Taurus

See also taurus

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries		Gemini
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Etymology

From Latin taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɔːrəs/, SAMPA: /"to:r@s/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːrəs
• Homophone: torus

Proper noun

Taurus (symbol ♉)

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.
   • 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3

     See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.

2. (astrology): The Zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21.
3. (automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-2006).

Derived terms

• Taurean
• Tauri
• taurid

Translations

constellation

Arabic: برج الثور (ar) (burj al-thawr) m., الثور (ar) (al-thawr) m. Armenian: Ցուլ (hy) (C'ul) Azeri: Buğa (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 金牛座 (cmn) (jīnniúzuò) Danish: Tyren (da) Finnish: Härkä (fi) French: Taureau (fr) m. German: Stier (de) m. Greek: Ταύρος (el) m. Hungarian: Bika (csillagkép) Italian: Toro (it) m.

Japanese: おうし座 (ja) (oüshiza), 牡牛座 (ja) (おうしざ, oüshiza) Macedonian: Бик (mk) (Bik) m. Norwegian: Tyren (no) Polish: Byk (pl) m. Romanian: Taur (ro) Russian: Телец (ru) (Teléc) m. Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m. Slovak: Býk m. Slovene: Bik (sl) m. Spanish: Tauro m. Turkish: Boğa (tr)

astrological sign

Arabic: برج الثور (ar) (burj al-thawr) m., الثور (ar) (al-thawr) m. Armenian: Ցուլ (hy) (C'ul) Azeri: Buğa (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 金牛座 (cmn) (jīnniúzuò) Danish: Tyren (da) Finnish: Härkä (fi) French: Taureau (fr) m. German: Stier (de) m. Greek: Ταύρος (el) m. Hungarian: Bika (hu) Italian: Toro (it) m. Japanese: 金牛宮 (ja) (きんぎゅうきゅう, kingyūkyū) Latvian: Vērsis

Lithuanian: Jautis Luxembourgish: Stéier (lb) m. Macedonian: Бик (mk) (Bik) m. Maltese: Tawru (mt) Norwegian: Tyren (no) m. Polish: Byk (pl) m. Portuguese: Touro (pt) Russian: Телец (ru) (Teléc) m. Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m. Slovak: Býk m. Slovene: Bik m. Spanish: Tauro m. Swedish: Oxen (sv) Turkish: Boğa (tr)

Noun

Taurus (plural Tauruses)

1. Someone with a Taurus star sign

Synonyms

• Taurean

Translations

Someone with a Taurus star sign

Danish: tyr (da) c.

Norwegian: tyr (no)

Antonyms

• Scorpio, Scorpius

See also

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