Hades

Hades

See also: hades and Hadès

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheɪdiːz/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪdiːz/, /ˈhadiːz/
• Rhymes: -eɪdiːz

Proper noun

(sense 1) Statute of Hades with Cerberus

Hades

1. (Greek mythology) The god of the underworld and ruler of the dead, son of Cronus and Rhea, brother of Zeus and Poseidon.
2. (Greek mythology) The underworld, the domain of Hades, by transference from its god.
3. In the Septuagint Bible, the Greek translation of Sheol.
4. Hell.
   1. (specifically, chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy) Hell as a waiting place for damned souls before the Last Judgement, after which they may be cast in Gehenna.

Translations

from Greek mythology

Albanian: Hadi Arabic: هَادِيس‎ (hādīs) Egyptian Arabic: هيدز‎ Armenian: Հադես (Hades) Asturian: Hades m Azerbaijani: Aid Belarusian: Аід m (Aid), Га́дэс m (Hádes) Bengali: হেডিস (heḍis), হাদেস (hades) Breton: Haides Bulgarian: Хадес (Hades) Burmese: ဟေးဒီးစ် (he:dic:) Catalan: Hades m Chinese: Cantonese: 哈帝斯 Mandarin: 哈迪斯 (Hādísī) Czech: Hádes (cs) m Esperanto: Hadeso, Aido Etruscan: 𐌀𐌉𐌕𐌀 (aita) Finnish: Haades (fi) French: Hadès (fr) m Galician: Hades (gl) m Georgian: ჰადესი (ka) (hadesi) German: Hades (de) m Greek: Άδης (el) m (Ádis), Τάρταρα (el) n pl (Tártara) Ancient: ᾍδης m (Hā́idēs) Hebrew: האדס‎ Hindi: हेडीस (heḍīs) Hungarian: Hádész Irish: Háidéas m Italian: Ade (it) m Japanese: ハーデース (Hādēsu) Kazakh: Аид m (Aid) Korean: 하데스 (ko) (Hadeseu) Latvian: Aīds Lithuanian: Hadas Macedonian: Ад (mk) m (Ad) Malayalam: ഹേഡിസ് (hēḍisŭ) Marathi: हेडीस (heḍīs) Mazanderani: هادس‎ Occitan: Ades Persian: هادس‎ (hâdes) Polish: Hades (pl) m Portuguese: Hades (pt) m Punjabi: ਹੇਡੀਸ (heḍīs) Russian: Аи́д (ru) m (Aíd), Га́дес (ru) m (Gádɛs) Serbo-Croatian: Had m Slovak: Hádes Slovene: Had (sl) Spanish: Hades (es) m Swahili: Hade, Hadesi Swedish: Hades (sv) c Tamil: ஏடிசு (ēṭicu) Tatar: Aid Thai: เฮดีส Turkish: Hades, Tartaros Ukrainian: Аїд (Ajid), Аїдоней (Ajidonej), Гадес (Hades) Uzbek: Aid Veps: Aid

the underworld, the domain of Hades

Asturian: Hades m Catalan: Hades m Chinese: Mandarin: 冥府 (zh) (Míngfǔ) Galician: Hades (gl) m German: Hades (de) m Greek: Ancient: ᾍδης m (Hā́idēs) Irish: Háidéas m Japanese: 冥土 (ja) (meido), 冥界 (ja) (meikai) Polish: Hades (pl) m Portuguese: Hades (pt) m Spanish: Hades (es) m Swedish: Hades (sv) ? Turkish: Hades

the Greek translation of Sheol

Dutch: hel (nl) f French: Hadès (fr) m German: Hades (de) m Greek: Άδης (el) m (Ádis) Ancient: ᾍδης m (Hā́idēs) Italian: Ade (it) m Macedonian: Ад (mk) m (Ad) Russian: Аи́д (ru) m (Aíd), Га́дес (ru) m (Gádɛs) Swahili: kuzimu (sw)

hell

Bashkir: тамуҡ (tamuq), йәһәннәм (yähännäm) Bulgarian: ад (bg) m (ad) Chinese: Mandarin: 地獄／地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間／阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 閻王／阎王 (zh) (yánwáng) Finnish: tuonela (fi) Greek: κόλαση (el) f (kólasi) Ancient: ᾍδης (Hā́idēs) Italian: Ade (it) m Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku) Korean: 지옥(地獄) (ko) (jiok) Latin: Tartarus (la) m Macedonian: ад (mk) (ad) Mongolian: ад (mn) (ad) Portuguese: Tártaro (pt) m Russian: ад (ru) m (ad), преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet) Turkish: hades (tr), tartaros, tamu (tr), cehennem (tr)

See also

• Gehenna (from Ancient Greek: γέεννα (géenna))
• Hell
• Pluto
• Tartarus (from Ancient Greek: Τάρταρος (Tártaros))
• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

References

Anagrams

• Da'esh, Daesh, Desha, Shade, Shead, ashed, deash, heads, sadhe, shade

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Asturian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈades/, [ˈa.ð̞es]

Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.des/

Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

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Galician

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxa.dɛs/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -adɛs
• Syllabification: Ha‧des

Proper noun

Hades m anim

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)

Declension

Declension of Hades

	singular
nominative	Hades
genitive	Hadesa
dative	Hadesowi
accusative	Hadesa
instrumental	Hadesem
locative	Hadesie
vocative	Hadesie

Proper noun

Hades m inan

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

Declension

Declension of Hades

	singular
nominative	Hades
genitive	Hadesu
dative	Hadesowi
accusative	Hades
instrumental	Hadesem
locative	Hadesie
vocative	Hadesie

Further reading

• Hades in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Hades in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Hades, from Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.des/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dɨʃ/ [ˈa.ðɨʃ]

• Hyphenation: Ha‧des

Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god of the underworld)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (the underworld, the domain of Hades)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾍδης (Hā́idēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈades/ [ˈa.ð̞es]
• Rhymes: -ades
• Syllabification: Ha‧des

Proper noun

Hades m

1. (Greek mythology) Hades (god)
2. (Greek mythology) Hades (underworld)

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Turkish

Proper noun

Hades

1. (Greek mythology) Hades