Charon

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from both Latin Charōn (“Charon”) and Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn, “Charon”), the Hadean ferryman from Greek mythology.

Proper noun

Charon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Amblypygi – order; Charontoidea – superfamily; Charontidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Charon grayi (giant whip-spider) – type species; for other species see Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Charon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Charon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon (mythology)

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon (moon)

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). The name of the moon was coined by American astronomer James W. Christy in 1978, in reference to a fictional moon of Pluto in a novel by Edmond Hamilton but also influenced by its similarity to Char, a pet name for Charlene, his wife's name — hence the alternative American pronunciation, which is used at NASA.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹɒn/, /ˈkɛːrən/
• (US) (Greek mythology): IPA^(key): /ˈkɛəɹən/

• Audio (US):

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• (US) (astronomy): IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/, /ˈkɛəɹɑn/, /-ɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹən, -ɛəɹɒn
• Hyphenation: Char‧on

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Proper noun

Charon

1. (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
2. (astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): ⯕

Derived terms

• Charonian
• Charonic
• Charon's obol

Translations

a moon of Pluto

Arabic: شَارُون m (šarūn) Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni) Chinese: Mandarin: 冥衛一 / 冥卫一 (Míngwèiyī) Czech: Charon m inan Danish: Charon Dutch: Charon (nl) m Finnish: Kharon (fi) French: Charon (fr) Galician: Caronte (gl) German: Charon (de) m Greek: Χάρων (el) m (Cháron), Χάροντας (el) m (Chárontas) Greenlandic: Charoni Hungarian: Kharón Italian: Caronte m Japanese: カロン (ja) (Karon), シャロン (Sharon) Korean: 카론 (Karon) Macedonian: Харон m (Haron) Maori: kūwata Marathi: केरन (keran) Polish: Charon (pl) m Portuguese: Caronte Russian: Харо́н (ru) m (Xarón) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: Haron (sh) m Sicilian: Carunti m Spanish: Caronte (es) Swedish: Charon (sv)

the ferryman of Hades

Arabic: خَارُون (ḵārūn) Armenian: Քարոն (hy) (Kʻaron) Basque: Karon (eu) Breton: C'haron Bulgarian: Харо́н m (Harón) Catalan: Caront m Cherokee: ᎧᎶᏂ (kaloni) Chinese: Mandarin: 卡戎 (Kǎróng) Corsican: Caronti Czech: Charón m anim, Charon m anim Danish: Karon Dutch: Charon (nl) m Finnish: Kharon (fi) Galician: Caronte (gl) Georgian: ქარონი (ka) (karoni) Greek: Χάρων (el) m (Cháron), Χάρος (el) m (Cháros) Ancient: Χάρων m (Khárōn) Greenlandic: Charoni Hebrew: כארון Hungarian: Charon, Kharón Indonesian: Kharon Inuktitut: ᖄᕈᓐ (qaaron) Irish: Carón Italian: Caronte m Japanese: カローン Korean: 카론 (Karon) Ligurian: Caronte, Charu, Charun Lithuanian: Charonas Macedonian: Харон m (Haron) Marathi: केरन (keran) Norwegian: Kharon Persian: خارون Polish: Charon (pl) m Portuguese: Caronte Russian: Харо́н (ru) m (Xarón) Serbo-Croatian: Ха̑рон m Roman: Hȃron (sh) m Sicilian: Carunti m Slovak: Charón, Cháron Slovene: Haron (sl) Spanish: Caronte (es) Thai: แครอน Turkish: Kharoon Ukrainian: Харо́н m (Xarón)

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra

Noun

Charon (plural Charons)

1. (poetic) Any ferryman.

Anagrams

• Anchor, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch, rancho

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon (moon)

Wikipedia ^cs

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

Charón

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxaron]
• Rhymes: -aron
• Hyphenation: Cha‧ron

Proper noun

Charon m inan (relational adjective charonský)

2. (astronomy) Charon (moon of Pluto) [since 1985]
   • 1989, Jiří Grygar, Vladimír Železný, Okna vesmíru dokořán, Praha: Naše vojsko, →ISBN, page 107:

     […] Charon „visí“ trvale nad určitým místem povrchu Pluta podobně jako geostacionární umělé družice Země nad pozemskou stanicí.

     […] Charon "hangs" above a certain point of the Pluto's surface in a similar way as geostationary artificial satellites of the Earth above a terrestrial station.

Declension

Declension of Charon (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Charon
genitive	Charona, Charonu
dative	Charonu
accusative	Charon, Charona
vocative	Charone
locative	Charonu
instrumental	Charonem

Proper noun

Charon m anim (relational adjective Charonův)

2. (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Charón (the ferryman of Hades)
   • 1892, Jan Blokša, “Dante Alighieri a Vergilius Maro”, in Hlídka‎, volume 9, page 318:

     Charon uviděv Aeneáše ozbrojeného připomněl si Heraklea, který též tak přišel a násilně si v podsvětí počínal, […]

     Charon having seen armed Aeneas remembered Herakles, who had also come in such a way and behaved violently in the underworld, […]

Declension

Declension of Charon (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Charon
genitive	Charona
dative	Charonovi
accusative	Charona
vocative	Charone
locative	Charonovi
instrumental	Charonem

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• “Charon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰa.roːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ron]

Proper noun

Charōn m sg (genitive Charontis or Charontos or Charōnis); third declension

1. Charon (ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ōn or non-Greek-type or non-Greek-type; two different stems), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Charōn
genitive	Charontis Charontos Charōnis
dative	Charontī Charōnī
accusative	Charonta Charontem Charōnem
ablative	Charonte Charōne
vocative	Charōn

Derived terms

• charōnēus

References

• “Charon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Charon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.rɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɔn
• Syllabification: Cha‧ron

Proper noun

Charon m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx)
2. (astronomy) Charon (largest of the five moons of Pluto)

Declension

Declension of Charon

	singular	plural
nominative	Charon	Charoni/Charony (deprecative)
genitive	Charona	Charonów
dative	Charonowi	Charonom
accusative	Charona	Charonów
instrumental	Charonem	Charonami
locative	Charonie	Charonach
vocative	Charonie	Charoni

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• Charon in PWN's encyclopedia

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:

Charon (uydu)

Wikipedia ^tr

Proper noun

Charon

1. (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Haron
2. (astronomy) Charon

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Charon m (not mutable)

1. (Greek mythology) Charon (the ferryman of the underworld)
2. (astronomy) Charon (a moon of Pluto)

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star	yr Haul
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercher	Gwener	y Ddaear	Mawrth	Ceres	Iau	Sadwrn	Wranws	Neifion	Plwton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	y Lleuad	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Mutation

Mutated forms of Charon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Charon	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged