Taurus

See also: taurus

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries		Gemini
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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔːɹəs/

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  • Rhymes: -ɔːrəs
  • Homophone: torus
• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹəs/

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin taurus (“bull”).

Proper noun

Taurus (symbol ♉)

1. (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3

     See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.

2. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the bull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
3. (automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).

Derived terms

• Taurean
• Tauri
• Taurid

Translations

constellation

• Amharic: በሬ (bäre)
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m (burj aṯ-ṯawr), اَلثَّوْر m (aṯ-ṯawr)
• Armenian: Ցուլ (Cʻul)
• Azerbaijani: Buğa
• Bengali: ষণ্ড (bn) (śonḍo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金牛座 (zh) (jīnniúzuò)

• Cornish: an Tarow
• Danish: Tyren
• Dutch: Stier (nl) m
• Finnish: Härkä (fi)
• French: Taureau (fr) m
• German: Stier (de) m
• Greek: Ταύρος (el) m (Távros)

  Ancient: Ταῦρος m (Taûros)

• Hebrew: שׁוֹר (he) m (shor)
• Hindi: वृष (hi) m (vŕṣ), वृषभ (hi) m (vŕṣabh), बैल (hi) m (bail), सांड (hi) (sāṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Bika (csillagkép)
• Ido: Tauro (io)
• Irish: an Tarbh m
• Italian: Toro (it) m
• Japanese: 牡牛座 (ja) (おうしざ, oushiza), おうし座 (ja) (oushiza)
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• Latvian: Vērsis m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bull m

• Macedonian: Бик m (Bik)
• Malay: Lembu Jantan, Saur, Taurus
• Norwegian: Tyren (no)
• Old English: Fearr m
• Polish: Byk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Taurus (pt) m
• Romanian: Taur (ro)
• Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc)
• Sanskrit: वृषभ (sa) m (vṛṣabha), वृष (sa) m (vṛṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m
• Slovak: Býk m
• Slovene: Bik (sl) m
• Spanish: Tauro (es) m
• Tagalog: Damulag
• Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te) (vr̥ṣabharāśi), వృషభము (te) (vr̥ṣabhamu), వృషభం (te) (vr̥ṣabhaṁ)
• Tibetan: ཕ​་གླང (pha​ glang)
• Turkish: Boğa (tr)
• Urdu: سانڈ (sāṇḍ)
• Welsh: y Tarw

astrological sign

• Albanian: Demi m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m (burj aṯ-ṯawr), اَلثَّوْر m (aṯ-ṯawr)
• Armenian: Ցուլ (Cʻul)
• Azerbaijani: Buğa
• Bashkir: Буға (Buğa)
• Burmese: ပြိဿ (my) (pri.ssa.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金牛座 (zh) (jīnniúzuò)

• Cornish: an Tarow
• Danish: Tyren
• Dutch: Stier (nl) m
• Finnish: Härkä (fi)
• French: Taureau (fr) m
• Georgian: კურო (ḳuro)
• German: Stier (de) m
• Greek: Ταύρος (el) m (Távros)

  Ancient: Ταῦρος m (Taûros)

• Hebrew: שׁוֹר (he) m (shor)
• Hindi: वृष (hi) m (vŕṣ), वृषभ (hi) m (vŕṣabh), बैल (hi) m (bail), सांड (hi) m (sāṇḍ)
• Hungarian: Bika (hu)
• Ido: Tauro (io)
• Irish: an Tarbh m
• Italian: Toro (it) m
• Japanese: 金牛宮 (ja) (きんぎゅうきゅう, kingyūkyū)
• Latvian: Vērsis, Vērsis m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Jautis
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bull

• Luxembourgish: Stéier m
• Macedonian: Бик m (Bik)
• Malay: Lembu Jantan, Saur, Taurus
• Maltese: Tawru
• Norwegian: Tyren (no) m
• Old English: Fearr m
• Persian: گاو (fa) (gâv)
• Polish: Byk (pl) m
• Portuguese: Touro (pt) m
• Romanian: Taur (ro) m
• Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc)
• Sanskrit: वृषभ (sa) m (vṛṣabha), वृष (sa) m (vṛṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m
• Slovak: Býk m
• Slovene: Bik (sl) m
• Spanish: Tauro (es) m
• Swahili: Thauri, Ng'ombe
• Swedish: Oxen (sv)
• Tagalog: Damulag
• Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te) (vr̥ṣabharāśi), వృషభము (te) (vr̥ṣabhamu), వృషభం (te) (vr̥ṣabhaṁ)
• Thai: พฤษภ (th) (prʉ́-sòp)
• Turkish: Boğa (tr)

Noun

Taurus (plural Tauruses)

1. Someone with a Taurus star sign

Synonyms

• Taurean

Antonyms

• Scorpio, Scorpius

Translations

Someone with a Taurus star sign

• Bashkir: Буға (Buğa)
• Danish: tyr (da) c
• French: Taureau (fr)
• German: Stier (de) m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Bull m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian: tyr (no)
• Old English: Fearr m
• Portuguese: taurino (pt)
• Swedish: oxe (sv) c
• Turkish: Boğa (tr)

See also

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

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Taurus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ταῦρος (Taûros)

Proper noun

Taurus

Demirkazık in Niğde province

1. A mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast

Synonyms

• Taurus Mountains

Related terms

• Anti-Taurus

Translations

mountain range

• Armenian: Տավրոս (hy) (Tavros)
• French: Taurus (fr)
• German: Taurusgebirge
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ταῦρος (Taûros)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Taurus (la)
• Persian: توروس (toros)
• Portuguese: Tauro m, Taurus (pt) m
• Russian: Та́врские горы f pl (Távrskije gory), Тавр (ru) (Tavr)
• Turkish: Toros Dağları, Toroslar (tr) pl

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Taurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaw.ɾus/

Proper noun

Taurus m

1. (astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
2. Alternative form of Tauro

Related terms

• touro