Virgo

See also: virgo

English

Signs of the Zodiac
Leo		Libra
English Wikipedia has an article about Virgo.

Virgo constellation map

Etymology

From Latin virgō (“maiden, virgin”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːɡəʊ/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝɡoʊ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ɡəʊ

Proper noun

Virgo (symbol ♍)

(astronomy): A constellation in the zodiac, imagined in the shape of a maiden, that contains the bright binary star Spica.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 3,
  Now, masters, draw. [They shoot.] O, well said, Lucius! Good boy, in Virgo’s lap.
(astrology): The zodiac sign for the virgin, ruled by Mercury, that covers August 23 – September 22 (tropical astrology) or September 16 – October 15 (sidereal astrology).

Derived terms

Related terms

(astronomy): Vir (abbreviation)

Translations

constellation

Arabic: بُرْج الْعَذْرَاء‎‎ m (burj al-ʿaḏrāʾ), الْعَذْرَاء‎‎ f (al-ʿaḏrāʾ)
Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
Azerbaijani: Qız
Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 室女座 (zh) (shìnǚzuò), 處女宮
Cornish: an Wyrghes
Danish: Jomfruen
Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
French: Vierge (fr) f
German: Jungfrau (de) f
Greek: Παρθένος (el) f (Parthénos)
Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה‎‎ (he) (betulá)
Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
Irish: An Mhaighdean f
Italian: Vergine (it) f
Japanese: 乙女座 (ja), おとめ座 (ja) (おとめざ, otomeza)
Latvian: Jaunava f
Lithuanian: Mergelė f
Macedonian: Де́вица f (Dévica)
Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo

Maltese: Verġni
Middle Persian: 𐭤𐭥𐭱𐭪‎‎ (hʿšk)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m, f

Nynorsk: Jomfrua f
Persian: خوشه‎‎ (fa) (xūše),دوشیزه‎‎ (fa) (dūšīze)
Polish: Panna (pl) f
Portuguese: Virgo (pt) f
Romanian: Fecioara f (def. form)
Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Дева f

Roman: Deva f
Slovene: Devica (sl) f
Spanish: Virgo (es) m
Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
Tagalog: Dalaga
Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi)
Turkish: Başak (tr)
Welsh: Y Forwyn f

astrological sign

Albanian: Virgjëresha f
Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَذْرَاء‎‎ m (burj al-ʿaḏrāʾ), العذراء‎‎ f
Armenian: Կույս (Kuys)
Azerbaijani: Qız
Bashkir: Ҡыҙ (Qïð)
Burmese: ကန် (my) (kan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 室女座 (zh) (shìnǚzuò), 處女宮, 处女宫 (chùnǚgōng)
Cornish: an Wyrghes
Danish: Jomfruen
Dutch: Maagd (nl) f
Finnish: Neitsyt (fi)
French: Vierge (fr)
Georgian: ქალწული (kalc̣uli)
German: Jungfrau (de) f
Hebrew: בְּתוּלָה‎‎ (he) (betulá)
Hungarian: Szűz (hu)
Irish: an Mhaighdean f
Italian: Vergine (it) f
Japanese: 処女宮 (ja) (しょじょきゅう, shojokyū)
Latvian: Jaunava f
Lithuanian: Mergelė
Luxembourgish: Jongfra f

Macedonian: Де́вица f (Dévica)
Malay: Mayang, Sunbulat, Virgo
Maltese: Verġni
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Jomfruen (no) m, f

Nynorsk: Jomfrua f
Persian: دوشیزه‎‎ (fa) (dušize)
Polish: Panna (pl)
Portuguese: Virgem (pt)
Romanian: Fecioară f
Russian: Де́ва (ru) f (Déva)
Scottish Gaelic: A' Mhaighdeann f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Дева f

Roman: Deva f
Slovene: Devica (sl) f
Spanish: Virgo (es)
Swahili: Sumbula, Mashuke
Swedish: Jungfrun (sv)
Tagalog: Dalaga
Telugu: కన్యారాశి (te) (kanyārāśi)
Turkish: Başak (tr)
Welsh: Yr Wyryf f

Noun

Virgo (plural Virgos)

Someone with a Virgo star sign

Synonyms

Virgoan

Antonyms

Pisces

Translations

Someone with a Virgo star sign

Danish: jomfru c
Dutch: maagd (nl)
French: Vierge (fr)
Norwegian: jomfru (no)

Portuguese: virginiano
Romanian: fecioară (ro) f (zodie)
Russian: де́ва (ru) f (déva)
Swedish: jungfru (sv) c

Anagrams

vigor

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwir.ɡoː/, [ˈwɪr.ɡoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvir.ɡo/

Etymology 1

See virgō.

Proper noun

Virgō f (genitive Virginis); third declension

(astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Virgō
genitive	Virginis
dative	Virginī
accusative	Virginem
ablative	Virgine
vocative	Virgō

Descendants

Italian: Vergine

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Virgō m (genitive Virgōnis); third declension

A male given name, character in the play Persa by Plautus.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Virgō
genitive	Virgōnis
dative	Virgōnī
accusative	Virgōnem
ablative	Virgōne
vocative	Virgō

Portuguese

Proper noun

Virgo f

(astronomy) Virgo (constellation)

Spanish

Proper noun

Virgo m

Virgo (constellation)

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