Titan

See also: titan, Títan, títan, Titán, titán, and tǐtán

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən
• Homophones: tighten, titan
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Noun

Titan (plural Titans)

1. (Greek mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:Titan

Derived terms

• Titanean
• Titaness
• Titanian
• titanic
• titanium
• Titan-like

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَايْتَان (tāytān)
• → Chinese: 泰坦 (Tàitǎn)
• → Hawaiian: Kaikana
• → Marathi: टायटन (ṭāyṭan)

Translations

mythological giant

• Arabic: تَايْتَان m (tāytān)
• Azerbaijani: div
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提坦 (Títǎn), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)

• Finnish: titaani (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტანი (ṭiṭani)
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)

  Ancient: Τιτάν m (Titán)

• Hawaiian: Kaikana
• Hungarian: titán (hu)
• Irish: Tíotán m
• Italian: Titano (it)
• Japanese: チタン (ja) (Chitan), ティーターン (Tītān)
• Korean: 티탄 (ko) (titan)
• Marathi: टायटन m (ṭāyṭan)
• Polish: tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: titã (pt) m
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian: титан m (titan)
• Spanish: Titán (es)
• Swahili: Titani
• Swedish: titan (sv) c

Proper noun

The moon Titan

Titan

2. (Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.
3. (astronomy) A moon in Saturn, Solar System. The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Translations

moon of Saturn

• Arabic: تَايْتَان m (tāytān)
• Asturian: Titán m
• Belarusian: Тыта́н m (Tytán)
• Bulgarian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土衛六 / 土卫六 (zh) (Tǔwèiliù), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)

• Dutch: Titan (nl) m
• Esperanto: Titano
• Finnish: Titan (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)
• Hawaiian: Kaikana
• Hungarian: Titán (hu)
• Irish: Tíotán m
• Italian: Titano (it) m
• Japanese: タイタン (ja) (Taitan), ティタン (Titan)
• Khmer: ទីតង់ (titngô)
• Korean: 타이탄 (Taitan)
• Macedonian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Marathi: टायटन m (ṭāyṭan)
• Mongolian: Титан (Titan)
• Polish: Tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Titã (pt) f
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Титан m

  Roman: Titan m

• Spanish: Titán (es) m
• Swedish: Titan (sv) ?
• Ukrainian: Тита́н m (Tytán)

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, nitta, taint, tinta

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtaːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

Titan m (weak or mixed, genitive Titanen or Titans, plural Titanen)

1. (Greek mythology) Titan
2. (higher register) titan

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries prescribe weak singular forms, which are predominant. However, strong forms are well attested, not only in the dative/accusative (where they may be due to colloquial influence), but also in the genitive. This suggests that both sets should be considered fully standard.

Declension

Declension of Titan [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Titan	die	Titanen
genitive	eines	des	Titanen, Titans	der	Titanen
dative	einem	dem	Titanen, Titan	den	Titanen
accusative	einen	den	Titanen, Titan	die	Titanen

Alternative forms

• Titane (rare)

Derived terms

• titanisch

Proper noun

Titan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Titans or (with an article) Titan)

1. (astronomy) Titan (one of Saturn's moons)

Declension

Declension of Titan [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Titan
genitive	eines	des	Titans, Titan1
dative	einem	dem	Titan
accusative	einen	den	Titan

¹With an article.

Etymology 2

Coined by Klaproth in 1795, after etymology 1 above.

Noun

Titan n (strong, genitive Titans, no plural)

1. titanium

Declension

Declension of Titan [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Titan
genitive	eines	des	Titans
dative	einem	dem	Titan
accusative	ein	das	Titan

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Scandium. Next: Vanadium

Japanese

Romanization

Titan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ティタン

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n)

Proper noun

Tītān m (genitive Tītānos or Tītānis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) a Titan

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	Tītān	Tītānes Tītānēs
genitive	Tītānos Tītānis	Tītānum
dative	Tītānī	Tītānibus
accusative	Tītāna Tītānem	Tītānas Tītānēs
ablative	Tītāne	Tītānibus
vocative	Tītān	Tītānes Tītānēs

Luxembourgish

Chemical element
Ti
Previous: Scandium (Sc)
Next: Vanadium (V)

Noun

Titan ? (uncountable)

1. titanium

Swedish

Proper noun

Titan c (genitive Titans)

1. (astronomy) Titan, a moon of Saturn

Anagrams

• tinat

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Titan, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Proper noun

Titan m

1. (astronomy) Titan (a moon of Saturn)

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star	yr Haul
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercher	Gwener	y Ddaear	Mawrth	Ceres	Iau	Sadwrn	Wranws	Neifion	Plwton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	y Lleuad	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Mutation

Mutated forms of Titan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Titan	Ditan	Nhitan	Thitan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.