Orion

See also: Orión, Órion, and Ōrīōn

English

The constellation Orion

Etymology

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪən/, /ɒˈɹaɪən/, /oʊˈɹaɪən/
Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Orion (plural Orions)

(Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
(astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
A surname.
A male given name of modern usage.
- 1980 Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:
  In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.
A female given name.
A place name or the name of a geographical feature.

Synonyms

(constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

Derived terms

Translations

in mythology

Catalan: Orió
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俄里翁 (Élǐwēng)
Esperanto: Oriono (eo)
French: Orion (fr)
German: Orion (de)
Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon)
Inuktitut: ᐅᕇᐅᓐ (uriiun)

Italian: Orione
Japanese: オーリーオーン (ja) (Ōrīōn)
Latvian: Orions m
Marathi: ओरायन (orāyana)
Polish: Orion (pl) m
Portuguese: Orion (pt)
Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión)
Spanish: Orión (es)

constellation

Arabic: الجبار‎‎ (ar)
Catalan: Orió
Central Melanau: belatiek
Chinese:
Cantonese: 獵戶座, 猎户座 (lip⁶ wu⁶ zo⁶), 參, 参 (sam¹), 參宿, 参宿 (sam¹ sau³)

Mandarin: 獵戶座 (zh), 猎户座 (zh) (Lièhùzuò), 參 (zh), 参 (zh) (Shēn), 參宿 (zh), 参宿 (zh) (Shēnxiù)
Esperanto: Oriono (eo)
Finnish: Orion (fi), Väinämöisen Viikate, kalevanmiekka
French: Orion (fr)
German: Orion (de)
Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon)
Hebrew: כְּסִיל‎‎ (he) m (ksil)
Hopi: Hotomqam
Irish: An Bodach m, Oiríon m

Italian: Orion, Orione
Japanese: オリオン座 (ja) (オリオンざ, Orion-za)
Latin: Orion (la), ensifer
Latvian: Orions m
Malay: bintang belantik, bintang beluku, bintang tiga beradik, jabar, Orion
Old English: eoforþring n
Polish: Orion (pl) m
Portuguese: Orion (pt)
Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión)
Spanish: Orión (es)
Tagalog: Mangangaso, Oryon
Turkish: Orion (tr), Avcı (tr)
Vietnamese: Lạp Hộ

Anagrams

Noori

Dutch

Proper noun

Orion m

(astronomy) Orion

Synonyms

Jager

Derived terms

Orionnevel

Finnish

Proper noun

Orion

(Greek mythology) Orion.
(astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Orion	—
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
illative		Orioniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Orion	—
accusative	nom.	Orion	—
accusative	gen.	Orionin	—
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
inessive		Orionissa	—
elative		Orionista	—
illative		Orioniin	—
adessive		Orionilla	—
ablative		Orionilta	—
allative		Orionille	—
essive		Orionina	—
translative		Orioniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Orionitta	—
comitative		—	—

Anagrams

noori

Japanese

Romanization

Orion

Rōmaji transcription of オリオン

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/

Proper noun

Ōrīōn m (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

(Greek mythology) Orion.
(astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Ōrīōn
genitive	Ōrīōnis
dative	Ōrīōnī
accusative	Ōrīōnem
ablative	Ōrīōne
vocative	Ōrīōn

References

Orion in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Orion in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Orion m

(Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
(astronomy) Orion (a constellation)

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