"Aphrodite" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /æfɹəˈdaɪti/ [US], /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/ [US] Audio: En-us-Aphrodite.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aɪti Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē). Doublet of Aferdita. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|grc|Ἀφροδίτη|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), {{bor+|en|grc|Ἀφροδίτη}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), {{doublet|en|Aferdita}} Doublet of Aferdita Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Aphrodite
  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Her Roman counterpart is Venus. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities
    Sense id: en-Aphrodite-en-name-nlyZmdHb Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, Gods Synonyms: Aphrodité [obsolete] Derived forms: aphro-, aphrodisia, aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, Aphrodisian, aphroditic, aphrodito- Translations (Greek goddess): Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), أَفْرُودِيت (ʔafrūdīt) [feminine] (Arabic), ܐܦܪܘܕܝܛܐ [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), Աֆրոդիտե (Afrodite) (Armenian), আফ্রোদিতি (aphrōditi) (Bengali), Afrodita [feminine] (Catalan), ᎠᏩᎶᏓᏘ (awalodati) (Cherokee), 阿佛洛狄忒 (Āfóluòdítè) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲏ (aphroditē) (Coptic), Afrodita [feminine] (Czech), Aphrodite [feminine] (Dutch), Afrodito (Esperanto), Afrodite (Finnish), Aphrodite [feminine] (French), Afrodita [feminine] (Galician), Aphrodite [feminine] (German), Αφροδίτη (Afrodíti) [feminine] (Greek), ઍફ્રોડાઈટી (ĕphroḍāīṭī) (Gujarati), אַפְרוֹדִיטִי (Afrodíti) [feminine] (Hebrew), ऐफ़्रोडाइटी (aifroḍāiṭī) (Hindi), Aphrodité (Hungarian), Afradaíté [feminine] (Irish), Afrodite (Italian), アフロディーテ (Afurodīte) (Japanese), 아프로디테 (Apeurodite) (Korean), Aphrodite [feminine] (Latin), Venus [feminine] (Latin), Afrodyta [feminine] (Polish), Afrodite [feminine] (Portuguese), ਐਫਰੋਡਾਇਟੀ (aipharoḍāiṭī) (Punjabi), Афроди́та (Afrodíta) [feminine] (Russian), Афро̀дита [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Afròdita [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Afrodita [feminine] (Spanish), Afrodite (Swedish), Afrodit (Turkish), Афроді́та (Afrodíta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), אַפֿראָדיטע (afrodite) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Aphrodite-en-name-2h5jM6nf Disambiguation of Gods: 38 62 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 35 65 Related terms: Acidalia, Anadyomene, Cytherea, Despina, Kypris, Pandemos, Urania, Ourania, Venus, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus Related terms (Greek mythology Olympian gods): god Disambiguation of 'Greek mythology Olympian gods': 30 70 Disambiguation of 'Greek goddess': 35 65

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      "word": "Աֆրոդիտե"
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      "word": "আফ্রোদিতি"
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      "word": "阿佛洛狄忒"
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      "word": "ⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲏ"
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      "word": "ऐफ़्रोडाइटी"
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "word": "아프로디테"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Aphrodite"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Venus"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Afrodyta"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Afrodite"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "word": "ਐਫਰੋਡਾਇਟੀ"
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    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Afrodíta",
      "sense": "Greek goddess",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Афроді́та"
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    {
      "code": "yi",
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      "sense": "Greek goddess",
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}

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