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Translingual

Proper noun

Zeus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – John Dory and Cape dory.
A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus discovered on Mount Olympus, with yellow disc-shaped fruiting bodies that grow in the decaying wood of Bosnian pine trees.

Hypernyms

(genus of fungus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Ascomycota – phylum; Pezizomycotina – subphylum; Leotiomycetes – class; Rhytismatales – order; Rhytismataceae – family

Hyponyms

(genus in Zeidae): Zeus faber (John Dory) – type species
(genus of fungus): Zeus olympus – sole accepted species

References

Zeus (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zeus (fungus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zeus (Linnaeus) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (fish)
Zeus (Minter & Diam.) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies (fungus)

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zjuːs/
- Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /zus/
(Wales) IPA^(key): /zɪu̯s/
(Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /zʉs/
Rhymes: -uːs

Proper noun

Zeus (plural Zeuses)

(Greek mythology) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.
A male given name.
A representative given name for a dog.
- 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
  67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.
- 2024 June 25, Issy Ronald, “Kevin, world’s tallest male dog, dies shortly after securing record”, in CNN‎:
  Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.

Derived terms

Translations

supreme ruler of all Greek gods

Afrikaans: Zeus (af)
Arabic: زَفْس m (zafs), زْيُوس m (zyūs)
Armenian: Զեւս (hy) (Zews), Զևս (hy) (Zews)
Bactrian: Ζαοου (Zaoou)
Bulgarian: Зевс m (Zevs)
Catalan: Zeus
Cherokee: ᏑᏍ (sus)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宙斯 (zh) (Zhòusī)
Coptic: ⲍⲉⲩⲥ (zeus)
Czech: Zeus (cs) m
Danish: Zeus
Dutch: Zeus (nl) m
Esperanto: Zeŭso
Extremaduran: Zeu
Finnish: Zeus (fi)
French: Zeus (fr) m
Galician: Zeus m
Georgian: ზევსი (zevsi)
German: Zeus (de) m
Greek: Ζευς (el) m (Zefs), Δίας (el) m (Días)
Aeolic: Δάν m (Dán)

Ancient: Ζεύς m (Zeús)

Mycenaean: 𐀇𐀸 (di-we)
Gujarati: ઝિયૂસ m (jhiyūs), ઝૂસ m (jhūs)
Hebrew: זֶאוּס (Ze'ūs)
Hindi: ज़्यूस m (zyūs)
Hungarian: Zeusz (hu)
Icelandic: Seifur (is) m
Irish: Séas m
Italian: Zeus (it) m
Japanese: ゼウス (ja) (Zeusu)
Korean: 제우스 (ko) (Je'useu)
Latin: Iuppiter (la) m, Zeus m
Latvian: Zevs m
Lithuanian: Dzeusas m
Lombard: Zeus (lmo) m
Macedonian: Зевс m (Zevs)
Marathi: झेअस m (jheas), झेउस m (jheus), झुस m (jhus)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Zevs

Nynorsk: Zevs
Occitan: Zèus m
Old Church Slavonic: Ꙁеѵсъ (Zevsŭ)
Persian: زئوس (fa) (ze'ws)
Polish: Zeus (pl) m
Portuguese: Zeus (pt) m
Russian: Зевс (ru) m (Zevs)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Зеус m, Зевс m

Roman: Zeus (sh) m, Zevs m
Slovene: Zeus m
Spanish: Zeus (es) m
Swahili: Zeu
Swedish: Zeus (sv)
Tumbuka: Zeusi
Turkish: Zeus (tr)
Ukrainian: Зевс (Zevs)
Vietnamese: Dớt
Wolof: Sës
Yiddish: זעוס (zeus)