Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse

See also: Bételgeuse

English

Etymology

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء‎ (yad al-jawzāʾ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد‎ (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء‎ (jawzāʾ, “central one”).

Jawzā, ‘the central one’, initially referred to Gemini among the Arabs, but at some point they decided to refer to Orion by that name. During the Middle Ages the first character of the name, yā’ (ي, with two underdots), was misread as a bā’ (ب, with one underdot) when transliterating into Latin, and Yad al-Jauza became Bedalgeuze. This was then misinterpreted during the Renaissance as deriving from a corruption of an original Arabic form إِبْط الجَوْزَاء (ʾibṭ al-jawzāʾ, “armpit of the central one”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtldʒəːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbidlˌdʒus/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒus/, /ˈbidlˌdʒuz/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒuz/

Proper noun

Betelgeuse

1. (astronomy) A bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known.

Alternative forms

• Beetlejuice (eye dialect)

Translations

supergiant

Afrikaans: Betelgeuse Arabic: مَنْكِب اَلْجَوْزَاء‎ m (mankib al-jawzāʾ) Armenian: Բետելգեյզե (Betelgeyze) Asturian: Betelgeuse Azerbaijani: Bətəlqeyzə Basque: Betelgeuse Belarusian: Бетэльгейзэ (Bjetelʹhjejze) Bengali: আর্দ্রা (ardra) Breton: Betelgeuse Bulgarian: Бетелгейзе (Betelgejze) Burmese: ဘီတယ်ဂျူးစ် (bhitaigyuc:) Central Franconian: Beteijeuze Chinese: Cantonese: 參宿四 参宿四 (sam1 sau3 sei3) Mandarin: 參宿四／参宿四 (zh) (Shēnxiùsì) Wu: 参宿四 Czech: Betelgeuze Danish: Betelgeuse Dutch: Betelgeuze (nl) Estonian: Betelgeuse (et) Finnish: Betelgeuze French: Bételgeuse (fr) f Galician: Betelgeuse Georgian: ბეთელგეიზე (betelgeize) German: Beteigeuze (de) m Greek: Μπετελγκέζ (Betelgkéz), Βετελγόζης (Vetelgózis) Hebrew: ביטלג'וז‎ Hungarian: Betelgeuze Icelandic: Betelgás Indonesian: Betelgeuse Irish: Betelgeuse Italian: Betelgeuse (it) f Japanese: ベテルギウス (ja) (Beterugiusu) Javanese: Betelgeuse Korean: 베텔게우스 (betelge'useu), 베텔기우스 (betelgiuseu) Latin: Betelgeuze, Betelgeuse Latvian: Betelgeize Limburgish: Betelgeuze Lithuanian: Betelgeizė Low German: German Low German: Beteigeuze Luxembourgish: Betelgeuse Macedonian: Бетелгез (Betelgez) Malay: Betelgeuse Malayalam: തിരുവാതിര (ml) (tiruvātira) Maori: Pūtara Marathi: काक्षी (kākṣī) Nauruan: Betelgeuse Norwegian: Bokmål: Betelgeuse Nynorsk: Betelgeuse Occitan: Betelgeuse Ossetian: Бетельгейзе (Betelʹgejze) Persian: ابط‌الجوزا‎ (ibt al-joza) Polish: Betelgeza (pl) f Portuguese: Betelgeuse f Punjabi: ਆਦਰਾ (ādarā) Romanian: Betelgeuse Russian: Бетельге́йзе (ru) (Betelʹgéjze) Serbo-Croatian: Betelgez Sicilian: Betelgeuse Slovak: Betelgeuze Slovene: Betelgeza Swahili: Ibuti la Jauza Swedish: Betelgeuse Tajik: Байтулҷавзо (Baytuljavzo) Tamil: திருவாதிரை (ta) (tiruvātirai) Tatar: Бителҗәүза (Bitelcäüza) Thai: ดาวบีเทลจุส (daao beetenjòot) Turkish: Betelgeuse Ukrainian: Бетельгейзе (Betelʹhejze) Uzbek: Betelgeyze Vietnamese: Betelgeuse Waray-Waray: Betelgeuse West Flemish: Betelgeuze

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥etˢɛlˈɡ̊øːsə]

Proper noun

Betelgeuse (genitive Betelgeuses)

1. Betelgeuse

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Italian

Etymology

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء‎ (yad al-jawzāʾ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد‎ (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء‎ (jawzāʾ, “central one”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be.telˈd͡ʒɛw.ze/
• Rhymes: -ɛwze
• Hyphenation: Be‧tel‧gèu‧se

Proper noun

Betelgeuse f

1. Betelgeuse

Further reading

Betelgeuse in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)