Andromeda

See also: andromeda, Androméda, Andrómeda, and Andrômeda

Translingual

Andromeda polifolia (bog rosemary)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda, “mindful of her husband”)

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. Pieris.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – bog rosemary.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda glaucophylla, Andromeda polifolia

References

• Pieris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andromeda polifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Andromeda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda at USDA Plants database

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English

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, by Théodore Chassériau, 1840

Andromeda constellation map

Andromeda galaxy in infrared

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒmɪdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑːmɪdə/

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to a sea monster by Perseus who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
2. (astronomy) An autumn constellation of the northern sky representing the "Chained Lady" Andromeda from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Pisces and Cassiopeia.
3. (astronomy) Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way; M31.

Derived terms

• (abbreviated form) And
• Andromedae

Translations

mythical daughter of Cepheus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安德洛美達 (Āndéluòměidá), 安德洛墨達 (Āndéluòmòdá), 安朵美達 (Ānduǒměidá)

• Danish: Andromeda
• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f
• French: Andromède (fr)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda)

• Greenlandic: Andromeda
• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐊᓐᑦᕉᒥᑕ (antruumita)

• Irish: Andraiméide f
• Japanese: アンドロメダー (andoromedā), アンドロメデー (andoromedē)
• Korean: 안드로메다 (andeuromeda)
• Latin: Andromeda f, Andromedē f
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Andrômeda (pt) f (Brazil), Andrómeda (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)

constellation

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙女座 (sin¹ neoi⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙女座 (zh) (Xiānnǚzuò)

• Dutch: Andromeda (nl)
• Finnish: Andromeda (fi)
• French: Andromède (fr)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda)

• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)
• Irish: Andraiméide f

• Japanese: アンドロメダ座 (ja) (andoromeda za)
• Korean: 안드로메다자리 (andeuromedajari)
• Malay: Andromeda, Puteri Teratai
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Andrômeda (pt) f (Brazil), Andrómeda (pt) (Portugal)
• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)
• Turkish: Andromeda

spiral galaxy

• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) n
• Irish: Réaltra Andraiméide f, Bís Andraiméide f
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f

• Portuguese: Andrômeda (pt) f (Brazil), Andrómeda (pt) (Portugal)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)
• Swahili: Andromeda class n/n

See also

• Local Group

Further reading

• Andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda (constellation) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda Galaxy on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. (astronomy) Andromeda

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Finnish

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.

Declension

Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		Andromeda	—
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Andromeda	—
accusative	nom.	Andromeda	—
	gen.	Andromedan
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
inessive		Andromedassa	—
elative		Andromedasta	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
adessive		Andromedalla	—
ablative		Andromedalta	—
allative		Andromedalle	—
essive		Andromedana	—
translative		Andromedaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Andromedatta	—
comitative		—	—

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Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

Proper noun

Andromeda m

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda

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Latin

Fresco of Perseus and Andromeda (1st century AD)

Alternative forms

• Andromedē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.me.da/, [anˈdrɔ.mɛ.da]

Proper noun

Andromeda f (genitive Andromedae); first declension

1. (mythology) Andromeda (a daughter of the Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopeia)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Andromeda
genitive	Andromedae
dative	Andromedae
accusative	Andromedam
ablative	Andromedā
vocative	Andromeda

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. Archaic spelling of Andrômeda.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andrǒmeda/
• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.