Altair

Altair

See also: altair

English

Etymology

From the Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر‎ (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر‎ (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر‎ (ṭāʾir, “flying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːltɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈæltaɪə(ɹ)/, (also) /ˌɑltaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/

Proper noun

Altair

1. (astronomy) The brightest star in the constellation Aquila; Alpha (α) Aquilae. It is the twelfth brightest star in the sky, and forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.

Translations

star

Arabic: النسر الطائر‎ (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir) Chinese: Cantonese: 河鼓二 (ho4 gu2 ji6) Mandarin: 河鼓二 (zh) (Hégǔ'èr) Czech: Altair Dutch: Altair (nl) Finnish: Altair French: Altaïr (fr) German: Altair (de) Greek: Αλτάιρ (Altáir) Hebrew: אלטאיר‎ (he) Hindi: श्रवण तारा (śravaṇ tārā) Indonesian: Altair Italian: Altair Japanese: アルタイル (ja) (Arutairu) Kazakh: Сиыршы (Siyrşy) Korean: 알타이르 (altaireu) Latin: Altair Lithuanian: Altayras Norwegian: Altair (no) Persian: کرکس پرنده‎ Polish: Altair Portuguese: Altair (pt) Romanian: Altair Russian: Альтаи́р (ru) (Alʹtaír) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Алтаир Roman: Altair Spanish: Altair Swedish: Altair Turkish: Altair Ukrainian: Альтаїр (Alʹtajir) Vietnamese: Sao Ngưu Lang

Anagrams

• atrial, lariat, latria, talari

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Italian

Etymology

From Arabic اَلنَّسْر اَلطَّائِر‎ (an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “the flying eagle”), from نَسْر‎ (nasr, “eagle”) + طَائِر‎ (ṭāʾir, “flying”).

Proper noun

Altair f

1. Altair

Anagrams

• -latria, Alatri, altari, latrai, latria, talari, tarlai, tirala

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.taˈi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.taˈi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈi(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.taˈi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈi(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.taˈi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.taˈi(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.taˈi(ɻ)]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɐˈiɾ/ [aɫ.tɐˈiɾ]

Proper noun

Altair f

1. (astronomy) Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
2. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil

Proper noun

Altair m

1. a male given name