"Rigel" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɹaɪd͡ʒəl/
Rhymes: -aɪdʒəl Etymology: A corruption of Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), in the Arabic name رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ar|رِجْل||foot, leg}} Arabic رِجْل (rijl, “foot, leg”), {{m|ar|رِجْل الْجَبَّار|lit=foot of the great one}} رِجْل الْجَبَّار (rijl al-jabbār, literally “foot of the great one”), {{root|en|ar|ر ج ل}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rigel
  1. (astronomy) A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion; Beta (β) Orionis. The seventh brightest star in the night sky. Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms: Algebar, Elgebar Translations (star): Ռիգել (Ṙigel) (Armenian), 參宿七 (Chinese Cantonese), 参宿七 (sam¹ sau³ cat¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 參宿七 (Chinese Mandarin), 参宿七 (Shēnxiùqī) (Chinese Mandarin), Rigel (French), Rigel (German), Rigel (Italian), リゲル (Rigeru) (Japanese), Rigelis (Lithuanian), Puanga (Maori), Rigel (Polish), An Spor Liath [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Rigel (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Rigel-en-name-ZUIfdB7h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Regel
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Rigels [plural]
Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of German Reigel or Riegel. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Reigel}} German Reigel, {{m|de|Riegel}} Riegel Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Rigel (plural Rigels)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Rigel-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Regel
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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