Jovian

jovian English Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/ RP en /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/ GA en Jov i an Etymology 1 en ine-pro *dyew- From en la:Iovis<t:Jove, Jupiter> an,adj. and n. 1 7077750746 analysable as en Jove ian. en Zeusian. Adjective en astronomy Pertaining to the planet Jupiter. en Jovial en w:National Geographic 1990 August 178 2 Voyage of the Century Bradford A. Smith 60 Saturn and Uranus fit that pattern, although Saturn did reveal winds three times as fast as Jupiter's and convective storms, one of which (left, bottom) is as large as a Jovian white oval. en 1994 The Michigan Alumnus 19 Everything about last July's six-day-long collision of Jupiter and the twenty-one pieces that had made up Shoemaker-Levy was on the giant Jovian scale. en Roman mythology Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus); Jove-like; befitting Jupiter. en Jovial en Zeusian He did not admit of equals. But as a patron he was superb. With his Jovian air, his colossal condescension, his amused smile, his general suggestion of the god descending to the mortal, he could be quite overpowering in his amiability. US 219 and anyway it would have been too foolish even for a lunatic to suppose another Humbert was avidly following Humbert and Humbert’s nymphet with Jovian fireworks, over the great and ugly plains. Derived terms en circumjovian Jovianly super-Jovian Translations pertaining to the planet Jupiter Arabic: ar مُشْتَرِيّ Catalan: ca jovià Czech: cs jupiterský French: fr jovien Irish: ga Ióbhach, ga Ióvach Polish: pl jowiszowy Portuguese: pt joviano, pt jupiteriano Spanish: es joviano, es jupiteriano Swedish: obsolete sv jovialisk pertaining to the god Jove or Jupiter French: fr jupitérien Irish: ga Ióbhach, ga Ióvach Latin: la Iovius, la Ioviālis Polish: pl jowiszowy Portuguese: pt joviano, pt jupiteriano Spanish: es joviano, es jupiteriano Swedish: obsolete sv jovialisk Noun en chiefly science fiction An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter. en Jovial Jupiterian Translations inhabitant of Jupiter Arabic: ar مُشْتَرِيّ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 木星人 French: fr Jovien m, fr Jovienne f, fr Jupitérien m, fr Jupitérienne f Japanese: ja 木星人 もくせいじん, Mokusei-jin Polish: pl Jowiszanin m-pr, pl Jowiszanka f Coordinate terms en Lunar Martian Mercurian Neptunian Plutonian Saturnian Terran Uranian Venusian Derived terms en Epistellar Jovian Etymology 2 From the emperor’s name, en la Ioviānus. Proper noun Flavius Jovianus Augustus (331–364), a Roman emperor. en male Latin References Further reading Jovian (emperor) Anagrams en aijnov Javion Jovani en eponyms en Celestial inhabitants Demonyms Individuals Jupiter Roman Empire