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Translingual

Charon grayii

Etymology

Borrowed from both Latin Charōn (Charon) and Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn, Charon), the Hadean ferryman from Greek mythology.

Proper noun

Charon m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

References

English

Image taken of Charon in July 2015
Charon's planetary symbol
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). The name of the moon was coined by American astronomer James W. Christy in 1978, in reference to a fictional moon of Pluto in a novel by Edmond Hamilton but also influenced by its similarity to Char, a pet name for Charlene, his wife's name — hence the alternative American pronunciation, which is used at NASA.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹɒn/, /ˈkɛːrən/
  • (US) (Greek mythology): IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • (US) (astronomy): IPA(key): /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/, /ˈkɛəɹɑn/, /-ɹən/
  • Rhymes: -ɛəɹən, -ɛəɹɒn
  • Hyphenation: Char‧on
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Proper noun

Charon

  1. (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
  2. (astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

Synonyms

  • (astronomy):

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Noun

Charon (plural Charons)

  1. (poetic) Any ferryman.

Anagrams

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Charon m inan (relational adjective charonský)

  1. (astronomy) Charon (moon of Pluto)
    • 1989, Jiří Grygar, Vladimír Železný, Okna vesmíru dokořán, Praha: Naše vojsko, →ISBN, page 107:
      Charon „visí“ trvale nad určitým místem povrchu Pluta podobně jako geostacionární umělé družice Země nad pozemskou stanicí.
      Charon "hangs" above a certain point of the Pluto's surface in a similar way as geostationary artificial satellites of the Earth above a terrestrial station.

Declension

Proper noun

Charon m anim (relational adjective Charonův)

  1. (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Charón (the ferryman of Hades)
    • 1892, Jan Blokša, “Dante Alighieri a Vergilius Maro”, in Hlídka, volume 9, page 318:
      Charon uviděv Aeneáše ozbrojeného připomněl si Heraklea, který též tak přišel a násilně si v podsvětí počínal,
      Charon having seen armed Aeneas remembered Herakles, who had also come in such a way and behaved violently in the underworld,

Declension

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star Słońce
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton
Notable
moons
Księżyc Fobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon
Tryton Charon

Further reading

  • Charon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Charōn m sg (genitive Charontis or Charontos or Charōnis); third declension

  1. Charon (ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ōn or non-Greek-type or non-Greek-type; two different stems), singular only.

singular
nominative Charōn
genitive Charontis
Charontos
Charōnis
dative Charontī
Charōnī
accusative Charonta
Charontem
Charōnem
ablative Charonte
Charōne
vocative Charōn

Derived terms

References

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Charon m pers

  1. (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx)
  2. (astronomy) Charon (largest of the five moons of Pluto)

Declension

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star Słońce
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkury Wenus Ziemia Mars Ceres Jowisz Saturn Uran Neptun Pluton
Notable
moons
Księżyc Fobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganimedes
Kallisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tetyda
Dione
Rea
Tytan
Japet

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Tytania
Oberon
Tryton Charon

Further reading

Turkish

Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tr

Proper noun

Charon

  1. (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Haron
  2. (astronomy) Charon

Welsh

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Charon m (not mutable)

  1. (Greek mythology) Charon (the ferryman of the underworld)
  2. (astronomy) Charon (a moon of Pluto)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Charon
radical soft nasal aspirate
Charon unchanged unchanged unchanged

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star yr Haul
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Mercher Gwener y Ddaear Mawrth Ceres Iau Sadwrn Wranws Neifion Plwton Eris
Notable
moons
y Lleuad Phobos
Deimos
Io
Ewropa
Ganymede
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladws
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetws

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia