"Zeus" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /z(j)u(ː)s/ [Canada, UK, US], /zus/ [General-American], /zɪu̯s/ [Canada, Wales] Audio: en-uk-zeus.ogg [UK] Forms: Zeuses [plural]
Rhymes: -uːs Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{der|en|grc|Ζεύς}} Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús), {{doublet|en|Dyeus|Jove}} Doublet of Dyeus and Jove Head templates: {{en-proper noun|es}} Zeus (plural Zeuses)
  1. (Greek mythology) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek deities Related terms (Greek mythology Olympian gods): god Translations (supreme ruler of all Greek gods): Ζεύς (Zeús) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), زَفْس (zafs) [masculine] (Arabic), زْيُوس (zyūs) [masculine] (Arabic), Զեւս (Zews) (Armenian), Զևս (Zews) (Armenian), Zeus (Catalan), ᏑᏍ (sus) (Cherokee), 宙斯 (Zhòusī) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲍⲉⲩⲥ (zeus) (Coptic), Zeus [masculine] (Czech), Zeus (Danish), Zeus [masculine] (Dutch), Zeŭso (Esperanto), Zeus (Finnish), Zeus [masculine] (French), Zeus [masculine] (Galician), ზევსი (zevsi) (Georgian), Zeus [masculine] (German), Ζευς (Zefs) [masculine] (Greek), Δίας (Días) [masculine] (Greek), Δάν (Dán) [Aeolic, masculine] (Greek), זֶאוּס (Ze'ūs) (Hebrew), ज़ीउस (zīus) (Hindi), Zeusz (Hungarian), Seifur [masculine] (Icelandic), Séas [masculine] (Irish), Zeus [masculine] (Italian), ゼウス (Zeusu) (Japanese), 제우스 (Je'useu) (Korean), Iuppiter [masculine] (Latin), Zeus [masculine] (Latin), Zevs [masculine] (Latvian), Dzeusas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Zeus [masculine] (Lombard), Зевс (Zevs) [masculine] (Macedonian), झेअस (jheas) [masculine] (Marathi), झेउस (jheus) [masculine] (Marathi), झुस (jhus) [masculine] (Marathi), 𐀇𐀸 (di-we) (Mycenaean Greek), Zevs (Norwegian Bokmål), Zevs (Norwegian Nynorsk), Zèus [masculine] (Occitan), Ꙁеѵсъ (Zeüsŭ) (Old Church Slavonic), زئوس (ze'ws) (Persian), Zeus [masculine] (Polish), Zeus [masculine] (Portuguese), Зевс (Zevs) [masculine] (Russian), Зеус [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Зевс [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zeus [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zevs [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zeus [masculine] (Slovene), Zeus [masculine] (Spanish), Zeu (Swahili), Zeus (Swedish), Zeus (Turkish), Зевс (Zevs) (Ukrainian), Dớt (Vietnamese), Sës (Wolof), זעוס (zeus) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Zeus-en-name-~OMqjXXZ Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'Greek mythology Olympian gods': 49 24 27 Disambiguation of 'supreme ruler of all Greek gods': 88 6 6
  2. A male given name. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names
    Sense id: en-Zeus-en-name-yDfLNrGi
  3. A representative given name for a dog.
    Sense id: en-Zeus-en-name-Hkh~fGpL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oh my Zeus, Zeusian

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
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      ],
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Զեւս"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Zews",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Զևս"
    },
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "sus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "ᏑᏍ"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Zhòusī",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "宙斯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "zeus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "ⲍⲉⲩⲥ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
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      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeŭso"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zevsi",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "ზევსი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Zefs",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ζευς"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Días",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Δίας"
    },
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
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      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
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      "code": "gmy",
      "lang": "Mycenaean Greek",
      "roman": "di-we",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "𐀇𐀸"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Ze'ūs",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "זֶאוּס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "zīus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "ज़ीउस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seifur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Séas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Zeusu",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "ゼウス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Je'useu",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "제우스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Iuppiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zevs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dzeusas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Zevs",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Зевс"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jheas",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "झेअस"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jheus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "झेउस"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "jhus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "झुस"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zevs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zevs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zèus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "Zeüsŭ",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Ꙁеѵсъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ze'ws",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "زئوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Zevs",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Зевс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Зеус"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Зевс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zevs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Zeus"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Zevs",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Зевс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Dớt"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "Sës"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zeus",
      "sense": "supreme ruler of all Greek gods",
      "word": "זעוס"
    }
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  "word": "Zeus"
}

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