Zeus

See also: zeus, Zéus, Zèus, and Zeŭs

Translingual

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Zeus olympius

Proper noun

Zeus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – John Dory and Cape dory.
A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus discovered on Mount Olympus, with yellow disc-shaped fruiting bodies that grow in the decaying wood of Bosnian pine trees.

Hypernyms

(genus of fungus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Leotiomycetes - class; Rhytismatales - order; Rhytismataceae - family

Hyponyms

(genus in Zeidae): Zeus faber (John Dory) - type species
(genus of fungus): Zeus olympus - sole accepted species

References

Zeus (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zeus (fungus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Zeus (fish) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Zeus (fungus) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

A restored marble and bronze statue of Zeus at the Hermitage Museum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /z(j)uːs/
Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /zus/
Rhymes: -uːs

Proper noun

Zeus (plural Zeuses)

(Greek mythology) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.
A male given name.
A representative given name for a dog.
- 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, ISSN 1054-4836, page 135:
  67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.

Derived terms

oh my Zeus
Zeusian

Translations

supreme ruler of all Greek gods

Arabic: زْيُوس‎ m (zyūs)
Armenian: Զեւս (hy) (Zews), Զևս (hy) (Zews)
Catalan: Zeus
Cherokee: ᏑᏍ (sus)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 宙斯 (zh) (Zhòusī)
Coptic: ⲍⲉⲩⲥ (zeus)
Czech: Zeus (cs) m
Danish: Zeus
Dutch: Zeus (nl) m
Esperanto: Zeŭso
Finnish: Zeus (fi)
French: Zeus (fr) m
Galician: Zeus m
Georgian: ზევსი (zevsi)
German: Zeus (de) m
Greek: Ζευς (el) m (Zefs), Δίας (el) m (Días)
Aeolic: Δάν m (Dán)
Ancient: Ζεύς m (Zeús)
Mycenaean: 𐀇𐀸 (di-we)
Hebrew: זֶאוּס‎ (Ze'ūs)
Hindi: ज़ीउस (zīus)
Hungarian: Zeusz (hu)
Icelandic: Seifur (is) m
Irish: Séas m
Italian: Zeus (it) m
Japanese: ゼウス (Zeusu)
Korean: 제우스 (ko) (Je'useu)
Latin: Iuppiter (la) m, Zeus m
Latvian: Zevs m
Lithuanian: Dzeusas m
Lombard: Zeus (lmo) m
Macedonian: Зевс m (Zevs)
Marathi: जेअस m (jeas), जेउस m (jeus)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Zevs
Nynorsk: Zevs
Occitan: Zèus m
Old Church Slavonic: Ꙁеѵсъ (Zeüsŭ)
Persian: زئوس‎ (fa) (zeus)
Polish: Zeus (pl) m
Portuguese: Zeus (pt) m
Russian: Зевс (ru) m (Zevs)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Зеус m, Зевс m
Roman: Zeus (sh) m, Zevs m
Slovene: Zeus m
Spanish: Zeus (es) m
Swahili: Zeu
Swedish: Zeus (sv)
Turkish: Zeus (tr)
Ukrainian: Зевс (Zevs)
Vietnamese: Dớt
Wolof: Sës
Yiddish: זעוס‎ (zeus)

Anagrams

Suez, Suze

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛws/

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzɛu̯s]
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singulare tantum
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Dia
dative	Diovi
accusative	Dia
vocative	Die
locative	Diovi
instrumental	Diem

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /søvˀs/, [ˈsœwˀs]

Proper noun

Zeus

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zœy̯s/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Zeus
Rhymes: -œy̯s

Proper noun

Zeus

(Greek mythology) Zeus (Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

Related terms

joviaal
Jupiter
deva

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dzøs/, /zøs/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus (god)

Descendants

Vietnamese: Dớt

Anagrams

suez, usez

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡sɔɪ̯s/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

Zeus

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɛws/
Rhymes: -ɛws
Hyphenation: Zèus

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Anagrams

Suez

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús), from Proto-Hellenic *dzéus, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Jowisz and Jupiter.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛ.us/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛus
Syllabification: Ze‧us

Proper noun

Zeus m pers

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singular
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Zeusa
dative	Zeusowi
accusative	Zeusa
instrumental	Zeusem
locative	Zeusie
vocative	Zeusie

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈzews/ [ˈzeʊ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈzewʃ/ [ˈzeʊ̯ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈzewʃ/

Hyphenation: Zeus

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme god of the Greek pantheon)

Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈzeus]

Proper noun

Zeus m (genitive singular Dia, declension pattern of chlap)

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singulare tantum
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Dia
dative	Diovi
accusative	Dia
locative	Diovi
instrumental	Diom

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθeus/ [ˈθeu̯s]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈseus/ [ˈseu̯s]
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -eus
Syllabification: Zeus

Proper noun

Zeus m

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Proper noun

Zeus c (genitive Zeus)

(Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme among Greek gods)

Turkish

Proper noun

Zeus

(Greek mythology) Zeus

Zeus

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