Cetus

See also: cetus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin cetus (“marine mammal or sea monster”)

Proper noun

Cetus m

1. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Physeteridae – now an invalid name, synonymized with Physeter.

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cetus cylindricus (syn. of Physeter catodon)

English

Etymology

From Latin cētus (“a sea monster”).

Proper noun

Cetus

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

Derived terms

• Ceti

Translations

winter constellation of the northern sky

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 鯨魚座／鲸鱼座 (king⁴ jyu⁴ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 鯨魚座／鲸鱼座 (zh) (Jīngyúzuò)

• Estonian: Vaal
• Finnish: Valas, Valaskala (fi)
• French: Baleine (fr) f
• Galician: Balea (gl)
• German: Walfisch (de) m
• Greek: Κήτος (el) n (Kítos)

  Ancient: Κῆτος n (Kêtos)

• Irish: an Míol Mór m
• Japanese: 鯨座 (ja) (くじらざ, Kujiraza), くじら座 (ja)
• Kazakh: Кит (Kit)
• Korean: 고래자리 (Goraejari)
• Latin: Cētus m
• Malay: Ikan Paus
• Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭤𐭲 (kht /⁠kaht⁠/)
• Persian: قیطس (fa) (qeytos)
• Polish: Wieloryb (pl) m
• Russian: Кит (ru) (Kit)
• Spanish: Cetus
• Tagalog: Dambuhala

Anagrams

• cutes, scute

Spanish

Proper noun

Cetus ?

1. (astronomy) Cetus (winter constellation of the northern sky)