Taurus

See also: taurus

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries		Gemini
English Wikipedia has an article about Taurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹəs/

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  • Rhymes: -ɔːɹəs
  • Homophone: torus (horse–hoarse merger)
• (also US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹəs/

Etymology 1

From Latin Taurus (from taurus (“bull”)), from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος (Taûros); compare Aramaic תּוֹר (tor), Arabic ثَوْر (ṯawr). Latin taurus (“bull”) is a doublet of steer, tur, Tavros, and Tarvos.

Proper noun

Taurus (symbol ♉︎)

2. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.

   Meronym: Crab Nebula

   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.

4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).

Derived terms

• Taurean
• Tauri
• Taurid

Translations

constellation

Afrikaans: Stier Amharic: በሬ (bäre) Arabic: بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m (burj aṯ-ṯawr), اَلثَّوْر m (aṯ-ṯawr) Armenian: Ցուլ (Cʻul) Azerbaijani: Buğa, Sövr Bengali: ষণ্ড (bn) (śonḍo) Bulgarian: Теле́ц m (Teléc) Catalan: Taure (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 金牛座 (zh) (Jīnniúzuò) Cornish: an Tarow Danish: Tyren Dutch: Stier (nl) m Estonian: Sõnn Finnish: Härkä (fi) French: Taureau (fr) m German: Stier (de) m Greek: Ταύρος (el) m (Távros) Ancient: Ταῦρος m (Taûros) Hebrew: שׁוֹר (he) m (shor) Hindi: वृष तारामंडल m (vŕṣ tārāmaṇḍal) Hungarian: Bika (csillagkép) Ido: Tauro (io) Irish: an Tarbh m Italian: Toro (it) m Japanese: 牡牛座 (ja) (おうしざ, oushiza), おうし座 (ja) (oushiza) Kazakh: Торпақ (Torpaq) Korean: 황소자리 (Hwangsojari) Latvian: Vērsis m Low German: German Low German: Bull m Macedonian: Бик m (Bik) Malay: Lembu Jantan, Saur, Taurus Norwegian: Tyren (no) Old English: Fearr m Ottoman Turkish: بوغا (boğa) Polish: Byk (pl) m Portuguese: Taurus (pt) m Romani: Guruv m Romanian: Taur (ro) Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc) Sanskrit: वृषभ (sa) m (vṛṣabha), वृष (sa) m (vṛṣa) Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m Slovak: Býk m Slovene: Bik (sl) m Spanish: Tauro (es) m Tagalog: Damulag, Tauro Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te) (vr̥ṣabharāśi), వృషభము (te) (vr̥ṣabhamu), వృషభం (te) (vr̥ṣabhaṁ) Thai: วัว (th) (wuua), พฤษภ (th) (prʉ́-sòp) Tibetan: ཕ​་གླང (pha​ glang) Turkish: Boğa (tr) Ukrainian: Бик (uk) m (Byk) Urdu: سانڈ (sāṇḍ) Uzbek: Savr Welsh: y Tarw

astrological sign

Afrikaans: Stier Albanian: Demi m Arabic: بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m (burj aṯ-ṯawr), اَلثَّوْر m (aṯ-ṯawr) Armenian: Ցուլ (Cʻul) Asturian: Tauru, Güe m Azerbaijani: Buğa Bashkir: Буға (Buğa) Bulgarian: Теле́ц m (Teléc) Burmese: ပြိဿ (my) (pri.ssa.) Catalan: Taure (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 金牛座 (zh) (jīnniúzuò) Cornish: an Tarow Czech: Býk (cs) m Danish: Tyren Dutch: Stier (nl) m Estonian: Sõnn Finnish: Härkä (fi) French: Taureau (fr) m Georgian: კურო (ḳuro) German: Stier (de) m Greek: Ταύρος (el) m (Távros) Ancient: Ταῦρος m (Taûros) Hebrew: שׁוֹר (he) m (shor) Hindi: वृष (hi) m (vŕṣ), वृषभ (hi) m (vŕṣabh), बैल (hi) m (bail), सांड (hi) m (sāṇḍ) Hungarian: Bika (hu) Ido: Tauro (io) Irish: an Tarbh m Italian: Toro (it) m Japanese: 金牛宮 (ja) (きんぎゅうきゅう, kingyūkyū) Kazakh: Торпақ (Torpaq) Korean: 금우궁(金牛宮) (Geumugung) Latvian: Vērsis, Vērsis m Lithuanian: Jautis Low German: German Low German: Bull Luxembourgish: Stéier (lb) m Macedonian: бик m (bik) Malay: Lembu Jantan, Saur, Taurus Maltese: Tawru Norwegian: Tyren (no) m Old English: Fearr m Ottoman Turkish: بوغا (boğa) Persian: گاو (fa) (gâv) Polish: Byk (pl) m Portuguese: Touro (pt) m Romanian: Taur (ro) m Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc) Sanskrit: वृषभ (sa) m (vṛṣabha), वृष (sa) m (vṛṣa) Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m Slovak: Býk m Slovene: Bik (sl) m Spanish: Tauro (es) m Swahili: Thauri, Ng'ombe Swedish: Oxen (sv) Tagalog: Damulag, Tauro Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te) (vr̥ṣabharāśi), వృషభము (te) (vr̥ṣabhamu), వృషభం (te) (vr̥ṣabhaṁ) Thai: พฤษภ (th) (prʉ́-sòp) Turkish: Boğa (tr) Ukrainian: Бик (uk) m (Byk)

Noun

Taurus (plural Tauruses)

1. Someone with a Taurus star sign.
2. (automotive) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).

Synonyms

• (person with Taurus star sign): Taurean

Antonyms

• (person with Taurus star sign): Scorpio, Scorpius

Translations

Someone with a Taurus star sign

Bashkir: Буға (Buğa) Bulgarian: теле́ц m (teléc) Catalan: taure (ca) m or f Danish: tyr (da) c Dutch: Stier (nl) m Estonian: Sõnn French: Taureau (fr) German: Stier (de) m Low German: German Low German: Bull m Macedonian: бик m (bik) Norwegian: tyr (no) Old English: Fearr m Portuguese: taurino (pt) Swedish: oxe (sv) c Turkish: Boğa (tr) Ukrainian: бик (uk) m (byk)

Etymology 2

From Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος (Taûros)

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Taurus Mountains

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Taurus

1. A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast

Synonyms

• Taurus Mountains

Related terms

• Anti-Taurus

Translations

mountain range

Armenian: Տավրոս (hy) (Tavros) Dutch: Taurus (nl) Estonian: Taurus (et) French: Taurus (fr) German: Taurusgebirge Greek: Ancient: Ταῦρος (Taûros) Italian: Tauro (it) m Latin: Taurus (la) Persian: توروس (toros) Portuguese: Tauro (pt) m, Taurus (pt) m Russian: Та́врские горы f pl (Távrskije gory), Тавр (ru) (Tavr) Sicilian: Tauru m Turkish: Toros Dağları, Toroslar (tr) pl Ukrainian: Та́врські гори f pl (Távrsʹki hory), Тавр m (Tavr)

See also

• Elnath

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Latin

Etymology

From taurus (“bull”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtau̯.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪aːu̯.rus]

Proper noun

Taurus m sg (genitive Taurī); second declension

1. Taurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

See also

Zodiac signs in Latin (layout · text)
Ariēs	Taurus	Geminī	Cancer
Leō	Virgō	Lībra	Scorpiō
Sagittārius	Capricornus	Aquārius	Piscēs

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Taurus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tawˈɾu(j)s/ [taʊ̯ˈɾu(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tawˈɾu(j)s/ [taʊ̯ˈɾu(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tawˈɾu(j)ʃ/ [taʊ̯ˈɾu(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tawˈɾuʃ/

Proper noun

Taurus m

1. (astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
2. alternative form of Tauro

Related terms

• touro