
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
inessive		Andromedassa	—
elative		Andromedasta	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
adessive		Andromedalla	—
ablative		Andromedalta	—
allative		Andromedalle	—
essive		Andromedana	—
translative		Andromedaksi	—
abessive		Andromedatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Andromeda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Andromedani — accusative nom. Andromedani — gen. Andromedani genitive Andromedani — partitive Andromedaani — inessive Andromedassani — elative Andromedastani — illative Andromedaani — adessive Andromedallani — ablative Andromedaltani — allative Andromedalleni — essive Andromedanani — translative Andromedakseni — abessive Andromedattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Andromedasi — accusative nom. Andromedasi — gen. Andromedasi genitive Andromedasi — partitive Andromedaasi — inessive Andromedassasi — elative Andromedastasi — illative Andromedaasi — adessive Andromedallasi — ablative Andromedaltasi — allative Andromedallesi — essive Andromedanasi — translative Andromedaksesi — abessive Andromedattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Andromedamme — accusative nom. Andromedamme — gen. Andromedamme genitive Andromedamme — partitive Andromedaamme — inessive Andromedassamme — elative Andromedastamme — illative Andromedaamme — adessive Andromedallamme — ablative Andromedaltamme — allative Andromedallemme — essive Andromedanamme — translative Andromedaksemme — abessive Andromedattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Andromedanne — accusative nom. Andromedanne — gen. Andromedanne genitive Andromedanne — partitive Andromedaanne — inessive Andromedassanne — elative Andromedastanne — illative Andromedaanne — adessive Andromedallanne — ablative Andromedaltanne — allative Andromedallenne — essive Andromedananne — translative Andromedaksenne — abessive Andromedattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Andromedansa — accusative nom. Andromedansa — gen. Andromedansa genitive Andromedansa — partitive Andromedaansa — inessive Andromedassaan Andromedassansa — elative Andromedastaan Andromedastansa — illative Andromedaansa — adessive Andromedallaan Andromedallansa — ablative Andromedaltaan Andromedaltansa — allative Andromedalleen Andromedallensa — essive Andromedanaan Andromedanansa — translative Andromedakseen Andromedaksensa — abessive Andromedattaan Andromedattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Andromeda

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

Proper noun

Andromeda m

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda

Anagrams

• domandare, domanderà

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Andromeda

Wikipedia ^la

Alternative forms

• Andromedē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [anˈdrɔ.mɛ.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [anˈdrɔː.me.da]

Proper noun

Andromeda f sg (genitive Andromedae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda (a daughter of Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopeia)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) the constellation Andromeda

   Synonym: Mulier Catēnāta

3. (New Latin, astronomy) the Andromeda Galaxy

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Andromeda
genitive	Andromedae
dative	Andromedae
accusative	Andromedam
ablative	Andromedā
vocative	Andromeda

Portuguese

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Andrômeda / Andrómeda

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andrǒmeda/
• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.