Altair

See also: altair

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔːltɛə(ɹ)/, /ˈɔːltaɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈæltaɪə(ɹ)/, (also) /ˌɑltaɪˈɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(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-ṭāʔir)
• 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
• Manchu: ᡳᡤᡝᡵᡳ
  ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (igeri usiha)
• Norwegian: Altair (no)
• Persian: کرکس پرنده
• Polish: Altair f
• Portuguese: Altair (pt)
• Romanian: Altair
• Russian: Альтаи́р (ru) (Alʹtaír)
• Scottish Gaelic: Leisgeag Ìosal f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алтаир

  Roman: Altair

• Spanish: Altair
• Swedish: Altair
• Turkish: Altair
• Ukrainian: Альтаїр (Alʹtajir)
• Vietnamese: Sao Ngưu Lang

Anagrams

• atrial, lariat, latria, talari

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Altair f

1. Altair

Anagrams

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈta.ir/
• Rhymes: -air
• Syllabification: Al‧ta‧ir

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Altair f (indeclinable)

1. (astronomy) Altair (white main-sequence star)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Altair.

Proper noun

Altair m inan

1. Altair (a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil)

Declension

Declension of Altair

	singular
nominative	Altair
genitive	Altairu
dative	Altairowi
accusative	Altair
instrumental	Altairem
locative	Altairze
vocative	Altairze

Further reading

• Altair in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Altair in PWN's encyclopedia

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]

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

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