Chiron

See also: Chirón

English

Astrological symbol for Chiron

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χείρων (Kheírōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɪɹən/

Proper noun

Chiron

1. (Greek mythology) An old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher.
2. (astronomy, astrology) A centaur (minor planet) and comet-like/asteroid-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 2060 Chiron, 95P/Chiron, 1977 UB, ⚷
• (astrology): ⚷
• (mythology): Cheiron, Kheiron

Derived terms

• (astrology): Chironic
• (astronomy): Chironian, Chironean

Translations

mythology

• Cherokee: ᎩᎶᏂ (Giloni)
• Czech: Cheirón m
• Esperanto: Kirono, Ĥirono
• Finnish: Chiron
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: Chiron (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Χείρων m (Kheírōn)

• Italian: Chirone m
• Portuguese: Quíron m, Quirão m, Quironte m
• Russian: Хиро́н (ru) m (Xirón)

astronomy

• Cherokee: ᎩᎶᏂ (Giloni)
• Esperanto: Ĥirono
• Finnish: Chiron
• French: Chiron (fr)
• Greek: Χείρων (el) (Cheíron) (Cheiron/Chiron, Heiron/Hiron, ancient form)
• Japanese: キロン (kiron)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: سیارک (fa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: Quíron m
• Russian: Хиро́н (ru) (Xirón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Хирон

  Roman: Hiron (sh)

• Spanish: Quirón
• Ukrainian: Хірон (Xiron)

See also

• (mythology): Chiron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 2060 Chiron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rochin

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French

Astrological symbol for Chiron

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.ʁɔ̃/

Proper noun

Chiron ?

1. (Greek mythology) an old, wise centaur who served as Achilles' mentor and teacher.
2. (astronomy, astrology) Chiron, a centaur (minor planet) and asteroid-like/comet-like object, orbiting between Saturn and Uranus

Synonyms

• (astronomy): (2060) Chiron, 95P/Chiron, 1977 UB, ⚷
• (astrology): ⚷

See also

• (mythology): Chiron (mythologie) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• (astronomy): (2060) Chiron on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr