Taurus

See also taurus

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries		Gemini
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Etymology

From Latin taurus (“bull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɔːrəs/, X-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 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
3. (automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).

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) (Távros) m
• Hungarian: Bika (csillagkép)
• Irish: an Tarbh (ga) m
• Italian: Toro (it) m
• Japanese: おうし座 (ja) (oüshiza), 牡牛座 (ja) (おうしざ, oüshiza)

• Latvian: Vērsis (lv) m
• Macedonian: Бик (mk) (Bik) m
• Malay: Lembu Jantan (ms), Saur (ms), Taurus (ms)
• 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
• Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te)
• Turkish: Boğa (tr)
• Welsh: y Tarw (cy)

astrological sign

• Albanian: Demi (sq) m
• Arabic: برج الثور (ar) (burj al-thawr) m, الثور (ar) (al-thawr) m
• Armenian: Ցուլ (hy) (C'ul)
• Azeri: Buğa (az)
• Bashkir: Буға (Buğa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金牛座 (cmn) (jīnniúzuò)

• Danish: Tyren (da)
• Finnish: Härkä (fi)
• French: Taureau (fr) m
• German: Stier (de) m
• Greek: Ταύρος (el) (Távros) m
• Hungarian: Bika (hu)
• Irish: an Tarbh (ga) m
• Italian: Toro (it) m
• Japanese: 金牛宮 (ja) (きんぎゅうきゅう, kingyūkyū)

• Latvian: Vērsis, Vērsis (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Jautis
• Luxembourgish: Stéier (lb) m
• Macedonian: Бик (mk) (Bik) m
• Malay: Lembu Jantan (ms), Saur (ms), Taurus (ms)
• 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)
• Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te)
• Turkish: Boğa (tr)

Noun

Taurus (plural Tauruses)

1. Someone with a Taurus star sign

Synonyms

• Taurean

Translations

Someone with a Taurus star sign

• Bashkir: Буға (Buğa)
• Danish: tyr (da) c

• Norwegian: tyr (no)

Antonyms

• Scorpio, Scorpius

See also

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