Scorpion

See also: scorpion

English

The constellation Scorpio(n)

Etymology

From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

Proper noun

the Scorpion

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]

   • 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy (page 73)

     Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 123:

     Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.

Noun

Scorpion (plural Scorpions)

1. Someone with the Scorpio star sign.

Adjective

Scorpion (not comparable)

1. (astrology) Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.

Translations

of the Scorpio star sign

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French

Etymology

From Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/

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Proper noun

Scorpion m

1. (astrology) the celestial constellation Scorpio
2. (astronomy) the zodiac sign Scorpio

See also

Zodiac signs in French (layout · text)
Bélier ♈︎	Taureau ♉︎	Gémeaux ♊︎	Cancer ♋︎
Lion ♌︎	Vierge ♍︎	Balance ♎︎	Scorpion ♏︎
Sagittaire ♐︎	Capricorne ♑︎	Verseau ♒︎	Poissons ♓︎

Anagrams

• picorons

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Romanian

The constellation Scorpio(n)

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

Proper noun

Scorpion

1. Scorpio (constellation)