Cassiopeia

See also: Cassiopéia

English

The constellation Cassiopeia

Alternative forms

Cassiope

Etymology

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/

Proper noun

Cassiopeia

(Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth. The constellation lies between Cepheus and Perseus.

Derived terms

Cassiopeiae
Cassiopeia's Chair

Translations

mythical wife of Cepheus

Armenian: Կասիոպեա (Kasiopea)
Catalan: Cassiopea (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 卡西奧佩亞／卡西奥佩亚 (Kǎxī'àopèiyà), 卡西歐佩亞／卡西欧佩亚 (Kǎxī'ōupèiyà)
Danish: Kassiopeia
French: Cassiopée (fr) f
Galician: Casiopea (gl)
German: Cassiopeia f
Greek: Κασσιόπεια (el) f (Kassiópeia), Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)
Ancient: Κασσιόπεια f (Kassiópeia)
Greenlandic: Kassiopeja
Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ (kassiopiya)
Irish: Caiseoipé f
Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
Japanese: カッシオペイア (Kasshiopeia)
Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)
Spanish: Casiopea (es)

constellation

Armenian: Կասիոպեա (Kasiopea)
Burmese: ဗျိုင်းတာရာ (my) (byuing:tara)
Catalan: Cassiopea (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 仙后座 (sin¹ hau⁶ zo⁶)
Mandarin: 仙后座 (zh) (Xiānhòuzuò)
Faroese: Mariurokkur m
Finnish: Kassiopeia
French: Cassiopée (fr) f
Galician: Casiopea (gl)
Georgian: კასიოპეას (ḳasioṗeas)
German: Cassiopeia f
Greek: Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)
Ancient: Κασσιόπεια f (Kassiópeia)
Hawaiian: ʻIwakeliʻi
Irish: Caiseoipé f
Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
Japanese: カシオペヤ座 (ja) (Kashiopeya-za)
Korean: 카시오페이아자리 (kasiopeiajari)
Malay: Ratu Kerusi
Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáád
Persian: شاهبانو‎ (šāhbānū), خداوند کرسی‎ (xodāvand-e-korsī), سودابه‎ (fa) (sūdābe)
Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)
Spanish: Cassiopeia (es)
Tagalog: Kaayopeya

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌkɑsi.oˈpeːja/
Audio (file)

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

(astronomy) Cassiopeia

Latin

Alternative forms

Cassiopē
Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepīa, Cassiepeia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus).
(astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cassiopeia
Genitive	Cassiopeiae
Dative	Cassiopeiae
Accusative	Cassiopeiam
Ablative	Cassiopeiā
Vocative	Cassiopeia

References

“Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Cassiopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.a], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpɐj.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpe.ɐ/

Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

(Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
(astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

References

“Cassiopeia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja]
Rhymes: -eja
Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

(astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)

[1] “Cassiopeia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.