"Apophis" meaning in All languages combined

See Apophis on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˈæpəfɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈpɒfɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæpəfəs/ [General-American], /əˈpɑfəs/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄποφις (Ápophis), a borrowing from Egyptian ꜥꜣpp altered after ὄφις (óphis, “snake”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἄποφις}} Ancient Greek Ἄποφις (Ápophis), {{der|en|egy|ꜥꜣpp}} Egyptian ꜥꜣpp, {{m|grc|ὄφις||snake}} ὄφις (óphis, “snake”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Apophis
  1. (Egyptian mythology) An evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night. Tags: Egyptian Categories (topical): Egyptian deities Synonyms: Apep Translations (an evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night): أبوفيس [masculine] (Arabic), Apop [masculine] (Czech), aA:p*p-I14 (ꜥꜣpp) [masculine] (Egyptian), Apophis [masculine] (French), Apophis (German), Aphophis (German), آپوفیس (âpôfis) (Persian), آپپ (âpep) (Persian), Apófis [masculine] (Portuguese), Апо́п (Apóp) [masculine] (Russian), Апе́п (Apép) [masculine] (Russian), Апо́фис (Apófis) [masculine] (Russian), Apofis [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Apophis-en-name-TLm7f9-1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'an evil snake-god who tries to devour the sun every night': 100 0
  2. (astronomy) An asteroid that formerly had a high risk of collision with Earth. Categories (topical): Astronomy, Asteroids, Egyptian deities
    Sense id: en-Apophis-en-name-7P~1A1c0 Disambiguation of Asteroids: 22 78 Disambiguation of Egyptian deities: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Apopis Derived forms: Apophian Related terms: Aphophis [Latin]

Alternative forms

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