Cetus

See also: cetus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”)

Proper noun

Cetus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, Synonym of Physeter.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cetus cylindricus (syn. of Physeter catodon)

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Cetus

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiːtəs/

Proper noun

Cetus

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

Derived terms

• Ceti

Translations

winter constellation of the northern sky

Chinese: Cantonese: 鯨魚座 / 鲸鱼座 (king4 jyu4 zo6) Mandarin: 鯨魚座 / 鲸鱼座 (zh) (Jīngyúzuò) Danish: Hval c, Hvalfisk c Estonian: Vaal Finnish: Valas, Valaskala (fi) French: Baleine (fr) f Galician: Balea (gl) German: Walfisch (de) m Greek: Κήτος (el) n (Kítos) Ancient: Κῆτος n (Kêtos) Irish: an Míol Mór m Japanese: 鯨座 (ja) (くじらざ, Kujiraza), くじら座 (ja) Kazakh: Кит (Kit) Korean: 고래자리 (Goraejari) Latin: Cētus m Malay: Ikan Paus Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭤𐭲 (kht /⁠kaht⁠/) Persian: قیطس (fa) (qeytos) Polish: Wieloryb (pl) m Russian: Кит (ru) (Kit) Spanish: Cetus Tagalog: Dambuhala

Anagrams

• cutes, scute

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Cetus

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθetus/ [ˈθe.t̪us] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsetus/ [ˈse.t̪us] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -etus
• Syllabification: Ce‧tus

Proper noun

Cetus ?

1. (astronomy) Cetus (winter constellation of the northern sky)