Altair

See also: altair

English

Etymology

From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʾir, “flying”).

Proper noun

Altair

1. (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.

Translations

star

• Arabic: النسر الطائر‎ (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 河鼓二 (ho⁴ gu² ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 河鼓二 (zh) (Hégǔ'èr)

• Czech: Altair
• Dutch: Altair (nl)
• Finnish: Altair
• French: Altaïr (fr)
• German: Altair (de)
• Greek: Αλτάιρ (Altáir)
• Hebrew: אלטאיר‎ (he)
• Hindi: श्रवण तारा (śravaṇ tārā)
• Indonesian: Altair
• Italian: Altair
• Japanese: アルタイル (ja) (Arutairu)
• Korean: 알타이르 (altaireu)

• Latin: Altair
• Lithuanian: Altayras
• Norwegian: Altair (no)
• Persian: کرکس پرنده‎
• Polish: Altair
• Portuguese: Altair (pt)
• Romanian: Altair
• Russian: Альтаир (Alʹtair)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алтаир

  Roman: Altair

• Spanish: Altair
• Swedish: Altair
• Turkish: Altair
• Ukrainian: Альтаїр (Alʹtajir)
• Vietnamese: Sao Ngưu Lang

Anagrams

• atrial, lariat, latria

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر (ṭāʾir, “flying”).

Proper noun

Altair f

1. Altair

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Altair f

1. (astronomy) Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
2. Altair (municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil)