"Cetus" meaning in All languages combined

See Cetus on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|cētus||a sea monster}} Latin cētus (“a sea monster”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Cetus
  1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira. Wikipedia link: Cetus Categories (topical): Constellations Derived forms: Ceti Translations (winter constellation of the northern sky): Κῆτος (Kêtos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), 鯨魚座 (Chinese Cantonese), 鲸鱼座 (king⁴ jyu⁴ zo⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 鯨魚座 (Chinese Mandarin), 鲸鱼座 (Jīngyúzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), Vaal (Estonian), Valas (Finnish), Valaskala (Finnish), Baleine [feminine] (French), Balea (Galician), Walfisch [masculine] (German), Κήτος (Kítos) [neuter] (Greek), an Míol Mór [masculine] (Irish), 鯨座 (Kujiraza) (alt: くじらざ) (Japanese), くじら座 (Japanese), Кит (english: Kit) (Kazakh), 고래자리 (goraejari) (Korean), Cētus [masculine] (Latin), Ikan Paus (Malay), 𐭪𐭤𐭲 (alt: kht /⁠kaht⁠/) (Middle Persian), قیطس (qeytos) (Persian), Wieloryb [masculine] (Polish), Кит (english: Kit) (Russian), Cetus (Spanish), Dambuhala (Tagalog)

Proper name [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|proper nouns|g=?|g2=|g3=|head=}} Cetus ?, {{es-proper noun}} Cetus ?
  1. (astronomy) Cetus (winter constellation of the northern sky) Wikipedia link: es:Cetus Categories (topical): Constellations
    Sense id: en-Cetus-es-name-fbVchA1K Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences

Proper name [Translingual]

Etymology: Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”) Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la|cetus||marine mammal or sea monster}} Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Cetus|nogendercat=1}} Cetus m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, synonymized with Physeter. Tags: masculine Hyponyms (genus): Cetus cylindricus (alt: syn. of Physeter catodon)

Alternative forms

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        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Latin",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (obsolete)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, synonymized with Physeter."
      ],
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          "family#English"
        ],
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          "Physeteridae",
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  "word": "Cetus"
}

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