Cerberus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos).

Proper noun

Cerberus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family  – certain water snakes.

References

• Cerberus (snake) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cerberus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cerberus (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κέρβερος (Kérberos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɝbəɹəs/

Proper noun

Cerberus

1. (Greek mythology) The giant three-headed dog who guards the entrance to Hades; and one of the many offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
2. (astronomy) A former constellation of the northern sky, near Hercules.

Translations

mythological three-headed dog

• Arabic: سِيرْبِيرُوس (sīrbīrūs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地狱三头犬，塞伯拉斯犬

• Czech: Kerberos m
• Danish: Kerberos
• Esperanto: Cerbero (eo)
• French: Cerbère (fr) m
• German: Zerberus m
• Greek: Κέρβερος m (Kérveros)
• Greenlandic: Kerberosi
• Interlingue:
• Inuktitut: ᓰᕐᐱᕈᔅ (siirpiros)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: Cerbero m
• Japanese: ケルベロス (keruberosu), 三頭犬 (santōken)
• Korean: 켈베로스 (kelberoseu)
• Malay: Cerberus
• Norwegian: Kerberos m
• Polish: Cerber (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cérbero (pt) m
• Russian: Це́рбер m (Cérber), Ке́рбер (ru) m (Kérber)
• Spanish: Cerbero m
• Swahili: Serbero m
• Swedish: Kerberos c, Cerberus c (antiquated), Cerberos c (somewhat antiquated)