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
(also, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑɹəs/

Etymology 1

From Latin taurus (“bull”).

Proper noun

Taurus (symbol ♉)

(astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a bull and containing the star Aldebaran.
- 1592 — Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus iv 3
  See, see, thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns.
(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).
(automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).

Derived terms

Translations

constellation

Amharic: በሬ (bäre)
Arabic: بُرْج اَلثَّوْر‎‎ m (burj aṯ-ṯawr), اَلثَّوْر‎‎ m (aṯ-ṯawr)
Armenian: Ցուլ (Cʿul)
Azerbaijani: Buğa
Bengali: ষণ্ড (bn) (śônḍ)
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)
Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎‎ (he) m (shor)
Hindi: 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, oüshiza), おうし座 (ja) (oüshiza)

Latvian: Vērsis m
Low German:
German Low German: Bull m
Macedonian: Бик m (Bik)
Malay: Lembu Jantan, Saur, Taurus
Norwegian: Tyren (no)
Polish: Byk (pl) m
Portuguese: Taurus (pt) m
Romanian: Taur (ro)
Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc)
Scottish Gaelic: Tarbh m
Slovak: Býk m
Slovene: Bik (sl) m
Spanish: Tauro (es) m
Tagalog: Damulag
Telugu: వృషభరాశి (te) (vr̥ṣabharāśi)
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 (Cʿul)
Azerbaijani: Buğa
Bashkir: Буға (Buğa)
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)
Hebrew: שׁוֹר‎‎ (he) m (shor)
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

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
Persian: گاو‎‎ (fa) (gâv)
Polish: Byk (pl) m
Portuguese: Touro (pt) m
Romanian: Taur (ro) m
Russian: Теле́ц (ru) m (Teléc)
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)
Turkish: Boğa (tr)

Noun

Taurus (plural Tauruses)

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

Norwegian: tyr (no)
Portuguese: taurino (pt)
Swedish: oxe (sv) c
Turkish: Boğa (tr)

Etymology 2

From Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος (Taûros)

Proper noun

Taurus

Demirkazık in Niğde province

a mountain range in southern Anatolia, almost 4000m high and running parallel to the Mediterranean coast

Synonyms

Taurus Mountains

Related terms

Anti-Taurus

Translations

mountain range

Armenian: Տավրոս (Tavros)
French: Taurus (fr)
German: Taurusgebirge
Greek:
Ancient: Ταῦρος (Taûros)

Latin: Taurus (la)
Persian: توروس‎‎ (toros)
Portuguese: Tauro m, Taurus (pt) m
Russian: Та́врские горы f pl (Távrskije gory), Тавр (Tavr)
Turkish: Toros Dağları, Toroslar (tr) pl

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Taurus.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaw.ɾus/

Proper noun

Taurus m

(astronomy) Taurus (constellation)
Alternative form of Tauro

Related terms

touro

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