Antares

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antares, from Ancient Greek Ἀντάρης (Antárēs, “rival to Ares”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈtɛəɹ.iːz/, /ænˈtɑːɹ.iːz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈtɛɹ.iz/, /ænˈtɑɹ.iz/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General American):

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Proper noun

Antares

1. Alpha Scorpii (α Sco), the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius. It is a M type red giant, and is a binary with a B type companion visible in greenish.

Translations

star

• Afrikaans: Antares
• Arabic: قَلْب الْعَقْرَب (qalb al-ʕaqrab)
• Armenian: Անտարես (Antares)
• Bengali: জ্যেষ্ঠা (bn) (jeśṭha)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 心宿二 (sam¹ sau³ ji⁶)

  Mandarin: 心宿二 (zh) (Xīnxiù'èr)

• Czech: Antares
• Danish: Antares
• Dutch: Antares
• Estonian: Antaares
• Finnish: Antares
• French: Antarès (fr) m
• German: Antares (de) m
• Greek: Αντάρης (el) (Antáris)
• Gujarati: જ્યેષ્ઠા (jyeṣṭhā)
• Hebrew: אנטארס
• Hindi: ज्येष्ठा (hi) (jyeṣṭhā)
• Italian: Antares
• Japanese: アンタレス (ja) (Antaresu)
• Korean: 안타레스 (Antareseu)
• Latin: Antarēs m
• Latvian: Antaress
• Lithuanian: Antaris
• Māori: Rehua, Rerehu
• Nauruan: Ramwinimada (na), Ramanmada (na)
• Norwegian: Antares
• Persian: قلب عقرب, دل کژدم (del-e každom)

  Middle Persian: 𐭣𐭩𐭫 (dyl /⁠dil⁠/)

• Polish: Antares (pl) m
• Portuguese: Antares f
• Romanian: Antares
• Russian: Антарес (Antares)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Антарес

  Latin: Antares

• Spanish: Antares (es)
• Swedish: Antares
• Thai: แอนทาเรส
• Turkish: Antares
• Urdu: انتارس
• Vietnamese: Antares

See also

• (Behenian fixed stars) Alcyone, Aldebaran, Algol, Algorab, Alkaid, Alphecca, Antares, Arcturus, Capella, Deneb Algedi, Procyon, Regulus, Sirius, Spica, Vega

Anagrams

• Nateras, Retanas, anearst, anestra, atranes, rasante, santera

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Antares.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Antares m (proper noun, strong, genitive Antares')

1. Antares

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Antares.

Proper noun

Antares f

1. Antares

Anagrams

• rasante, rasenta, stanare, stanerà

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Antares.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈta.rɛs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -arɛs
• Syllabification: An‧ta‧res

Proper noun

Antares m animal

1. Antares

Declension

Declension of Antares

	singular
nominative	Antares
genitive	Antaresa
dative	Antaresowi
accusative	Antaresa
instrumental	Antaresem
locative	Antaresie
vocative	Antaresie

Further reading

• “Antares”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈta.ɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈta.ɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈta.ɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈta.ɾɨʃ/

Proper noun

Antares f

1. Antares (brightest star in the constellation Scorpio)

Further reading

• “Antares”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026