Sirius

Síríus English Etymology en qsb-grc From en la Sīrius, from en grc Σείριος, usually taken from grc σείριος scorching; scorchergrc. Pronunciation en /ˈsɪɹi.əs/ RP,GenAm en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-Sirius.wav General American en ɪɹiəs 3 en cereous<aa:mirror-nearer> serious<aa:mirror-nearer> Proper noun en star A telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer. en star specifically The brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A. Synonyms en 4 star system the Dog Star informal Canicula<qq:Roman contexts> Sothis<qq:Egyptian contexts> Shira<qq:Islamic contexts> Blazing Star<ll:uncommon> Sopdet Alpha Canis Majoris Bayer latinized form mul α alpha mul Canis Majoris Bayer designation α mul CMa Bayer abbreviated form en 4 brightest star α Canis Majoris A designation Hyponyms en 4 star system the Pup informal Holonyms en Canis Major, en Winter Triangle Derived terms en Sirian Translations Afrikaans: af Sirius Arabic: ar اَلشِّعْرَى f, ar الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة f Armenian: hy Սիրիուս Avestan: ae 𐬙𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 Bengali: bn লুব্ধক Bulgarian: bg Сириус m Catalan: ca Sírius m, ca estel del Ca m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 天狼星 tin1 long4 sing1 Mandarin: cmn 天狼星 Tiānlángxīng Czech: cs Sirius Danish: da Hundestjernen Dutch: nl Sirius Egyptian: spdt f M44-t:sbA Esperanto: eo Siriuso Estonian: et Siirius Finnish: fi Sirius French: fr Sirius m Georgian: ka სირიუსი German: de Sirius m, de Hundsstern m Greek: el Σείριος Ancient Greek: grc Σείριος m Hebrew: he אַבְרֵק avréq Hindi: hi व्याध तारा m Indonesian: id Sirius Irish: ga Réalta an Mhadra f Italian: it Sirio Japanese: ja 天狼星 てんろうせい, Tenrōsei, ja シリウス Shiriusu Kazakh: kk Сүмбіле Khmer: km ផ្កាយព្រឹក pkaay prɨk Korean: ko ^천랑성(天狼星), ko 시리우스 Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb گەلاوێژ Northern Kurdish: kmr Gelavêj Southern Kurdish: sdh گەلاوێژ Kyrgyz: ky Сүмбүлө Latin: la Canicula f, la Sīrius m Latvian: lv Sīriuss Lithuanian: lt Sirijus Malay: ms Bintang Anjing, ms Sirius Māori: mi Takurua Navajo: nv sǫʼtsoh Ndonga: ng Ontuulunga Norman: nrf Cannitchule f Norman Norwegian: no Hundestjernen Old English: ang hār steorra m Old Norse: non Lokabrenna f, non Hundstjarna f Persian: fa تیشتر tištar, fa تیر tir, fa شباهنگ šabâhang Middle Persian: pal 𐭲𐭩𐭱𐭲𐭫 tištar, pal 𐭲𐭩𐭫 tīr Polish: pl Syriusz m Portuguese: pt Sírio f Romanian: ro Sirius Russian: ru Си́риус m Scottish Gaelic: gd Ruaill Mhòr f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Сиријус Latin: sh Sirius Spanish: es Sirio m Swahili: sw Shira Swedish: sv Sirius c, sv Hundstjärnan Thai: th ดาวซิริอุส Turkish: tr Sirius, tr Akyıldız Ukrainian: uk Сіріус Vietnamese: vi Thiên Lang, vi Sirius Welsh: cy Siriws m, cy Seren y Ci f See also en Sothic; en canicular; en cynic en dog days, en dogdays, en dog day References 1 June 2018 Naming Stars List of IAU-approved Star Names International Astronomical Union https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250310063743/https://www.iau.org/public/themes/naming_stars/ 10 March 2025. Faroese Proper noun fo proper noun m fo male Usage notes m Siriusarson Siriusson Siriusardóttir Siriusdóttir Declension Sirius Sirius Siriusi Siriusar Finnish Etymology From fi la Sīrius. Pronunciation Proper noun fi astronomy Sirius star Declension sg Siriu a sg Sirius a 0 Synonyms fi Koirantähti fi Kalevan tähti French Etymology fr :lbor la:Sīrius fr la Sīrius. Pronunciation Siriusse fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Sirius.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) Proper noun m fr star en Sirius fr Canicule<q:archaic> Further reading fr German de: Etymology de :bor la:Sīrius de la Sīrius. Pronunciation de /ˈziːʁiʊs/ de De-Sirius.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun m,- de star Sirius Latin Etymology la qsb-grc From la grc Σείριος Seirios, possibly from grc σείριος scorching, destructivegrc does this even exist?. Proper noun Sīrius<2> la star Sirius Declension Sīrius<2> Synonyms la Canicula la Sothis Hypernyms la stellae; la Canis Major, la Canicula Descendants 2 Borrowed af Sirius 1 ar اَلشِّعْرَى الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة 1 1 hy Սիրիուս 1 ca Sírius 1 cs Sirius 1 nl Sirius 1 eo Siriuso 1 et Siirius 1 fo Sirius 1 fi Sirius 1 fr Sirius 1 ka სირიუსი 1 de Sirius 1 id Sirius 1 it Sirio 1 ja シリウス Shiriusu 1 ko 시리우스 1 lv Sīriuss 1 lt Sirijus 1 ms Sirius 1 pl Syriusz 1 pt Sírio 1 ro Sirius 1 ru Си́риус 1 sh - 1 Cyrillic: sh Сиријус Roman: sh Sirius es Sirio 1 sv Sirius 1 th ซิริอุส 1, 1 1 th ดาวซิริอุส tr Sirius 1 uk Сіріус 1 vi Sirius 1 cy Siriws 1 References