Rigel

See also: riġel

English

Alternative forms

• Regel

Etymology 1

A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/
• Rhymes: -aɪdʒəl

Proper noun

Rigel

1. (astronomy) A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky.

   Synonyms: Algebar, Elgebar

Translations

star

• Armenian: Ռիգել (Ṙigel)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 參宿七／参宿七 (sam¹ sau³ cat¹)

  Mandarin: 參宿七／参宿七 (zh) (Shēnxiùqī)

• French: Rigel (fr)
• German: Rigel (de)
• Italian: Rigel
• Japanese: リゲル (ja) (Rigeru)
• Lithuanian: Rigelis
• Maori: Puanga
• Polish: Rigel (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: An Spor Liath m
• Spanish: Rigel (es)

Etymology 2

Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel.

Proper noun

Rigel (plural Rigels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rigel is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Rigel is most common among White (91.48%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rigel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• e-girl, egirl, elrig, girle, liger

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Rigel, a corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار (ar-rijl al-jabbār, “the foot of the great one”).

Proper noun

Rigel

1. a male given name
2. (astronomy) Rigel; a blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Rigel.

Italian

Etymology

From a corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name اَلرِّجْل اَلْجَبَّار (ar-rijl al-jabbār, “the foot of the great one”).

Proper noun

Rigel f

1. Rigel

Anagrams

• gerli

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɡɛl/
• Rhymes: -iɡɛl
• Syllabification: Ri‧gel

Proper noun

Rigel m animal

1. Rigel (β Orionis, a blue supergiant star)

   Synonym: Algebar

Declension

Declension of Rigel

	singular
nominative	Rigel
genitive	Rigela
dative	Rigelowi
accusative	Rigela
instrumental	Rigelem
locative	Rigelu
vocative	Rigelu

Further reading

• Rigel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Rigel in PWN's encyclopedia