Uranus

See also: Uranüs

English

The planet Uranus (sense 1)

The Greek god Uranus (sense 2) depicted on the Gigantomachy frieze, Pergamon Altar, Pergamon Museum

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (ourănós)

Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)der.

Latin Ūranusbor.

English Uranus

Borrowed from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈjʊɹənəs/

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  • IPA^(key): /jʊˈɹeɪnəs/

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  • Hyphenation: Ur‧a‧nus, U‧ra‧nus
• (Received Pronunciation)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈjʊəɹ(ə)nəs/, /jʊˈɹeɪnəs/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈjɔːɹ(ə)nəs/ (pour–poor merger)
  • Hyphenation: Ur‧an‧us, U‧ra‧nus, Ura‧nus
• Rhymes: -(ə)nəs, -eɪnəs
• Note: By the rules of Latin accentuation, the stress would fall on the first syllable because the "a" is short. The more recent pronunciation with a stress on the second syllable, likely influenced by uranium, is sometimes avoided or proscribed because it sounds like your anus.

Proper noun

Uranus

2. (astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.

   Synonyms: Georgian planet, Georgium Sidus, Herschel, (humorous) Urectum, Caelus, ♅

   • 1789 June, “LETTER from M. DE LA LANDE, on the NAME of the PLANET HERSCHEL, to the EDITORS of the JOURNAL des SCAVANS.”, in The European Magazine‎^[1], page 437, column 1:

     The giving the name of Uranus, however, to the planet of M. Herſchel, in which M. Bode ſtill perſiſts, is an act of ingratitude to the author of that noble diſcovery, and an affront to that auguſt and munificent patron of aſtronomy, the King of Great Britain ; whoſe name ought to be preferred to every other, if that of the author had not a ſtill more forcible claim on our acknowledgements. Beſides, the name of Uranus is an impropriety, even according to the mythological ſyſtem. Sanchoniathon and Diodorus, it is true, ſay, that Saturn was the ſon of Uranus; but this is now allowed to be purely allegorical.

   • 1990, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 61:

     Uranus, hidden by its deep hydrogen atmosphere, displayed even less turbulence than Saturn.

4. (Greek mythology) The Greek god who personified the sky and heavens and fathered the Titans. Roman counterpart: Caelus.

   Synonyms: Father Sky, Ouranos, Oranos

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ⛢, ♅

Related terms

• Uranian
• uranic
• uranist
• uranistic
• uranium

Descendants

• → Cherokee: ᏳᏪᏅᏍ (yuwenvs)
• → Dzongkha: ཡུ་ར་ནཱས (yu ra nās)
• → Fijian: Uranasi
• → Inuktitut: ᐅᕌᓄᔅ (oraanos)
• → Malayalam: യുറാനസ് (yuṟānasŭ)
• → Navajo: Yoowéinis
• → Sinhalese: යු‍රේනස් (yu‍rēnas)

Translations

god of the sky and heavens

• Afrikaans: Uranus
• Albanian: Vrânji
• Armenian: Ուրանոս (hy) (Uranos)
• Asturian: Uranu m
• Azerbaijani: Uran (az)
• Basque: Urano (eu)
• Breton: Ouran (br) m
• Bulgarian: Уран m (Uran)
• Catalan: Urà m
• Cherokee: ᏳᏪᏅᏍ (yuwenvs)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏拉諾斯 / 乌拉诺斯 (Wūlānuòsī)

• Cornish: Ouranos m, Uranus m
• Czech: Uran (cs) m
• Dutch: Uranus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Urano (eo)
• Estonian: Uranos (et)
• Finnish: Uranos
• French: Ouranos (fr) m, Ourane
• Galician: Urano (gl) m
• Georgian: ურანი (urani)
• German: Uranus (de)
• Greek: Ουρανός (el) m (Ouranós)

  Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός m (Ouranós)

• Hawaiian: Ulano
• Hebrew: אוּרָנוּס (he) m (urános)
• Hindi: युरेनस (hi) m (yurenas), अरुण (hi) m (aruṇ)
• Hungarian: Uránusz (hu)
• Indonesian: Uranus
• Irish: Úránas m
• Italian: Urano (it) m
• Japanese: ウラノス (Uranosu), ウラヌス (ja) (Uranusu)
• Korean: 우라누스 (Uranuseu)
• Latin: Uranus (la) m
• Latvian: Urāns m
• Lithuanian: Uranas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Уран m (Uran)
• Marathi: युरेनस m (yurenas)
• Persian: اورانوس (fa) (urânus)
• Polish: Uranos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Urano (pt) m, Úrano (pt) m
• Russian: Ура́н (ru) m (Urán)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ùranas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: У̀ра̄н m

  Latin: Ùrān (sh) m

• Slovene: Urán (sl) m
• Spanish: Urano (es) m
• Swahili: Uranu, Yurenasi
• Swedish: Uranos (sv)
• Tamil: யுரேனசு (yurēṉacu)
• Telugu: వరుణుడు (te) (varuṇuḍu)
• Thai: ยูเรนัส (yuu-ree-nát)
• Turkish: Uranüs (tr)
• Welsh: Wranws (cy)
• Zulu: u-Uranu

planet

• Abkhaz: Уран (Uran)
• Afrikaans: Uranus
• Amharic: ኡራኑስ (ʾuranus)
• Arabic: أُورَانُوس (ʔuranos)

  Hijazi Arabic: أُرانُس (ʔurānus)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܿܪܵܢܘܿܣ m (uranos)

• Armenian: Ուրան (Uran)
• Asturian: Uranu m
• Azerbaijani: Uran (az)
• Basque: Urano (eu)
• Belarusian: Ура́н m (Urán)
• Bengali: ইউরেনাস (bn) (iurenaś)
• Breton: Ouran (br) f
• Bulgarian: Ура́н m (Urán)
• Burmese: ယူရေနတ် (yurenat)
• Catalan: Urà m
• Chechen: Уран (Uran)
• Cherokee: ᏳᏪᏅᏍ (yuwenvs), ᎦᎵᏉᎩᏁ ᎡᎶᎯ (galiquogine elohi)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天王星 (tin¹ wong⁴ sing¹)

  Hokkien: 天王星 (Thiⁿ-ông-chheⁿ, Thiⁿ-ông-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 天王星 (zh) (Tiānwángxīng)

• Cornish: Ouranos m
• Czech: Uran (cs) m
• Danish: Uranus (da)
• Dutch: Uranus (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ཡུ་ར་ནཱས (yu ra nās)
• Esperanto: Urano (eo)
• Estonian: Uraan (et)
• Fijian: Uranasi
• Finnish: Uranus (fi)
• French: Uranus (fr) m
• Gagauz: Uran
• Galician: Urano (gl) m
• Georgian: ურანი (urani)
• German: Uranus (de) m
• Greek: Ουρανός (el) m (Ouranós)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} Uráno

• Gujarati: પ્રજાપતિ (prajāpti)
• Haitian Creole: Iranis
• Hawaiian: Heleʻekela
• Hebrew: אוֹרוֹן m (orón), אוּרָנוּס (he) m (uránus)
• Hindi: अरुण (hi) m (aruṇ), युरेनस (hi) m (yurenas)
• Hungarian: Uránusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Úranus (is) m
• Indonesian: Uranus
• Interlingua: Urano
• Inuktitut: ᐅᕌᓄᔅ (oraanos)
• Irish: Úránas m
• Italian: Urano (it) m
• Jamaican Creole: Yuurienos
• Japanese: 天王星 (ja) (てんのうせい, Tennōsei), ウラヌス (ja) (Uranusu)
• Javanese: Uranus, Oranus
• Kazakh: Уран (Uran)
• Khmer: ផ្កាយរាហុ៍ (phkayréahុ៍), ភពអ៊ុយរ៉ានុស (phup ʼuyraanuh), រាហុ៍ (km) (riə), អ៊ុយរ៉ានុស (ʼuyraanuh)
• Korean: 천왕성(天王星) (ko) (Cheonwangseong)
• Kyrgyz: Уран (Uran)
• Lao: ຢູລານຸດ (yū lā nut)
• Latin: Uranus (la) m
• Latvian: Urāns m
• Lingala: Ulanusí
• Lithuanian: Uranas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Уран m (Uran)
• Malagasy: Oranosy
• Malay: Uranus (ms)
• Malayalam: യുറാനസ് (yuṟānasŭ)
• Maltese: Uranju, Uranu m
• Māori: Rangipō, Whērangi
• Marathi: युरेनस (yurenas)
• Mongolian: Тэнгэрийн ван (Tengeriin van)
• Nahuatl: Ilhuicateōcītlalli, Xiuhtēuccītlalli, Ilhuicatēcacītlalli
• Navajo: Yoowéinis
• Nepali: अरुणग्रह (aruṇagraha)
• Odia: ୟୁରାନସ (yurānasa)
• Ossetian: Уран (Uran)
• Pashto: اورانوس (ps) m (oranos)
• Persian: اورانوس (fa) (urânus)
• Polish: Uran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Urano (pt) m, Úrano (pt) m
• Quechua: Uranu
• Romanian: Uranus (ro) m
• Russian: Ура́н (ru) m (Urán)
• Santali: ᱵᱚᱸᱜᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (sat) (bỗga ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Ùranas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: У̀ра̄н m

  Latin: Ùrān (sh) m

• Shona: Rivusamatenga, Yuranisi
• Sinhalese: යු‍රේනස් (yu‍rēnas)
• Slovak: Urán m
• Slovene: Urán (sl) m
• Somali: Uraano
• Spanish: Urano (es)
• Swahili: Uranus (sw), Zohali (sw), Uranusi
• Swedish: Uranus (sv)
• Tagalog: Urano
• Tajik: Уран (Uran)
• Tamil: யுரேனசு (yurēṉacu)
• Tatar: Uran (tt)
• Telugu: యురేనస్ (te) (yurēnas)
• Thai: ดาวยูเรนัส (th) (daaw-yuu-ree-nát), ดาวมฤตยู (daaw-má-rʉ́t-dtà-yuu)
• Tibetan: སྐར་མ་གནམ་རྒྱལ (skar ma gnam rgyal)
• Tok Pisin: Yurenes
• Tongan: ʻUlano
• Tswana: Yuranuse
• Tumbuka: Movwili, Chanya la Movwili, Yurenasi
• Turkish: Uranüs (tr), Altayhan
• Turkmen: Uran
• Ukrainian: Ура́н m (Urán)
• Uzbek: Uran (uz)
• Venetan: Uran m
• Vietnamese: sao Thiên Vương, Thiên Vương Tinh (vi)
• Volapük: luran (vo)
• Welsh: Wranws (cy)
• Wolof: Uraanus
• Yiddish: אוראַנוס m (uranus)
• Yoruba: Úránù
• Zhuang: Ndaundeiqdenh'vuengz
• Zulu: u-Uranu, uNomakhekheba

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Mercury · Venus · Earth · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune ^[edit]
• giant planet
• Jovian planet
• outer planet
• superior planet

Further reading

• Uranus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Uranus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ura‧nus

Proper noun

Uranus

2. (astronomy) Uranus
3. (Roman mythology) Uranus

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planete van die Sonnestelsel: Mercurius · Venus · Aarde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]

Danish

Etymology

From Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós)

Proper noun

Uranus (genitive Uranus')

2. Uranus (planet)

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkur · Venus · Jorden~jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yˈraː.nʏs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uranus m

2. Uranus (planet)
3. Uranus (Greek god)

Faroese

Etymology

From Latin Uranus.

Proper noun

Uranus m

1. Uranus (Roman god)
2. Uranus (planet)

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Ūranus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈurɑnus/, [ˈurɑ̝nus̠]
• Rhymes: -urɑnus
• Syllabification^(key): U‧ra‧nus
• Hyphenation^(key): U‧ra‧nus

Proper noun

Uranus

2. (astronomy) Uranus (planet)

Declension

Inflection of Uranus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Uranus	Uranukset
genitive		Uranuksen	Uranusten Uranuksien
partitive		Uranusta	Uranuksia
illative		Uranukseen	Uranuksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		Uranus	Uranukset
accusative	nom.	Uranus	Uranukset
	gen.	Uranuksen
genitive		Uranuksen	Uranusten Uranuksien
partitive		Uranusta	Uranuksia
inessive		Uranuksessa	Uranuksissa
elative		Uranuksesta	Uranuksista
illative		Uranukseen	Uranuksiin
adessive		Uranuksella	Uranuksilla
ablative		Uranukselta	Uranuksilta
allative		Uranukselle	Uranuksille
essive		Uranuksena	Uranuksina
translative		Uranukseksi	Uranuksiksi
abessive		Uranuksetta	Uranuksitta
instructive		—	Uranuksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Uranus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uranukseni Uranukseni accusative nom. Uranukseni Uranukseni gen. Uranukseni genitive Uranukseni Uranusteni Uranuksieni partitive Uranustani Uranuksiani inessive Uranuksessani Uranuksissani elative Uranuksestani Uranuksistani illative Uranukseeni Uranuksiini adessive Uranuksellani Uranuksillani ablative Uranukseltani Uranuksiltani allative Uranukselleni Uranuksilleni essive Uranuksenani Uranuksinani translative Uranuksekseni Uranuksikseni abessive Uranuksettani Uranuksittani instructive — — comitative — Uranuksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uranuksesi Uranuksesi accusative nom. Uranuksesi Uranuksesi gen. Uranuksesi genitive Uranuksesi Uranustesi Uranuksiesi partitive Uranustasi Uranuksiasi inessive Uranuksessasi Uranuksissasi elative Uranuksestasi Uranuksistasi illative Uranukseesi Uranuksiisi adessive Uranuksellasi Uranuksillasi ablative Uranukseltasi Uranuksiltasi allative Uranuksellesi Uranuksillesi essive Uranuksenasi Uranuksinasi translative Uranukseksesi Uranuksiksesi abessive Uranuksettasi Uranuksittasi instructive — — comitative — Uranuksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uranuksemme Uranuksemme accusative nom. Uranuksemme Uranuksemme gen. Uranuksemme genitive Uranuksemme Uranustemme Uranuksiemme partitive Uranustamme Uranuksiamme inessive Uranuksessamme Uranuksissamme elative Uranuksestamme Uranuksistamme illative Uranukseemme Uranuksiimme adessive Uranuksellamme Uranuksillamme ablative Uranukseltamme Uranuksiltamme allative Uranuksellemme Uranuksillemme essive Uranuksenamme Uranuksinamme translative Uranukseksemme Uranuksiksemme abessive Uranuksettamme Uranuksittamme instructive — — comitative — Uranuksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uranuksenne Uranuksenne accusative nom. Uranuksenne Uranuksenne gen. Uranuksenne genitive Uranuksenne Uranustenne Uranuksienne partitive Uranustanne Uranuksianne inessive Uranuksessanne Uranuksissanne elative Uranuksestanne Uranuksistanne illative Uranukseenne Uranuksiinne adessive Uranuksellanne Uranuksillanne ablative Uranukseltanne Uranuksiltanne allative Uranuksellenne Uranuksillenne essive Uranuksenanne Uranuksinanne translative Uranukseksenne Uranuksiksenne abessive Uranuksettanne Uranuksittanne instructive — — comitative — Uranuksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Uranuksensa Uranuksensa accusative nom. Uranuksensa Uranuksensa gen. Uranuksensa genitive Uranuksensa Uranustensa Uranuksiensa partitive Uranustaan Uranustansa Uranuksiaan Uranuksiansa inessive Uranuksessaan Uranuksessansa Uranuksissaan Uranuksissansa elative Uranuksestaan Uranuksestansa Uranuksistaan Uranuksistansa illative Uranukseensa Uranuksiinsa adessive Uranuksellaan Uranuksellansa Uranuksillaan Uranuksillansa ablative Uranukseltaan Uranukseltansa Uranuksiltaan Uranuksiltansa allative Uranukselleen Uranuksellensa Uranuksilleen Uranuksillensa essive Uranuksenaan Uranuksenansa Uranuksinaan Uranuksinansa translative Uranuksekseen Uranukseksensa Uranuksikseen Uranuksiksensa abessive Uranuksettaan Uranuksettansa Uranuksittaan Uranuksittansa instructive — — comitative — Uranuksineen Uranuksinensa

See also

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star	Aurinko
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Maa (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Kuu	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Dysnomia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ʁa.nys/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Uranus m

1. (Roman mythology) Caelus (Roman deity) Note: The Greek deity Uranus is Ouranos

Proper noun

Uranus m

2. Uranus (planet)

See also

Solar System in French · système solaire (layout · text)
Star	Soleil
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercure	Vénus	Terre	Mars	Cérès	Jupiter	Saturne	Uranus	Neptune	Pluton	Éris
Notable moons	—	—	Lune	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europe Ganymède Callisto	Mimas Encelade Téthys Dioné Rhéa Titan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Obéron	Triton	Charon	Dysnomie

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Ūranus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːʁanʊs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ura‧nus

Proper noun

Uranus m (proper noun, strong, genitive Uranus)

2. (astronomy) Uranus
4. (Greek mythology) Uranus

See also

• Uran

• planets of the Solar System: Planeten des Sonnensystems: Merkur · Venus · Erde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

References

• “Uranus”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Uranus (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Uranus (Griechischer Gott)” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οὐρανός (Ouranós), from οὐρανός (ouranós, “sky, heaven”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.ra.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.ra.nus]

Proper noun

Ūranus m sg (genitive Ūranī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Uranus (god of the sky)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) Uranus (planet)
3. (poetic) the sky (personified as a god in Greek mythology).

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ūranus
genitive	Ūranī
dative	Ūranō
accusative	Ūranum
ablative	Ūranō
vocative	Ūrane
locative	Ūranī

References

• “Uranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Uranus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Uranus.

Proper noun

Uranus

2. Uranus (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• planets of the Solar System: Merkur · Venus · Eana · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Further reading

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[3], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian

Proper noun

Uranus

2. Uranus (planet)
4. Uranus (Greek god)

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planeter, planetar: Merkur · Venus · jorda · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

Swahili

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /uˈɾɑ.nus/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Uranus

2. Uranus (planet)

Synonyms

• Zohali

See also

Solar System in Swahili · mfumo wa jua (see also: sayari) (layout · text)
Star	jua
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Utaridi Zebaki	Zuhura Ng'andu	dunia	Mirihi Murihi Meriki	Ceres	Mshtarii	Zohali Zuhali	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	mwezi		—

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵˈrɑːnɵs/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

planet

⛢	Previous:	Saturnus
	Next:	Neptunus

Uranus c (genitive Uranus)

2. Uranus, the seventh planet

See also

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkurius · Venus · jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yˈraːnəs/

Noun

Uranus c (no plural)

1. Uranus (planet)
2. Uranus (god)