Orion

Orion

See also: Orión, Órion, and Ōrīōn

English

The constellation Orion

Etymology

From Middle English Orioun, from Latin Ōrīōn, from Ancient Greek Ὠρίων (Ōríōn), speculatively from Akkadian 𒌋𒊒𒀭𒈾 (Uru-anna, “heaven's light”), though without any firm evidence.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /ɒˈɹaɪ.ən/, /əʊˈɹaɪ.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ.ən/, /oʊˈɹaɪ.ən/

  • Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aɪən

Proper noun

Orion (plural Orions)

1. (Greek mythology) A giant-hunter, pursuer of the Pleiades and lover of Eos, and killed by Artemis.
2. (astronomy) A constellation on the celestial equator close to Gemini and Taurus, containing the stars Betelgeuse and Rigel.
3. A surname.
4. A male given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage.
   • 1980, Wright Morris, Plains Song, for Female Voices, Harper&Row, →ISBN, page 113:

     In Madge's judgment, her Uncle Orion had suffered most of his life from the name he'd been given, requiring that people ask him to repeat it and boys his own age make fun of it.

5. A female given name.
6. Place names:
   1. A locality in the Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia.
   2. A hamlet in the Municipal District of County of Forty Mile No. 8, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A commune of the Pyrenées-Atlantiques department, France.
   4. A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
   5. An unincorporatedcommunity in Pike County, Alabama, United States, also known as Prospect Ridge.
   6. A ghost town in Kings County, California, United States.
   7. A village in Henry County, Illinois, United States.
   8. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.

Synonyms

• (constellation): the Hunter, ensifer

Derived terms

• Orionid
• Orionis
• Orion Arm
• Orion drive
• Orion Nebula
• Orion's Belt

Translations

in mythology

Catalan: Orió (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 俄里翁 (Élǐwēng) Esperanto: Oriono (eo) French: Orion (fr) German: Orion (de) Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon) Ancient: Ὠρίων m (Ōríōn) Hindi: ओरायन m (orāyan) Inuktitut: ᐅᕇᐅᓐ (oriion) Irish: Oiríon m Italian: Orione Japanese: オーリーオーン (ja) (Ōrīōn) Latvian: Orions m Marathi: ओरायन (orāyan) Polish: Orion (pl) m Portuguese: Orion (pt) Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión) Sicilian: Uriuni m Spanish: Orión (es) Tagalog: Oryon

constellation

Arabic: الجَبَار‎ (ar) (al-jabār) Catalan: Orió (ca) Central Melanau: belatiek Chinese: Cantonese: 獵戶座, 猎户座 (lip6 wu6 zo6), 參, 参 (yue) (sam1), 參宿, 参宿 (sam1 sau3) Mandarin: 獵戶座／猎户座 (zh) (Lièhùzuò), 參／参 (zh) (Shēn), 參宿／参宿 (zh) (Shēnxiù) Esperanto: Oriono (eo) Finnish: Orion (fi), Väinämöisen Viikate, kalevanmiekka French: Orion (fr) German: Orion (de) Greek: Ωρίων (el) m (Oríon) Ancient: Ὠρίων m (Ōríōn) Hebrew: כְּסִיל‎ (he) m (ksil) Hindi: मृग (hi) m (mŕg), मृगशिरा (hi) f (mŕgśirā) Hopi: Hotomqam Irish: an Bodach m, Oiríon m Italian: Orion, Orione Japanese: オリオン座 (ja) (オリオンざ, Orion-za) Kazakh: Орион (Orion) Khmer: យាមនង្គ័ល (yéamnôngkôl) Latin: Orion (la), ensifer Latvian: Orions m Malay: bintang belantik, bintang beluku, bintang tiga beradik, jabar, Orion Old English: eoforþring n Persian: شکارچی‎ (fa) (šekārčī), بزرگ‌منش‎ (bozorgmaneš), جبار‎ (fa) (jabbār) Polish: Orion (pl) m Portuguese: Orion (pt) Russian: Орио́н (ru) (Orión) Sicilian: Uriuni m Spanish: Orión (es) Tagalog: Mangangaso, Oryon, Balatik Turkish: Orion (tr), Avcı (tr) Vietnamese: Lạp Hộ

See also

• Orion's Belt
• Orion Nebula
• Orion (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Orion (constellation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Noori

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Orion m

1. (astronomy) Orion

Synonyms

• Jager

Derived terms

• Orionnevel

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorion/, [ˈo̞rio̞n]
• Rhymes: -orion
• Syllabification^(key): O‧ri‧on

Proper noun

Orion

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Inflection of Orion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Orion	—
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
illative		Orioniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Orion	—
accusative	nom.	Orion	—
	gen.	Orionin
genitive		Orionin	—
partitive		Orionia	—
inessive		Orionissa	—
elative		Orionista	—
illative		Orioniin	—
adessive		Orionilla	—
ablative		Orionilta	—
allative		Orionille	—
essive		Orionina	—
translative		Orioniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Orionitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Orion (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Orionini	Orionimme
2nd person	Orionisi	Orioninne
3rd person	Orioninsa

Anagrams

• noori

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Japanese

Romanization

Orion

1. Rōmaji transcription of オリオン

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὠρῑ́ων (Ōrī́ōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oːˈriː.oːn/, [oːˈriːoːn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈri.on/, [oˈriːon]

Proper noun

Ōrīōn m sg (genitive Ōrīōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Orion.
2. (astronomy) The constellation Orion.

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ōrīōn
Genitive	Ōrīōnis
Dative	Ōrīōnī
Accusative	Ōrīōnem
Ablative	Ōrīōne
Vocative	Ōrīōn

Descendants

• → Middle English: Orioun (learned)
  • English: Orioun
• → Portuguese: Orion (learned)

References

• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Orion”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Orion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Órion
• Orionte

Proper noun

Orion m

1. (Greek mythology) Orion (a giant-hunter)
2. (astronomy) Orion (a constellation)