Neptune

§English

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Neptune astronomical symbol

Neptune astronomical symbol (alternate)

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§Etymology

From Latin Neptūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist."

§Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛptjuːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛptuːn/

• Audio (US)

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§Proper noun

Neptune

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

§Derived terms

• Neptune City
• Neptune's cup
• Neptune powder

§Translations

Roman god of the ocean

• Armenian: Նեպտուն (Neptun)
• Basque: Neptuno (eu)
• Catalan: Neptú m
• Cherokee: Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (Ne'duni)
• Cornish: Nevyon m
• Estonian: Neptunus, Neptun (god in equator-crossing ceremonies)
• Finnish: Neptunus (fi)
• French: Neptune (fr) m
• Galician: Neptuno (gl) m
• Georgian: ნეპტუნი (neptuni)
• German: Neptun (de) m
• Hawaiian: Nepekune
• Icelandic: Neptúnus (is) m
• Indonesian: Neptunus
• Irish: Neiptiún m
• Italian: Nettuno (it) m
• Japanese: ネプチューン (nepuchūn), ネプトゥヌス (neputunusu)
• Jèrriais: Nepteune m
• Korean: 넵튠 (neptyun)

• Latin: Neptunus (la) m
• Latvian: Neptūns m
• Lithuanian: Neptūnas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Нептун m (Néptun)
• Maori: Tangaroa
• Norwegian: Neptun (no)
• Persian: نپتون (fa) (Neptun)
• Polish: Neptun (pl) m
• Portuguese: Netuno (pt) m
• Romanian: Neptun (ro) m
• Russian: Нептун (ru) m (Neptún)
• Slovene: Neptún m
• Spanish: Neptuno (es) m
• Swahili: Neptuni
• Welsh: Neifion (cy)

eighth planet of the solar system

• Arabic: نبتون (Niptūn)
• Armenian: Նեպտուն (Neptun)
• Basque: Neptuno (eu)
• Belarusian: Непту́н m (Njeptún), (Taraškievica orthography) Нэпту́н m (Neptún)
• Catalan: Neptú m
• Cherokee: Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (Ne'duni), ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎡᎶᎯ (Tsunelineelohi)
• 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
• Dutch: Neptunus (nl) n
• Estonian: Neptuun
• Faroese: Neptun m
• Finnish: Neptunus (fi)
• French: Neptune (fr) m
• Georgian: ნეპტუნი (neptuni)
• German: Neptun (de) m
• Hawaiian: Nepekune
• Hindi: वरुण (Varuṇa)
• Icelandic: Neptúnus (is) m
• Indonesian: Neptunus
• Interlingua: Neptuno
• 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)
• Jèrriais: Nepteune m
• Khmer: ភពណិបទូន (pʰup nəptuun), កេតុ (km) (ket)
• Korean: 해왕성 (ko) (haewangseong)
• Latin: Neptunus (la) m

• Latvian: Neptūns m
• Lithuanian: Neptūnas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Нептун m (Néptun)
• Malay: Neptun (ms)
• Maltese: Nettunu m
• Maori: Tangaroa
• Navajo: Néʼtoon
• Norwegian: Neptun (no)
• Persian: نپتون (fa) (Neptun)
• Polish: Neptun (pl) m
• Portuguese: Netuno (pt) m
• Romanian: Neptun (ro) m
• Russian: Нептун (ru) m (Neptún)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Нептун m

  Roman: Neptun (sh) m

• Slovak: Neptún m
• Slovene: Neptún m
• Spanish: Neptuno (es) m
• Swahili: Kausi (sw)
• Swedish: Neptunus (sv)
• Tatar: Neptun (tt)
• Telugu: నెప్త్యూన్ (neptyūn)
• Tibetan: སྐར་མ་མཚོ་རྒྱལ (skar ma mtsho rgyal)
• Turkish: Neptün (tr)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Neifion (cy)

§See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ^{(Category: en:Planets)}
• Poseidon

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§French

§Etymology

From Latin Neptūnus.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛptyn/

• audio

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§Proper noun

Neptune m

1. Neptune (Roman god of the sea)
2. Neptune (planet)