Sagittarius

See also: sagittarius

Translingual

Etymology

Latin sagittarius (“archer”)

Proper noun

Sagittarius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sagittariidae – the secretary bird, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Sagittariidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sagittarius serpentarius - sole extant species

Further reading

• Secretary bird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sagittarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sagittarius serpentarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

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English

Signs of the Zodiac

Scorpio		Capricorn
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Etymology

From Latin sagittārius (“archer”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sædʒɪˈtɛəɹɪəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sædʒɪˈtɛɹɪəs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriəs

Proper noun

Sagittarius

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a centaur who is an archer.
2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the archer, ruled by Jupiter and covering November 23 - December 21 (tropical astrology) or December 16 - January 14 (sidereal astrology).

Synonyms

• ♐
• Toxotes

Derived terms

• Sagittarian
• Sagittarii

Translations

constellation

• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس‏‎ m (burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس‏‎ (ar) m (al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Ałełnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m, Saezhetaer m
• Bulgarian: Стре́лец m (Strélec)
• Catalan: Sagitari (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人馬座 人马座 (jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (zh), 人马座 (zh) (rénmǎzuò)

• Cornish: an Sether m
• Danish: Skytten
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Esperanto: Sagitario
• Estonian: Ambur
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr) m
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Greek: Τοξότης (el) m (Toxótis)
• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת‏‎ (he) m (qashát)
• Hungarian: Nyilas

• Irish: an Saighdeoir m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 射手座 (ja) (いてざ, iteza)
• Latvian: Strēlnieks m
• Lithuanian: Šaulys (lt) m
• Macedonian: Стрелец m (Strélec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju
• Norwegian: Skytten (no)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m (definite)
• Russian: Стреле́ц m (Streléc)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovak: Strelec m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario m
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Balatik
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

astrological sign

• Albanian: Shigjetari m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْقَوْس‏‎ m (burj al-qaws), اَلْقَوْس‏‎ (ar) m (al-qaws)
• Armenian: Աղեղնավոր (hy) (Ałełnavor)
• Azeri: Oxatan
• Breton: Saezher m, Saezhetaer m
• Bulgarian: Стрелец m (Strélec)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 人馬座 人马座 (jan⁴ maa⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 人馬座 (zh), 人马座 (zh) (rénmǎzuò)

• Cornish: an Sether
• Dutch: Boogschutter (nl) m
• Finnish: Jousimies (fi)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• Georgian: მშვილდოსანი (mšvildosani)
• German: Schütze (de) m
• Hebrew: קַשָּׁת‏‎ (he) m (qashát)
• Hungarian: Nyilas (hu)
• Irish: an Saighdeoir m
• Italian: Sagittario (it) m
• Japanese: 人馬宮 (ja) (じんばきゅう, jinbakyū)

• Luxembourgish: Schëtz m
• Macedonian: Стрелец m (Strélec)
• Malay: Pemanah, Kaus, Sagitarius
• Maltese: Saġittarju m, Qawwies
• Norwegian: Skytten (no) m

  Bokmål: Skytten (no) m

• Persian: کمانگیر‏‎ (fa) (kamângir)
• Polish: Strzelec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sagitário (pt) m
• Romanian: Săgetătorul m
• Russian: Стреле́ц m (Streléc)
• Scottish Gaelic: Saighdear m
• Slovene: Strelec (sl) m
• Spanish: Sagitario
• Swahili: Mshale, Kausi (sw)
• Swedish: Skytten (sv)
• Tagalog: Mamamana, Balatik
• Turkish: Yay (tr)
• Welsh: y Saethydd m

Noun

Sagittarius (plural Sagittariuses)

1. Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

Antonyms

• Gemini

Translations

Someone with a Sagittarius star sign

• Bulgarian: стрелец (strelec)
• French: Sagittaire (fr)
• Norwegian: skytte (no) m

• Romanian: săgetător (ro) m
• Russian: стреле́ц (ru) m (streléc)

See also

• (Western astrology signs) Western astrology sign; Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces ^{(Category: en:Astrology)}