Centaurus

See also: centaurus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin centaurus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”).

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 and Proxima Centauri.

Derived terms

• Alpha Centauri
• Centauri
• Proxima Centauri

Translations

spring constellation of the northern sky

• Armenian: Կենտավրոս (Kentavros)
• Catalan: Centaure (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

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

• French: Centaure (fr) m
• Galician: Centauro (gl)
• German: Zentaur (de) m
• Greek: Κένταυρος (el) m (Kéntavros)

  Ancient Greek: Κένταυρος m (Kéntauros)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: an Ceinteár m
• Italian: Centauro m
• Japanese: ケンタウルス座 (ja) (kentaurusuza)
• Korean: 센타우루스자리 (sentauruseujari)
• Malay: Centaurus
• Polish: Centaur (pl) m
• Russian: Центавр (ru) (Centavr)
• Spanish: Centaurus
• Turkish: Erboğa (tr)

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Slovak

Proper noun

Centaurus m (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