Sagittarius

See also sagittarius

Translingual

Etymology

Latin sagittarius (“archer”)

Proper noun

Sagittarius

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae—the secretary bird.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sagittarius serpentarius - species

See also

• Sagittarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sagittarius on Wikispecies. Wikispecies
• Sagittarius serpentarius on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Sagittarius serpentarius

References

• 2006, Gill, F. and Wright, M., Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276:

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English

Signs of the Zodiac

Scorpio		Capricorn
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Etymology

From Latin sagittārius (“archer”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /sædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs/
• (US) IPA: /sædʒɪˈtɛrɪəs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriəs

Proper noun

Sagittarius

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer.
2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).

Synonyms

• ♐
• Toxotes

Derived terms

• Sagittarian
• Sagittarii

Translations

constellation

• Albanian: Shigjetari (sq) m
• Arabic: برج القوس (ar) (burj al-qaws) m, القوس (ar) (al-qaws) m
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Aġeġnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan (az)
• Breton: Saezher (br) m
• Bulgarian: Стрелец (bg) (Strélec) m
• Catalan: Sagitari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (cmn), 人马座 (cmn) (rénmǎzuò)

• Danish: Skytten (da)
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: Sagitario
• Estonian: Ambur
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr) m
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Greek: Τοξότης (el) (Toxótis) m
• Hungarian: Nyilas (csillagkép)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir (ga) m

• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 射手座 (ja), いて座 (ja) (いてざ, iteza)
• Latvian: Strēlnieks m
• Lithuanian: Šaulys (lt) m
• Macedonian: Стрелец (mk) (Strélec) m
• Malay: Pemanah (ms), Kaus (ms), Sagitarius (ms)
• Maltese: Saġittarju
• Norwegian: Skytten (no)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt), Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m (def. form)
• Russian: Стрелец (ru) (Streléc) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovak: Strelec (sk) m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario m
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd (cy) m

astrological sign

• Albanian: Shigjetari (sq) m
• Arabic: برج القوس (ar) (burj al-qaws) m, القوس (ar) (al-qaws) m
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Aġeġnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan (az)
• Breton: Saezher (br) m
• Bulgarian: Стрелец (bg) (Strélec) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (cmn), 人马座 (cmn) (rénmǎzuò)

• Dutch: Boogschutter m
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Hungarian: Nyilas (hu)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir (ga) m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m

• Japanese: 人馬宮 (ja) (じんばきゅう, jinbakyū)
• Luxembourgish: Schëtz (lb) m
• Macedonian: Стрелец (mk) (Strélec) m
• Malay: Pemanah (ms), Kaus (ms), Sagitarius (ms)
• Maltese: Saġittarju m, Qawwies
• Norwegian: Skytten (no) m
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt)
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m
• Russian: Стрелец (ru) (Streléc) m
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Swahili: Mshale (sw)
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd (cy) m

Noun

Sagittarius (plural Sagittariuses)

1. Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

Antonyms

• Gemini

Translations

Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

• Bulgarian: стрелец (bg) (strelec)
• Norwegian: skytte (no) m

• Romanian: săgetător (ro) m
• Russian: стрелец (ru) (streléc) m

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}