Polaris

See also: polaris, poláris, and Poláris

English

Polaris (sense 1)

Polaris (sense 2)

Etymology

From Latin stēlla polāris (“pole star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʊˈlɑɹɪs/, /poʊˈlɛɹɪs/, enPR: pō-lär′ĭs, pō-lâr′ĭs

• Audio (Southern England):

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  • (North-Central American English) IPA^(key): [poˈleɹ.ɪs], (more rarely) [poˈlɑɹ.ɪs]

Proper noun

Polaris

2. (astronomy) α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.

   Synonyms: Alpha Ursae Minoris, α Ursae Minoris

   Near-synonyms: Pole Star, Lode Star, North Star (coinstantial for centuries); pole star

4. A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.

   Coordinate terms: Poseidon, Trident I, Trident II

   • 1990, “Rust in Peace… Polaris”, in Dave Mustaine (lyrics), Dave Mustaine (music), Rust in Peace‎^[1], performed by Megadeth:

     Tremble, you weaklings, cower in fear / I am your ruler — land, sea, and air / Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall / I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris"

Translations

α Ursae Minoris — see also North Star

• Afrikaans: Polaris
• Altai:

  Southern Altai: Алтын Казык (Altïn Kazïk)

• Arabic: نَجْم الشَمَال (najm aš-šamāl)
• Armenian: Բևեռային աստղ (Beweṙayin astġ)
• Basque: Iparrizarra (eu)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 勾陳一 / 勾陈一 (ngau¹ can⁴ jat¹)

  Mandarin: 勾陳一 / 勾陈一 (Gōuchényī), 極 / 极 (zh) (Jí), 北極星 / 北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng), 北辰 (zh) (Běichén)

• Chukchi: унп-эӈэр (unp-eŋer) ("pole star"), алӄэп-эӈэр (alqep-eŋer) ("nail-star"), илук-эӈэр (iluk-eŋer) ("unmovable star")
• Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka f
• Danish: Polarstjernen
• Dutch: Polaris (nl)
• Estonian: Põhjanael
• Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
• French: Étoile polaire
• German: Polarstern (de)
• Greek: Κυνόσουρα (el) (Kynósoura)
• Hebrew: כוכב הצפון (he)
• Hindi: ध्रुव तारा m (dhruv tārā)
• Icelandic: Pólstjarnan (is)
• Indonesian: Polaris
• Inuktitut: Niqirtsuituq
• Italian: Polaris
• Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, hokkyokusei)
• Kazakh: Темірқазық (Temırqazyq)
• Korean: 폴라리스 (Pollariseu)
• Kyrgyz: Алтын Казык (Altın Kazık)
• Lakota: Wičháȟpi owáŋžila
• Latin: Stella Polaris, Polaris, Alpha Ursae Minoris, α Ursae Minoris
• Latvian: Polārzvaigzne
• Lithuanian: Šiaurinė
• Malagasy: Kintan'ny tendron-tany avaratra
• Manchu: ᡥᠠᡩᠠᡥᠠ
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (hadaha usiha), ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
  ᡨᡝᠨ ᡳ
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (abkai ten-i usiha)
• Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Polarstjernen

• Persian: ستاره قطبی, میخگاه (mixgâh)
• Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f, Polaris (pl) f
• Portuguese: Polaris
• Romanian: Steaua polară (ro)
• Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
• Sanskrit: द्युतिकर (sa) m or n (dyutikara)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhàrr-reult f, An Reul-iùil f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северњача f

  Latin: Severnjača (sh) f

• Shor: Қоошқар (qooşqar)
• Slovene: Severnica f
• Spanish: Polaris
• Swahili: Polaris
• Swedish: Polstjärnan (sv)
• Tagalog: Polaris, Talang Batugan
• Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th) (daao-nʉ̌ʉa), โพลาริส (poo-laa-rít)
• Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr), Demirkazık (tr), Kuzey Yıldızı (tr)
• Ukrainian: Полярна зірка (Poljarna zirka)
• Urdu: قطبی ستارہ, پولارس
• Uyghur: تۆمۈرقوزۇق (tömürqozuq), ئالتۇن قوزۇق (altun qozuq)
• Uzbek: temirqoziq (uz)
• Vietnamese: Polaris
• Yup'ik: agyarrlak

Latin

Etymology

From stēlla polāris (“pole star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔˈɫaː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [poˈlaː.ris]

Proper noun

Polāris n sg (genitive Polāris); third declension

1. (astronomy) The star α Ursae Minoris in the constellation Ursa Minor.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Polāris
genitive	Polāris
dative	Polārī
accusative	Polārem
ablative	Polāre
vocative	Polāris

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English Polaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈla.ris/
• Rhymes: -aris
• Syllabification: Po‧la‧ris

Proper noun

Polaris f (indeclinable)

1. Polaris (α Ursae Minoris)

   Synonym: Gwiazda Polarna

Further reading

• Polaris in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Polaris in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Poláris

Proper noun

Polaris f

1. (astronomy) Polaris (star in the north celestial pole)