"Sirius" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈsɪɹi.əs/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɪəɹiəs (some dialects) Etymology: From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Sīrius}} Latin Sīrius, {{uder|en|grc|Σείριος}} Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), {{m|grc|σείριος||scorching; scorcher}} σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sirius
  1. (astronomy) A binary star system in the constellation Canis Major Categories (topical): Stars Translations (Translations): Sirius (Afrikaans), Σείριος (Seírios) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā) [feminine] (Arabic), الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), Սիրիուս (Sirius) (Armenian), 𐬙𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (tištriia) (Avestan), লুব্ধক (lubdhok) (Bengali), Sírius [masculine] (Catalan), estel del Ca [masculine] (Catalan), گەلاوێژ (gelawêj) (Central Kurdish), 天狼星 (english: tin¹ long⁴ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 天狼星 (Tiānlángxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Sirius (Czech), Hundestjernen (Danish), Sirius (Dutch), M44-t:sbA (spdt) [feminine] (Egyptian), Siriuso (Esperanto), Siirius (Estonian), Sirius (Finnish), Sirius [masculine] (French), სირიუსი (siriusi) (Georgian), Sirius [masculine] (German), Σείριος (Seírios) (Greek), אַבְרֵק (avréq) (Hebrew), व्याध तारा (vyādh tārā) (Hindi), Sirius (Indonesian), Réalta an Mhadra [feminine] (Irish), Sirio (Italian), 天狼星 (Tenrōsei) (alt: てんろうせい) (Japanese), シリウス (Shiriusu) (Japanese), Сүмбіле (Sümbıle) (Kazakh), ផ្កាយព្រឹក (pkaay prɨk) (Khmer), 천랑성 (Cheollangseong) (alt: 天狼星) (Korean), 시리우스 (siriuseu) (Korean), Canicula [feminine] (Latin), Sīrius [masculine] (Latin), Sīriuss (Latvian), Sirijus (Lithuanian), Bintang Anjing (Malay), Sirius (Malay), Takurua (Maori), 𐭲𐭩𐭱𐭲𐭫 (alt: tyštl /⁠tištar⁠/) (Middle Persian), 𐭲𐭩𐭫 (alt: tyl /⁠tīr⁠/) (Middle Persian), sǫʼtsoh (Navajo), Cannitchule (english: Norman) [feminine] (Norman), Gelavêj (Northern Kurdish), Hundestjernen (Norwegian), hār steorra [masculine] (Old English), Lokabrenna [feminine] (Old Norse), Hundstjarna [feminine] (Old Norse), تیشتر (tištar) (Persian), تیر (tir) (Persian), شباهنگ (šabâhang) (Persian), Syriusz [masculine] (Polish), Sírio [feminine] (Portuguese), Sirius (Romanian), Си́риус (Sírius) [masculine] (Russian), Ruaill Mhòr [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), Сиријус [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Sirius [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), گەلاوێژ (gelawêj) (Southern Kurdish), Sirio [masculine] (Spanish), Sirius [common-gender] (Swedish), Hundstjärnan (Swedish), ดาวซิริอุส (Thai), Sirius (Turkish), Сіріус (Sirius) (Ukrainian), Thiên Lang (Vietnamese), Sirius (Vietnamese), Seren y Ci [feminine] (Welsh), Siriws [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Sirius-en-name-rkwvg9gU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 80 20 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 66 34
  2. (astronomy) A white main sequence star, the primary star of the star system, the only star of the pair that is visible to the naked eye. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer. Categories (topical): Stars
    Sense id: en-Sirius-en-name-ABzqT2NH Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: Canis Major, star, Winter Triangle, binary star, star system, binary component, main sequence star Hyponyms: Alpha Canis Majoris A, Sirius A, the Dog Star [informal], α Canis Majoris A, α CMa A, Alpha Canis Majoris B, Sirius B, the Pup [informal], α Canis Majoris B, α CMa B Related terms: Sothic, canicular, cynic, dog days, dogdays, dog day
Synonyms: Alpha Canis Majoris A, Blazing Star [uncommon], Canicula (english: Roman contexts), Shira (english: Islamic contexts), Sopdet, Sothis (english: Egyptian contexts), the Dog Star [informal], α Canis Majoris A, α CMa A, Alpha Canis Majoris (alt: Bayer), α Canis Majoris (Bayer), α CMa (english: Bayer designation)

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      "word": "Sirius"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "اَلشِّعْرَى"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Sirius",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Սիրիուս"
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      "code": "ae",
      "lang": "Avestan",
      "roman": "tištriia",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "𐬙𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀"
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "lubdhok",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "লুব্ধক"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sírius"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "estel del Ca"
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      "code": "yue",
      "english": "tin¹ long⁴ sing¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "天狼星"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Tiānlángxīng",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "天狼星"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Hundestjernen"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
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      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "spdt",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "M44-t:sbA"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Siriuso"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Siirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sirius"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siriusi",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "სირიუსი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Seírios",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Σείριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "Seírios",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Σείριος"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "avréq",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "אַבְרֵק"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Réalta an Mhadra"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirio"
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      "alt": "てんろうせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Tenrōsei",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "天狼星"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "シリウス"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Sümbıle",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Сүмбіле"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pkaay prɨk",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ផ្កាយព្រឹក"
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      "alt": "天狼星",
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      "roman": "Cheollangseong",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "천랑성"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "siriuseu",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "시리우스"
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      "code": "ckb",
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      "roman": "gelawêj",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "گەلاوێژ"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Gelavêj"
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      "code": "sdh",
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      "roman": "gelawêj",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "گەلاوێژ"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Canicula"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Sīrius"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sīriuss"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirijus"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Bintang Anjing"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Takurua"
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    {
      "alt": "tyštl /⁠tištar⁠/",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "𐭲𐭩𐭱𐭲𐭫"
    },
    {
      "alt": "tyl /⁠tīr⁠/",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "𐭲𐭩𐭫"
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    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sǫʼtsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "english": "Norman",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Cannitchule"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Hundestjernen"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hār steorra"
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    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Lokabrenna"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Hundstjarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tištar",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تیشتر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tir",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "تیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šabâhang",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "شباهنگ"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Syriusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sírio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sírius",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Си́риус"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ruaill Mhòr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Сиријус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sirio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Hundstjärnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "ดาวซิริอุส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sirius",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Сіріус"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Thiên Lang"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "Sirius"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Seren y Ci"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Siriws"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Sirius"
  ],
  "word": "Sirius"
}

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