Castor

castor Translingual thumb|Castor canadensis Etymology From mul la castor beaver, from mul grc κάστωρ. mul Q1043 1758. Proper noun 1 m genus family Castoridae beavers Hypernyms genus Hyponyms genus Castor fiber species (European beaver) - type species; Castor canadensis species (American beaver) – sole other extant species References Castor (genus) 1 1 English + and Pollux + (star) Etymology From en grc Κάστωρ, from en grc κάστωρ beaver. Pronunciation en /ˈkɑːs.tə/ RP en /ˈkæs.tɚ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Castor.wav US en caster castor Proper noun en Greek mythology One of the Dioscuri en star A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum. en village/and/cpar in city of dist/Peterborough co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL1298. Parish map (Peterborough) en town in the co/County of Paintearth p/Alberta c/Canada. From en fr castor beaver. en village co/Bienville Parish s/Louisiana c/USA. From en fr castor beaver. en. Derived terms en castorite Translations Dioscuri Danish: da Castor French: fr Castor m Greek: el Κάστωρ m Greenlandic: kl Kastori Inuktitut: iu ᑲᔅᑐᕐ Irish: ga Castór m Polish: pl Kastor m-pr Russian: ru Ка́стор m Star Chinese: Cantonese: yue 北河二 bak1 ho4 ji6 Mandarin: cmn 北河二 Běihé'èr Dutch: nl Castor m French: fr Castor m Greek: el Κάστωρ m Māori: mi Whakaahu rangi, mi Whakaahu Polish: pl Kastor m-an Russian: ru Ка́стор m Scottish Gaelic: gd Gaolag na Caiginn f See also en Pollux References Anagrams en acorst Castro Cators Croats acrost actors co-star costar scroat scrota tarocs French Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-Castor.wav <<France>> (<<Toulouse>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Castor.wav France Proper noun m fr Greek mythology en Castor fr star en Castor fr Canada Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people German de: Pronunciation de [ˈkastoːɐ̯] de Cas tor de De-Castor.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun de:Castor (Stern) m,- de Greek mythology en Castor de star en Castor Declension m.sg Hypernyms de Stern Holonyms de Zwillinge de Sternenhimmel Noun de:Castor (Kerntechnik) m,s,en de nuclear physics a short form of Castor-de Behälter. CASTOR is an acronym for cask for storage and transport of radioactive material; a trademarked brand of dry casks. de Castorbehälter Declension m,s,en Hypernyms de Kernbrennstoffbehälter Related terms de Castortransport Further reading Latin Etymology la Castor :bor grc:Κᾰ́στωρ + 1 Pronunciation Castor Proper noun Castor/Castor<3> m la Greek mythology Castor la star The star α Geminorum in the constellation Gemini.https://xing.fmi.uni-jena.de/mediawiki/index.php/Castor Declension Castor/Castor<3> la Castorei is an old form of la Castorī. The Old Latin form la Kastorus shows the rare genitive singular ending la -us consonant-stem genitive suf instead of the standard Classical Latin ending la -is. References