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Capricorn
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English
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en Image:Capricorn.svg Sagittarius Aquarius Capricorn (astrology)
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thumb|Capricornus
Etymology
From en la Capricornus. en capri- corn horn.
Pronunciation
en /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/ RP
en /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/ US
en en-us-Capricorn.ogg US
Proper noun
(symbol ♑︎)
en Q10535 en zodiac constellations en Capricornus (constellation).
en 1634 Thomas Carew Cœlum Britanicum. A Masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting-House on Shrove-Tuesday-Night, the 18. of February 1633 John Walkley London 9 The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne,The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar.
en Q164272 en astrology The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).
en Cancer<id:Q161701><qq:regarded as an opposite>
en person of Q164272 sign A person with this sign, according to their birthdate.
en Capricornian<id:person of Q164272 sign>
en Cancer<id:person of Q161701 sign>
Derived terms
en Capricorn beetle first point of Capricorn Tropic of Capricorn Capriquarian Sagicorn
Related terms
en caper<id:from goat-referent origins> caprid mul:Capridae mul:Caprinae caprine
Translations
constellation Capricornus
astrological sign
Afrikaans: af Steenbok
Albanian: sq Bricjapi m
Arabic: ar بُرْج اَلْجَدْي m, ar اَلْجَدْي m
Armenian: hy Այծեղջյուր
Old Armenian: xcl այծեղջիւր
Asturian: ast Capricorniu
Azerbaijani: az Oğlaq
Breton: br Gavr f
Bulgarian: bg Козирог m
Burmese: my မကာရ
Catalan: ca Capricorn m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩羯座
Coptic: cop ⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ
Cornish: kw an Aver
Czech: cs Kozoroh m
Danish: da Stenbukken
Dutch: nl Steenbok m
Estonian: et Kaljukits
Finnish: fi Kauris
French: fr Capricorne
Galician: gl Capricornio
Georgian: ka თხის რქა
German: de Steinbock m
Greek: el Αιγόκερως m
Ancient Greek: grc Αἰγοκέρως m
Hebrew: he גְּדִי m gdi
Hindi: hi मकर m
Hungarian: hu Bak
Irish: ga an Gabhar m
Italian: it Capricorno m
Japanese: ja 磨羯宮 Makatsukyū
Kazakh: kk Тауешкі
Khmer: km មករា
Korean: ko ^마갈궁(磨羯宮)
Latvian: lv Mežāzis m
Lithuanian: lt Ožiaragis m
Luxembourgish: lb Steebock m
Macedonian: mk јарец m
Malay: ms Kambing Duyung, ms Jadi, ms Kaprikorn
Maltese: mt Kaprikorn m, mt Il-Muntun m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Steinbukken m
Nynorsk: nn Steinbukken m
Odia: or ମକର makara
Persian: fa بزغاله bozġâle
Polish: pl Koziorożec m
Portuguese: pt Capricórnio m
Romanian: ro Capricorn m
Russian: ru Козеро́г m
Sanskrit: sa मकर m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Gobhar m an Gobhar
Slovak: sk Kozoroh m
Slovene: sl Kozorog
Spanish: es Capricornio
Swahili: sw Jadi, sw Mbuzi
Swedish: sv Stenbocken c
Tagalog: tl Kambing
Telugu: te మకరరాశి, te మకరము, te మకరం
Thai: th มังกร, th มกร
Turkish: tr Oğlak
Ukrainian: uk Козорі́г m
Vietnamese: vi Ma Kết, vi Nam Dương, vi Sơn Dương
Welsh: cy yr Afr m
Noun
Someone with a Capricorn star sign.
en 2022 w:Candice Carty-Williams People Person Trapeze 232 ‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’
Translations
Someone with a Capricorn star sign
Bulgarian: bg ко́зирог m
Catalan: ca capricorn m f
Danish: da stenbuk c
Dutch: nl Steenbok
Estonian: et kaljukits
Finnish: fi kauris
German: de Steinbock
Macedonian: mk јарец m
Portuguese: pt capricorniano
Ukrainian: uk козорі́г m
Verb
en archaic To adorn with horns.
Richard Brathwait, "A Cuckold with a Witnesse", from A Strappado for the Devil (1615): "A wily wench there was (as I have read) / Who us’d to capricorn her husband’s head."
See also