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Pleiades
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pléiades Plêiades Pléiades
English
Etymology
From en la Pleiades, from en grc Πλειάδες. In the astronomical sense, displaced ang seofonstierre the seven stars.
Pronunciation
en /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/ UK
en /ˈpliː.əˌdiz/ /ˈpleɪ.əˌdiz/ /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiz/ US
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Pleiades.wav General American
Proper noun
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right|thumb|Pleiades star cluster
en Greek god The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
en astronomy An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.
en 1893 E. W. Bullinger Witness of the Stars The author London 121 The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are integral parts of Taurus.
Synonyms
en Seven Sisters
Derived terms
en Pleiadean
Related terms
en Pleiad, en Pleiadian
Translations
Greek mythology
Asturian: ast Pléyades
Basque: eu Pleiade
Breton: br Pleiadezed
Bulgarian: bg Плея́ди f-p
Catalan: ca Plèiades
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 普勒阿得斯 Pǔlè'ādésī
Czech: cs Plejády
Danish: da Plejaderne
Dutch: nl Pleiaden
Esperanto: eo Plejadoj
Estonian: et Plejaadid
Finnish: fi Plejadit
French: fr Pléiades f-p
German: de Plejaden
Greek: el Πλειάδες
Ancient Greek: grc Πλειάδες f-p
Hebrew: he פליאדות
Hungarian: hu pleiaszok p
Italian: it Pleiadi
Japanese: ja プレイアデス Pureiadesu
Lithuanian: lt Plejadės
Luxembourgish: lb Pleiaden
Māori: mi Matariki
Norwegian: no Pleiadene
Polish: pl Plejady
Portuguese: pt Plêiades f
Russian: ru Плеяды
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Плејаде
Latin: sh Plejade
Slovene: sl Plejade
Spanish: es Pléyades
Thai: th ไพลยาดีส plaiyaadèet
Turkish: tr Ülker
Ukrainian: uk Плеяди
astronomy
Altai:
Southern Altai: alt Ӱлгер, alt ӱлгер
Amharic: am
Arabic: ar الثُّرَيَّا f
Aragonese: an Crapetas
Aramaic: arc ܟܺܝܡܳܐ
Armenian:
Old Armenian: xcl ալաւունք
Avestan: ae 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬈𐬥𐬌
Azerbaijani: az Ülkər
Bashkir: ba Өлкәр
Belarusian: be Аб'ект Месье M45
Betoi: sai-bet ocasù
Bidayuh:
Bau Bidayuh: sne sikora
Bulgarian: bg Плея́ди f-p
Catalan: ca Plèiades
Chichewa: ny adakulasa 2, ny akamwiniatsatana 2, ny mauta 6, ny msangwe 3
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 昴宿星團 maau5 sau3 sing1 tyun4, yue 七姊妹星團 cat1 zi2 mui5 sing1 tyun4, yue 昴宿團 maau5 sau3 tyun4
Mandarin: cmn 昴宿星團 Mǎoxiù xīngtuán, cmn 七姊妹星團 Qī Zǐmèi xīngtuán, cmn 昴宿團 Mǎoxiùtuán
Czech: cs Plejády, cs Kuřátka
Danish: da Plejaderne
Digo: dig chirimira 7
Dutch: nl Zevengesternte n, nl Plejaden p
Esperanto: eo Plejadoj
Estonian: et Plejaadid
Finnish: fi Seulaset p, fi Plejadit p
French: fr Pléiades f-p
Galician: gl Pléiades f-p, gl Setestrelo m
Georgian: ka პლეადები, ka ხომლი
German: de Plejaden f-p, de Siebengestirn n
Old High German: goh sibunstirni n
Greek: el Πλειάδες f-p
Ancient Greek: grc Πλειάδες f-p
Gungu: rub nyamukaaga 9
Hebrew: he פליאדות, he כִּימָה kimā
Hindi: hi कृत्तिका तारागुच्छ m
Hungarian: hu Plejádok, hu Fiastyúk, hu Hetes
Icelandic: is Sjöstirnið, is Sjöstjarnan f
Ido: io Pleyado
Ikizu: ikz ɨndɨmɨra 9
Indonesian: id Kartika, id bintang tujuh, id bintang suraya
Ingrian: izh Kärenki
Italian: it Pleiadi
Japanese: ja 昴, ja スバル Subaru, ja プレアデス星団 Pureadesu seidan
Kabwa: cwa endimira 9
Kankanaey: kne Salibobo
Karok: kyh ataynamtunvêech
Kazakh: kk Үркер
Khakas: kjh Ӱлгер
Khmer: km ផ្កាយកូនមាន់
K'ich'e: quc Motz
Korean: ko ^플레이아데스-성단
Kumyk: kum Уьлкер
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb پێروو
Northern Kurdish: kmr pêvir f
Lakota: lkt tȟayámni
Latin: la Vergiliae f-p, la Pleiades f-p
Latvian: lv Plejādes, lv Sietiņš
Lingala: ln Bangɔndɔ nsambo
Lithuanian: lt Plejadės
Lü: khb ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦂᧈᦓᦾᧉ
Luxembourgish: lb Plejaden
Maasai: mas n-kábártak
Malay: ms Bintang Tujuh, ms Bintang Kartika, ms Bintang Ketika, ms Bintang Puyuh, ms Bintang Suraya
Māori: mi Matariki, mi te Tātai-o-Matariki, mi te Huihui-o-Matariki, mi Matariki
Mokilese: mkj joapwroa
Nahuatl: nah Tiyānquiztli
Nandi: niq koremerik
Navajo: nv dilyéhé
Norman: nrf Pouochinniéthe f
Norwegian: no Pleiadene
Occitan: oc pleiades f-p
Ojibwe: oj Bagone-giizhig, oj madoodiswan
Old English: ang seofonstierre n
Old Norse: non sjaustirni n
Ossetian: os Авд хойы
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Плеяди f-p
Pashto: ps پرېوونې f perwǔne
Persian: fa پروین parvin, fa ثریا sorayyâ, fa پروی parvi
Polish: pl Plejady
Portuguese: pt Plêiades
Quechua: qu Unquy quyllurkuna
Romagnol: rgn
Romanian: ro Pleiada, ro găinușă f, ro Cloșca cu Pui f
Russian: ru Плея́ды f-p
Sanskrit: sa ऋक्षा m-p, sa कृतिका f
Scottish Gaelic: gd Seachd-Reultan na Seachd-Reultan f-p, gd Grioglachan an Grioglachan m, gd Seachdaran an Seachdaran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Плејаде, sh Влашићи m-p, sh Мессиер 45
Latin: sh Plejade, sh Vlašići m-p, sh Messier 45
Shona: sn Chisimira 7
Slovak: sk Plejády
Sotho: st Selemela
Spanish: es Pléyades
Swahili: sw Kilimia 7, sw Thurea
Swedish: sv Plejaderna
Tagalog: tl Mapulon, tl Supot ni Hudas, tl Apulon
Tamil: ta கார்த்திகை
Tanana:
Lower Tanana: taa bentsiyh
Tashelhit: shi Ida ṣṭṭ
Thai: th กระจุกดาวลูกไก่
Triqui:
Copala Triqui: trc Rcuinj
Turkish: tr Ülker
Ukrainian: uk Стожари, uk Плея́ди f-p, uk Кво́чка f
Urdu: ur ثریا suraiyā m
Uzbek: uz Hulkar
Vietnamese: vi Tua Rua
Yakut: sah Үргэл, sah сулус бөлөҕө
Yao (Africa): yao Ilimila 8
Zulu: zu IsiLimela 7
See also
en Hyades
Latin
Adjective
la adjective form Plēiadēs
la Plēias nom//acc//voc p