Eros

Eros

See also: eros, EROS, éros, Éros, and erős

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹɒs/

Proper noun

Eros

1. (Greek mythology) The god of love and sexual desire; son of either Erebus and Nyx or Aphrodite and Ares. His Roman counterpart is Cupid.
2. 433 Eros, an asteroid

Derived terms

• erotic

Translations

God of love

Arabic: إِيرُوس‎ m (ʾīrūs) Armenian: Էրոս (hy) (Ēros) Belarusian: Э́рас m (Éras) Bulgarian: Е́рос m (Éros) Catalan: Eros m Chinese: Mandarin: 厄洛斯 (zh) (Èluòsī) Czech: Erós m Dutch: Eros m Esperanto: Eroso Finnish: Eros French: Éros (fr) m Georgian: ეროსი (erosi) German: Eros (de) m Greek: Έρως (el) m (Éros), Έρωτας (el) m (Érotas) Ancient: Ἔρως m (Érōs) Hindi: ईरोस m (īros) Hungarian: Erósz (hu) Irish: Earós m Italian: Eros (it) m Japanese: エロース (Erōsu) Korean: 에로스 (Eroseu) Latin: Eros m Latvian: Erots m Lithuanian: Erotas m Persian: اروس‎ (fa) (erus) Polish: Eros (pl) m Portuguese: Eros (pt) m Russian: Э́рос (ru) m (Éros), Эро́т (ru) m (Erót) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Ерос m Roman: Eros m Spanish: Eros m Swahili: Erosi Ukrainian: Е́рос m (Éros)

433 Eros (asteroid)

Arabic: إِيرُوس‎ m (ʾīrūs) Belarusian: Э́рас m (Éras) Bulgarian: Е́рос m (Éros) Chinese: Mandarin: 愛神星／爱神星 (zh) (Àishénxīng) French: Éros (fr) m German: Eros (de) m Japanese: エロース (Erōsu) Korean: 에로스 (Eroseu) Russian: Э́рос (ru) m (Éros) Ukrainian: Е́рос m (Éros)

See also

• Cupid

Anagrams

• 'orse, ROEs, Roes, Rose, ores, orse, roes, rose, rosé, sero-, sore, öres

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾos/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾus/

Proper noun

Eros m

1. (Greek mythology) Eros (god of love and sexual desire)

Related terms

• eròtic

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔρως (Érōs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾuʃ/

Proper noun

Eros m

1. (Greek mythology) Eros (god of love and sexual desire)

Related terms

• erótico

See also

• Cupido

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɾos/ [ˈe.ɾos]
• Rhymes: -eɾos
• Syllabification: E‧ros

Proper noun

Eros m

1. (Greek mythology) Eros (god of love)

Related terms

• erótico