Centaurus

See also: centaurus

English

Etymology

From Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”). Doublet of centaur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛnˈtɔːrəs/, /sɛnˈtɒrəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Centaurus

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

Derived terms

• Alpha Centauri
• Centauri
• Proxima Centauri

Translations

spring constellation of the northern sky

• Arabic: الْقُنْطُور m (al-qunṭūr)
• Armenian: Կենտավրոս (Kentavros)
• Catalan: Centaure (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 半人馬座 / 半人马座 (bun³ jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 半人馬座 / 半人马座 (zh) (Bànrénmǎzuò)

• Dutch: Centaur (nl) m
• Esperanto: Centaŭro
• Finnish: Kentauri
• French: Centaure (fr) m
• Galician: Centauro (gl)
• German: Zentaur (de) m
• Greek: Κένταυρος (el) m (Kéntavros)

  Ancient Greek: Κένταυρος m (Kéntauros)

• Hindi: नरतुरंग तारामंडल (narturaṅg tārāmaṇḍal)
• Irish: an Ceinteár m
• Italian: Centauro (it) m
• Japanese: ケンタウルス座 (ja) (Kentaurusu-za)
• Kazakh: Кентавр (Kentavr)
• Korean: 센타우루스자리 (Sentauruseujari)
• Malay: Centaurus
• Polish: Centaur (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: Centauro (pt) m
• Russian: Центавр (ru) (Centavr)
• Spanish: Centaurus
• Turkish: Erboğa (tr)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sentaurus/, [ˈt͡sentaurus]
• Rhymes: -urus
• Hyphenation: Cen‧ta‧u‧rus

Proper noun

Centaurus m pers (genitive singular Centaura, declension pattern of chlap)

1. the constellation Centaurus

Declension

Declension of Centaurus

	singulare tantum
nominative	Centaurus
genitive	Centaura
dative	Centaurovi
accusative	Centaura
locative	Centaurovi
instrumental	Centaurom