Boötes

See also: bootes and Bootes

English

Alternative forms

• Bootes

Etymology

From Latin Boōtēs, the constellation, from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs)

Pronunciation

• enPR: bō-ōʹtēz, IPA^(key): /boʊˈoʊtiːz/

Proper noun

Boötes

1. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the third-brightest star in the night sky, Arcturus.

Related terms

• Boötis

Translations

a constellation

• Azerbaijani: Naxırçı
• Catalan: Bover (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牧夫座 (muk⁶ fu¹ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 牧夫座 (zh) (Mùfūzuò)

• Estonian: Karjus
• Finnish: Karhunvartija
• French: Bouvier (fr) m
• Galician: Boieiro (gl)
• German: Bärenhüter (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Βοώτης m (Boṓtēs), Ἀρκτοφύλαξ m (Arktophúlax)

• Irish: Bóitéas m, Boötes m, an tAoire m
• Italian: Boote (it) m

• Japanese: うしかい座 (ja), 牛飼い座 (ja)
• Kazakh: Сиыршы (Sïırşı)
• Korean: 목동자리 (mokdongjari)
• Latin: Arcturus (la) m, Arctophylax m, Bootes (la) m
• Malay: Gembala
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Bjørnevokteren (no)

  Nynorsk: Bjørnepassaren (no)

• Persian: گاوران‎ (gāvrān)
• Polish: Wolarz (pl) m
• Portuguese: boieiro (pt) m
• Russian: Волопа́с (ru) (Volopás)
• Spanish: Boötes, Pastor (es), Boyero (es)
• Swedish: Björnvaktaren (sv) c (used only in the definite)
• Turkish: Boötes

Anagrams

• besoot

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Dutch

Proper noun

Boötes m

1. (astronomy) Boötes

Synonyms

• Ossenhoeder