Rigel

riġel English Alternative forms en Regel Etymology 1 A corruption of en ar رِجْل foot, leg, in the Arabic name ar رِجْل الْجَبَّار foot of the great one (i.e., Orion). en ar ر ج ل Pronunciation en /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/ en aɪdʒəl 2 Proper noun en star A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky. en Algebar Elgebar en 1893 E. W. Bullinger Witness of the Stars The author London 125 He is so pictured in the ancient Denderah Zodiac, where we see a man coming forth pointing to the three bright stars (Rigel, Bellatrix, and Betelguez) as his. Derived terms en Rigelian Translations star Armenian: hy Ռիգել Chinese: Cantonese: yue 參宿七 sam1 sau3 cat1 Mandarin: cmn 參宿七 Shēnxiùqī French: fr Rigel German: de Rigel Italian: it Rigel Japanese: ja リゲル Rigeru Lithuanian: lt Rigelis Māori: mi Puanga Polish: pl Rigel Scottish Gaelic: gd Spor Liath m An Spor Liath Spanish: es Rigel Etymology 2 Probably an Americanized spelling of en de Reigel or de Riegel. Proper noun s en German. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Rigel is the 36630th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Rigel is most common among White (91.48%) individuals. Further reading Anagrams en egilr e-girl egirl elrig girle liger Cebuano Etymology From ceb en Rigel, a corruption of ceb ar رِجْل foot, leg, in the Arabic name ar اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار the foot of the great one. Proper noun ceb proper noun ceb male ceb star en Rigel; a blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion Quotations ceb Italian Etymology From a corruption of it ar رِجْل foot, leg, in the Arabic name ar اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار the foot of the great one. Proper noun f en Rigel Anagrams it egilr gerli it Stars Polish pl: Etymology pl 1 Pronunciation Proper noun m-anml en Rigel β Orionis, a blue supergiant star pl Algebar Declension <m.anml.sg> Further reading pl Stars