Neptune

English

♆ Neptune planetary symbol

⯉ Neptune planetary symbol (LV monogram)

Etymology

From Middle English Neptune, Neptunus, a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s (“damp, cloudy”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist."

Puhvel, however, connects it with Proto-Italic *nepōts from Proto-Indo-European *népōts by analogy to Portūnus, cognate with Vedic Apām Napāt and Avestan Apąm Napāt, Child (cf: neve, nephew) of the Water as part of an Indo-European 'Fire in the Water' myth.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛptjuːn/, /ˈnɛptʃuːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛptuːn/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈneptʃʉːn/
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Proper noun

Neptune

2. (astronomy) The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.
4. (Roman mythology) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes. The same as Poseidon in Greek mythology.
6. An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
8. An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♆
• (astronomy): (rare) ⯉

Derived terms

• Neptunian
• neptunium

Related terms

• Neptune City
• Neptune's cup
• Neptune powder

Translations

eighth planet of the solar system

• Afrikaans: Neptunus
• Arabic: نِبْتُون‎ (niptūn)
• Armenian: Նեպտուն (hy) (Neptun)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܹܦܬܘܼܢܘܿܣ‎ m (neptunos)
• Azerbaijani: Neptun (az)
• Bashkir: Нептун (Neptun)
• Basque: Neptuno (eu)
• Belarusian: Непту́н m (Njeptún), (Taraškievica orthography) Нэпту́н m (Neptún)
• Bengali: নেপচুন (nepcun)
• Burmese: နက်ပကျွန်း (nakpa.kywan:)
• Catalan: Neptú m
• Cherokee: Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (ne'duni), ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎡᎶᎯ (tsuneline elohi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海王星 (hoi² wong⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 海王星 (zh) (Hǎiwángxīng)

  Min Nan: 海王星 (Hái-ông-chheⁿ, Hái-ông-chhiⁿ)

• Cornish: Nevyon m
• Czech: Neptun (cs) m
• Danish: Neptun (da)
• Dutch: Neptunus (nl) n
• Esperanto: Neptuno (eo)
• Estonian: Neptuun
• Faroese: Neptun m
• Finnish: Neptunus (fi)
• French: Neptune (fr) m
• Galician: Neptuno (gl) m
• Georgian: ნეპტუნი (neṗṭuni)
• German: Neptun (de) m
• Greek: Ποσειδώνας (el) m (Poseidónas)
• Haitian Creole: Neptin
• Hawaiian: Nepekune
• Hebrew: נפטון‎ (he) m (néptun), רהב‎ (he) m (raháv)
• Hindi: वरुण (hi) (varuṇ), नेप्च्युन (hi) m (nepcyun)
• Icelandic: Neptúnus (is) m
• Ido: Neptuno (io)
• Indonesian: Neptunus
• Interlingua: Neptuno
• Inuktitut: ᓂᑉᑑᓐ (niptuun)
• Italian: Nettuno (it) m
• Japanese: 海王星 (ja) (かいおうせい, Kaiōsei), (katakana) ネプチューン (Nepuchūn), (katakana) ネプトゥーン (Neputūn)
• Kannada: ನೆಪ್ಚೂನ್ (nepcūn)
• Karakalpak: Neptun
• Kazakh: Нептун (Neptwn)
• Khmer: ភពណិបទូន (pʰup nəptuun), កេតុ (km) (ket)
• Korean: 해왕성 (ko) (haewangseong)
• Kyrgyz: Нептун (Neptun)

• Lao: ເນບຕູນ (nēp tūn)
• Latin: Neptunus (la) m
• Latvian: Neptūns m
• Lithuanian: Neptūnas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Не́птун m (Néptun)
• Malay: Neptun (ms)
• Malayalam: നെപ്റ്റ്യൂൺ (nepṟṟyūṇ)
• Maltese: Nettunu m
• Maori: Tangaroa
• Mongolian: Далайн ван (Dalain van)
• Nahuatl: Tlāloccītlalli
• Navajo: Néʼtoon
• Norman: Nepteune m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: Neptun (no)
• Persian: نپتون‎ (fa) (Neptun)
• Polish: Neptun (pl) m
• Portuguese: Netuno (pt) m
• Romanian: Neptun (ro) m
• Russian: Непту́н (ru) m (Neptún)
• Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (bhut ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Neaptun m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нептун m

  Roman: Neptun (sh) m

• Slovak: Neptún m
• Slovene: Neptún (sl) m
• Spanish: Neptuno (es) m
• Swahili: Kausi (sw)
• Swedish: Neptunus (sv) c
• Tagalog: Neptuno
• Tajik: Нептун (Neptun)
• Tamil: நெப்டியூன் (ta) (nepṭiyūṉ)
• Tatar: Neptun (tt)
• Telugu: నెప్త్యూన్ (neptyūn), ఇంద్రుడు (te) (indruḍu)
• Thai: ดาวเนปจูน (th) (daaw neep-juun), ดาวเกตุ (th) (daaw geet)
• Tibetan: སྐར་མ་མཚོ་རྒྱལ (skar ma mtsho rgyal)
• Turkish: Neptün (tr)
• Turkmen: Neptun
• Ukrainian: Непту́н m (Neptún)
• Uzbek: Neptun
• Vietnamese: sao Hải Vương, Sao Hải Vương
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Neifion (cy) m
• Yakut: Нептун (Neptun)
• Yiddish: נעפּטון‎ m (neptun)
• Zulu: uNepuhthuni 1

Roman god of the ocean

• Afrikaans: Neptunus
• Armenian: Նեպտուն (hy) (Neptun)
• Basque: Neptuno (eu)
• Catalan: Neptú m
• Cherokee: Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (ne'duni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涅普頓, 涅普顿 (Nièpǔdùn), 尼普頓, 尼普顿 (Nípǔdùn)

• Cornish: Nevyon m
• Czech: Neptun (cs) m
• Danish: Neptun (da)
• Esperanto: Neptuno (eo)
• Estonian: Neptunus, Neptun (et) (god in equator-crossing ceremonies)
• Finnish: Neptunus (fi)
• French: Neptune (fr) m
• Galician: Neptuno (gl) m
• Georgian: ნეპტუნი (neṗṭuni)
• German: Neptun (de) m
• Hawaiian: Nepekune
• Icelandic: Neptúnus (is) m
• Ido: Neptuno (io)
• Indonesian: Neptunus
• Irish: Neiptiún m
• Italian: Nettuno (it) m

• Japanese: ネプチューン (nepuchūn), ネプトゥヌス (ja) (neputunusu)
• Korean: 넵튠 (neptyun)
• Latin: Neptunus (la) m
• Latvian: Neptūns m
• Lithuanian: Neptūnas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Не́птун m (Néptun)
• Maori: Tangaroa
• Norman: Nepteune m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: Neptun (no)
• Persian: نپتون‎ (fa) (Neptun)
• Polish: Neptun (pl) m
• Portuguese: Netuno (pt) m
• Romanian: Neptun (ro) m
• Russian: Непту́н (ru) m (Neptún)
• Scottish Gaelic: Neaptun m
• Slovene: Neptún (sl) m
• Spanish: Neptuno (es) m
• Swahili: Neptuni
• Swedish: Neptunus (sv) c
• Turkish: Neptün (tr)
• Ukrainian: Непту́н m (Neptún)
• Welsh: Neifion (cy) m

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Poseidon

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Etymology

From Latin Neptūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛp.tyn/

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Proper noun

Neptune m

2. Neptune (planet)
4. (Roman mythology) Neptune (Roman god of the sea)