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Phobos
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “Fear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoʊbəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Phobos
- (Greek mythology) A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
- (astronomy) The innermost natural satellite of Mars.
Derived terms
Translations
mythology
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moon of Mars
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Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Pho‧bos
Proper noun
Phobos
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English Phobos, Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “mythological personification of fear”), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos m inan
- (astronomy) Phobos, the bigger of the two natural satellites of Mars [since 19th c.]
- 2005, Zdeněk Pokorný, Planety, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 92:
- […] Phobos obíhá ve vzdálenosti necelých 6000 kilometrů od povrchu planety.
- […] Phobos orbits in the distance of less than 6000 kilometres from the planet's surface.
- 2008, Jiří T. Pelech, Prvorození, Praha: Baronet, translation of Firstborn by Athur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, →ISBN, page 221:
- Mám sekundární soustavy na povrchu a na oběžné dráze. Ta největší je rozmístěna na několika stanicích na měsících Phobu a Deimu, pokud jsou vzájemně viditelné, dá se získat velmi dobrá dlouhá základna…
- I have secondary arrays on the surface and in orbit. The most impressive is based on a couple of stations on the moons, Phobos and Deimos; when they are in line of sight of each other you get a good long baseline…
Declension
Declension of Phobos (sg-only hard masculine inanimate foreign)
Alternative forms
See also
Further reading
- “Phobos”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
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Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos
- Phobos (moon of Mars)
Declension
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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos m
Turkish
Proper noun
Phobos
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English Phobos, from Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfɔbɔs/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈfoːbɔs/, /ˈfɔbɔs/
Proper noun
Phobos m (not mutable)
See also
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