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Bételgeuse

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See also: Betelgeuse

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic بَيْت الْجَوْزَاء (bayt al-jawzāʔ), confused with يَد الْجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /be.tɛl.ʒøz/
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Proper noun

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Bételgeuse f

  1. Betelgeuse (supergiant)

Further reading

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  • Devic, Louis Marcel (1876) Dictionnaire étymologique des mots français d'origine orientale: arabe, persan, turc, hébreu, malais (in French), Hachette, page 67