Osiris

See also: Osíris and Ósíris

English

Osiris (sense 1)

Osiris (sense 2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris, derived from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs), derived from Egyptian wsjr.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ō-sī′rĭs
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /oʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /əʉˈsɑɪ.ɹɪs/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɐʉˈsaɪ.ɹəs/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /oˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
• (India) IPA^(key): /oːˈsaj.ɾis/
• Hyphenation: Osi‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris

2. (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
4. (astronomy, planetology) An exoplanet in the Pegasus constellation, HD 209458 b.

Derived terms

• Osirian
• Osiric
• Osirified
• Osirify
• Osirism

Translations

Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld

• Arabic: أوزيريس m
• Armenian: Օսիրիս (hy) (Ōsiris)
• Catalan: Osiris
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俄西里斯 (Éxīlǐsī), 歐西里斯 / 欧西里斯 (Ōuxīlǐsī)

• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲉ (ousire) (Sahidic), ⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ (ousiri) (Bohairic)
• Czech: Usir m
• Danish: Osiris
• Dutch: Osiris
• Egyptian: (wsjr m)
• Esperanto: Oziriso
• Finnish: Osiris
• French: Osiris (fr) m
• Georgian: ოსირისი (osirisi)
• German: Osiris (de) m
• Greek: Όσιρις (el) m (Ósiris)

  Ancient Greek: Ὄσιρις m (Ósiris)

• Hungarian: Ozirisz (hu)
• Japanese: オシリス (Oshirisu)
• Korean: 오시리스 (Osiriseu)
• Latin: Osīris m
• Marathi: ओसायरिस m (osāyris)
• Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎𐤓 (ʾsr)
• Polish: Ozyrys (pl) m pers
• Portuguese: Osíris m
• Russian: Оси́рис (ru) m (Osíris)
• Spanish: Osiris m

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.zi.ʁis/
• Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris, from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρις (Ósīris), from Egyptian

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈziːʁɪs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Osi‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Osiris' or (with an article) Osiris)

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)

Declension

Declension of Osiris [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Osiris
genitive	eines	des	Osiris', Osiris1
dative	einem	dem	Osiris
accusative	einen	den	Osiris

¹With an article.

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs)bor.

Latin Osīris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɔˈsiː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [oˈs̬iː.ris]
• Hyphenation: O‧sī‧ris

Proper noun

Osīris m sg (genitive Osīris); third declension

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)
2. name of a warrior slain by Thymbrœus

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Osīris
genitive	Osīris
dative	Osīrī
accusative	Osīrim Osīrin
ablative	Osīrī
vocative	Osīris

Further reading

• “Osiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Osiris”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Osīris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈsiɾis/ [oˈsi.ɾis]
• Rhymes: -iɾis
• Syllabification: O‧si‧ris

Proper noun

Osiris m

1. (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)