Sirius

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seirios)

Proper noun

Sirius

1. (astronomy) A bluish-white star in the constellation Canis Major; Alpha (α) Canis Majoris. A vertex of the Winter Triangle and the brightest star in the night sky. It is actually a binary star with a white dwarf companion star.

Synonyms

• (bluish-white star): Al Shira, Blazing Star, Canicula, Dog Star

Translations

Sirius

• Arabic: الشعرى (ar) (al-šíʿrā) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天狼星 (cmn) (Tiānlángxīng)

• French: Sirius (fr) m
• German: Sirius (de) m
• Irish: Réalta an Mhadra (ga) f
• Japanese: シリウス (ja) (Shiriusu)
• Korean: 천랑성 (ko) (Cheonnangseong) (天狼星 (ko))
• Latin: Canicula (la) f, Sirius (la) m

• Malay: Bintang Anjing (ms), Sirius (ms)
• Maori: Takurua (mi)
• Middle Persian: 𐭲𐭩𐭫 (Tīr), 𐭲𐭩𐭱𐭲𐭫 (Tištar)
• Persian: تیر (fa) (Tir), تیشتر (fa) (Tištar)
• Polish: Syriusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sírio (pt) m
• Russian: Сириус (ru) (Sírius) m
• Spanish: Sirio (es) m
• Swedish: Sirius (sv) c

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Proper noun

Sirius m

1. (astronomy) Sirius

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σείριος (“Seirios”), from σείριος (“scorching, destructive”)

Proper noun

Sīrius (genitive Sīriī); m, second declension

1. (astronomy) Sirius