Pluto

See also: pluto

English

Pluto, photo taken July 2015

Pluto astronomical symbol

Pluto astrological symbol

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluːtəʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈplutoʊ/, [ˈpluɾoʊ]

• audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːtəʊ

Proper noun

Pluto

2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
4. (astronomy) Originally known as the ninth planet in the solar system but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet; the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object; represented by the symbol in astronomy and in astrology. [from 1930]

   Synonyms: (symbol) ♇, (obsolete) Planet X, (134340) Pluto, 134340 Pluto

   Hypernym: dwarf planet

Derived terms

• 134340 Pluto
• anti-Pluto
• plutino
• Pluto-facing
• Pluto I
• plutoid
• Pluto II
• Pluto III
• Pluto IV
• Plutonian
• plutonic
• plutonium
• pluto (verb)
• post-Pluto

 

Translations

god

• Armenian: Պլուտոն (hy) (Pluton)
• Cherokee: ᏡᏙ (tludo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 普路同 (Pŭlùtóng), 普路托 (Pŭlùtuō)

• Cornish: Plouton m
• Czech: Pluto (cs) m
• Danish: Pluto
• Dutch: Pluto (nl)
• Esperanto: Plutono (eo)
• Estonian: Pluuto
• Finnish: Pluto (fi)
• French: Pluton (fr) m
• Galician: Plutón (gl) m
• German: Pluto (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

  Modern: Πλούτωνας (el) (Ploútonas)

• Indonesian: Pluto
• Irish: Plútón m
• Italian: Plutone (it) m
• Japanese: プルートー (Purūtō)
• Khmer: ភ្លូតុន (pluton)
• Korean: 플루토 (Peulluto)
• Latin: Pluto (la), Pluton (la)
• Lithuanian: Plutonas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Плутон m (Pluton)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: Pluto
• Maltese: Plutone
• Maori: Rūaumoko
• Marathi: प्लूटो m (plūṭo)
• Norman: Pliuton m (Jersey)
• Persian: پلوتن (fa) (pluton)
• Polish: Pluton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Plutão (pt) m
• Romanian: Pluton (ro) m
• Russian: Плуто́н (ru) m (Plutón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Плу̀то̄н m

  Roman: Plùtōn (sh) m

• Slovak: Pluto m
• Slovene: Plúton (sl) m
• Spanish: Plutón (es)
• Swahili: Pluto
• Swedish: Pluto (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్లూటో (te) (plūṭō)
• Thai: พลูโต (th) (pluu-dtoo)
• Turkish: Plüton (tr)
• Urdu: پلوٹو (pluto) m
• Welsh: Plwton m
• Wolof: Pluton
• Yiddish: פּלוטאָ m (pluto)
• Zulu: uPluto

Kuiper belt object - a dwarf planet

• Arabic: بْلُوتُو m (blūtū)
• Armenian: Պլուտոն (hy) (Pluton)
• Catalan: Plutó (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏡᏙ (tludo)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冥王星 (ming⁴ wong⁴ sing¹, ming⁵ wong⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 冥王星 (zh) (Míngwángxīng)

  Min Nan: 冥王星 (Bêng-ông-chheⁿ, Bêng-ông-chhiⁿ)

• Cornish: Plouton m
• Czech: Pluto (cs)
• Danish: Pluto
• Dutch: Pluto (nl)
• Esperanto: Plutono (eo)
• Estonian: Pluuto
• Finnish: Pluto (fi)
• French: Pluton (fr) m
• Galician: Plutón (gl) m
• Georgian: პლუტონი (ṗluṭoni)
• German: Pluto (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πλούτων (Ploútōn)

  Modern: Πλούτωνας (el) (Ploútonas)

• Gujarati: પ્લૂટો (plūṭo)
• Hawaiian: ʻIlioki
• Hebrew: פלוטו (pluto)
• Hindi: यम (hi) (yam), प्लूटो (hi) (plūṭo)
• Hungarian: Plútó (hu)
• Indonesian: Pluto
• Irish: Plútón m
• Italian: Plutone (it) m
• Japanese: 冥王星 (ja) (めいおうせい, Meiōsei), (katakana) プルート (Purūto), (katakana) プルートー (Purūtō)
• Khmer: យមៈ (km) (yom mak), ភ្លុយតុង (pluytong), នព្វគ្រោះ (nup krʊək)
• Korean: 명왕성 (ko) (Myeong'wangseong) (冥王星 (ko))
• Latin: Pluto (la), Pluton (la)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Plutonas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Плутон m (Pluton)
• Malay: Pluto
• Maori: Whiringa-ki-Tawhiti
• Marathi: प्लूटो (plūṭo)
• Nahuatl: Mictlanteuccitlalli
• Navajo: Tłóotoo
• Norman: Pliuton m (Jersey)
• Polish: Pluton (pl) m
• Portuguese: Plutão (pt) m
• Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Pluto (ro) m, Pluton (ro) m (dated)
• Russian: Плуто́н (ru) m (Plutón)
• Santali: ᱡᱚᱢᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (jômraja ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pliùtò
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Плу̀то̄н m

  Roman: Plùtōn (sh) m

• Slovak: Pluto n
• Slovene: Plúton (sl) m
• Spanish: Plutón (es) m
• Swahili: Pluto
• Swedish: Pluto (sv)
• Tagalog: Pluton
• Tajik: Плутон (Pluton)
• Tatar: Плуто́н (Plutón)
• Telugu: ప్లూటో (te) (plūṭō)
• Thai: ดาวพลูโต (th) (daao-pluu-dtoo), ดาวยม (daao-yom)
• Turkish: Plüton (tr)
• Urdu: پلوٹو m (plūṭo)
• Vietnamese: Diêm Vương Tinh (vi)
• Volapük: Plutun
• Welsh: Plwton m
• Wolof: Pluton
• Yiddish: פּלוטאָ m (pluto)
• Zulu: uPluto

See also

• (most likely dwarf planets of the Solar System) Ceres, Orcus, Pluto, Haumea, Quaoar, Makemake, Gonggong, Eris, Sedna
• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
• Cerberus
• Hades
• underworld
• plutonium

Further reading

• Pluto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Planets on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pluot, poult

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpluto]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, animate) Pluto (god)
2. (astronomy, inanimate) Pluto (dwarf planet)

Usage notes

The name of the dwarf planet Pluto is originally masculine inanimate, but can be used also in neuter gender. In this particular case the choice of the gender does not influence the declension of the name itself, but it influences the declension of accompanying determiners and adjectives or conjugation of verbs in the sentence – see for example the sentence in masculine gender "Pluto byl objeven" or in neuter gender "Pluto bylo objeveno" (Pluto was discovered).

Declension

masculine animate

masculine inanimate or neuter

Derived terms

• plutino
• plutoid
• pluton
• plutonický
• plutonium
• plutonský
• Plutonův
• Plutův
• transplutonický

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Further reading

• Template:R:KNLA
• Template:R:SSJC

Anagrams

• plotu
• tlupo

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Pluto, ultimately from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈply.toː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto m

1. (Greco-Roman mythology) Pluto (god of the underworld)
2. (astronomy) Pluto (dwarf planet, former planet)

Derived terms

• in het hol van Pluto

Related terms

• plutocraat
• plutonisch
• plutonium

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluto/, [ˈplut̪o̞]

Proper noun

Pluto

1. (Roman mythology) Pluto (Roman god)
2. Pluto (dwarf planet)

Declension

Inflection of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Pluto	—
genitive		Pluton	—
partitive		Plutoa	—
illative		Plutoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Pluto	—
accusative	nom.	Pluto	—
	gen.	Pluton
genitive		Pluton	—
partitive		Plutoa	—
inessive		Plutossa	—
elative		Plutosta	—
illative		Plutoon	—
adessive		Plutolla	—
ablative		Plutolta	—
allative		Plutolle	—
essive		Plutona	—
translative		Plutoksi	—
abessive		Plutotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Plutoni — accusative nom. Plutoni — gen. Plutoni genitive Plutoni — partitive Plutoani — inessive Plutossani — elative Plutostani — illative Plutooni — adessive Plutollani — ablative Plutoltani — allative Plutolleni — essive Plutonani — translative Plutokseni — abessive Plutottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Plutosi — accusative nom. Plutosi — gen. Plutosi genitive Plutosi — partitive Plutoasi — inessive Plutossasi — elative Plutostasi — illative Plutoosi — adessive Plutollasi — ablative Plutoltasi — allative Plutollesi — essive Plutonasi — translative Plutoksesi — abessive Plutottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Plutomme — accusative nom. Plutomme — gen. Plutomme genitive Plutomme — partitive Plutoamme — inessive Plutossamme — elative Plutostamme — illative Plutoomme — adessive Plutollamme — ablative Plutoltamme — allative Plutollemme — essive Plutonamme — translative Plutoksemme — abessive Plutottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Plutonne — accusative nom. Plutonne — gen. Plutonne genitive Plutonne — partitive Plutoanne — inessive Plutossanne — elative Plutostanne — illative Plutoonne — adessive Plutollanne — ablative Plutoltanne — allative Plutollenne — essive Plutonanne — translative Plutoksenne — abessive Plutottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Plutonsa — accusative nom. Plutonsa — gen. Plutonsa genitive Plutonsa — partitive Plutoaan Plutoansa — inessive Plutossaan Plutossansa — elative Plutostaan Plutostansa — illative Plutoonsa — adessive Plutollaan Plutollansa — ablative Plutoltaan Plutoltansa — allative Plutolleen Plutollensa — essive Plutonaan Plutonansa — translative Plutokseen Plutoksensa — abessive Plutottaan Plutottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• loput, lupot, polut

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpluːtoː/

• audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Plu‧to

Proper noun

Pluto m (genitive Plutos, no plural)

1. (Roman mythology) Pluto (Roman god)
2. Pluto (dwarf planet)

References

• “Pluto” in Duden online
• “Pluto” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• Plute, Poluto

Etymology

From Latin Pluto, Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).

Proper noun

Pluto

1. (mythology) The Roman god governing the underworld; Pluto.

Usage notes

The dwarf planet known as Pluto was yet undiscovered during the span of time inhabited by Middle English; therefore no planetary sense belonged to the word.

Descendants

• English: Pluto

References

• “Pluto (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

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Swahili

Proper noun

Pluto

1. Pluto (planet)

See also

Solar System in Swahili · mfumo wa jua (see also: sayari) (layout · text)
Star	jua
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Utaridi Zebaki	Zuhura Ng'andu	dunia	Mirihi Murihi Meriki	Ceres	Mshtarii	Zohali Zuhali	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	mwezi		—

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Swedish

Noun

Pluto c (genitive Plutos)

1. (Roman mythology) Pluto (Roman god)
2. Pluto (dwarf planet)

See also

• plutonium n
• plutokratie f

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Tatar

Proper noun

Pluto

1. Pluto (dwarf planet)

References

• 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta...