cyclops

See also: Cyclops

English

Borrowed from Latin cyclops, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”), q.v.

cyclops (plural cyclops or cyclopes or cyclopses)

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
A one-eyed creature of any species.
(derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
(zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.

giant of mythology

Arabic: سَايْكْلُوب‎ m (sayklub)
Asturian: cíclope m
Catalan: ciclop
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨眼巨人／独眼巨人 (dúyǎn jùrén), 庫克洛普斯／库克洛普斯 (kùkèluòpǔsī), 賽克洛斯／赛克洛斯 (sàikèluòsī)
Czech: kyklop m
Esperanto: ciklopo
Finnish: kyklooppi (fi)
French: cyclope (fr) m
Galician: ciclope (gl) m
German: Zyklop (de) m, Kyklop (de) m
Greek: κύκλωπας m (kýklopas)
Ancient: Κύκλωψ m (Kúklōps)
Hawaiian: kukelopa
Hebrew: קיקלופ‎ (he) (kiklop)
Hungarian: ciklopsz, küklopsz (hu)
Icelandic: kýklópi m, kýklópur m
Ido: ciklopo (io)
Italian: ciclope (it) m
Japanese: キュクロープス (kyukurōpusu), キュクロプス (kyukuropusu), 独眼鬼 (dokuganki)
Kazakh: циклоп (siklop)
Korean: 키클롭스 (kikeullopseu), 퀴클롭스 (kwikeullopseu)
Marathi: साय्क्लॉप्स m (sāyklŏpsa)
Norwegian:
Nynorsk: kyklop m
Polish: cyklop (pl) m
Portuguese: ciclope (pt) m
Romanian: ciclop (ro) m
Russian: цикло́п (ru) m (ciklóp), кикло́п (ru) m (kiklóp)
Spanish: cíclope m
Swahili: siklopsi
Swedish: cyklop (sv) c
Turkish: siklops, tepegöz (tr), eğegöz, yalgızgöz

copepod

From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”), q.v.

cyclōps m (genitive cyclōpis); third declension

Third-declension noun.