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English
The planet Jupiter
Jupiter's planetary symbol ⟨♃ ⟩
Etymology
From Latin Iūpiter ( “ father Jove ” ) , from Proto-Italic *djous patēr ( literally “ sky father ” ) (cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ ( Zeû páter , “ father Zeus ” ) ), from *djous ( “ day, sky ” ) + *patēr ( “ father ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws ( literally “ the bright one ” ) , from *dyew- ( “ to be bright, day sky ” ) , and *ph₂tḗr ( “ father ” ) . Doublet of Dyaus Pita .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter
( astronomy ) The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System , a gas giant , represented by the symbol ♃ in astronomy . Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons .
( Roman mythology ) The King of the Gods, also called Jove . Equivalent to the Greek Zeus , Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn . As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
( informal ) The largest of a group of things or a region.
Brazil could be considered the Jupiter of South America.
A number of places in the United States :
An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County , California , named after a mine.
A town in Palm Beach County , Florida , named in error after the Roman god.
A township in Kittson County , Minnesota , named after the planet.
An unincorporated community in Buncombe County , North Carolina .
A summer resort on the Black Sea in Romania .
Usage notes
Synonyms
( astronomy, astrology ) : ♃
Derived terms
Translations
planet
Abkhaz: Иупитер ( Iwpʼitʼer )
Afrikaans: Jupiter (af)
Albanian: Enjëti , Jupiteri
Amharic: ጁፒተር ( ǧupitär )
Arabic: اَلْمُشْتَرِي m ( al-muštarī )
Aragonese: Chupiter m
Armenian: Յուպիտեր (hy) ( Yupiter ) , Լուսնթագ ( Lusntʻag )
Assamese: বৃহস্পতি ( brihospoti )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܘܿ m ( ano )
Asturian: Xúpiter m
Azerbaijani: Yupiter (az) , Müştəri
Bashkir: Юпитер ( Yupiter )
Basque: Jupiter (eu)
Belarusian: Юпі́тэр m ( Jupíter )
Bengali: বৃহস্পতি (bn) ( brihośpoti )
Bikol Central: Hupiter
Breton: yaou ?
Burmese: ကြာသပတေး (my) ( krasa.pa.te: )
Buryat: пүрбэ ( pürbe )
Catalan: Júpiter m
Chechen: Юпитер ( Jupiter )
Cherokee: ᏧᏈᏓ ( tsuquida )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 木星 ( muk6 sing1 )
Hokkien: 木星 (zh-min-nan) ( Bo̍k-chheⁿ or Bo̍k-chhiⁿ )
Mandarin: 木星 (zh) ( Mùxīng )
Wu: 木星 ( 8 moq-shin)
Coptic: ⲍⲉⲩⲥ ( zeus )
Cornish: Jubyter m , Yow m
Corsican: Ghjove m
Crimean Tatar: Müşteri
Czech: Jupiter (cs) m
Danish: Jupiter (da)
Dutch: Jupiter (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཕུར་བུ ( phur bu )
English:
Old English: Þunor
Esperanto: Jupitero (eo)
Estonian: Jupiter (et)
Faroese: Jupiter m
Fijian: Jupita
Finnish: Jupiter (fi)
Franco-Provençal: Jupitèr
French: Jupiter (fr) m or f
Galician: Xúpiter (gl) m
Georgian: იუპიტერი ( iuṗiṭeri )
German: Jupiter (de) m
Greek: Δίας (el) ( Días )
Ancient: Νίκη f ( Níkē ) , Φᾰέθων m ( Phăéthōn )
Guaraní: Húpiter
Gujarati: ગુરુ m ( guru )
Haitian Creole: Jipitè
Hawaiian: Kaʻāwela
Hebrew: צֶדֶק (he) ( tzédek )
Hindi: बृहस्पति (hi) m ( bŕhaspati ) , गुरु (hi) m ( guru )
Hungarian: Jupiter (hu)
Icelandic: Júpíter (is) m
Indonesian: Jupiter , Yupiter , Musytari
Irish: Iúpatar m
Italian: Giove (it) m
Jamaican Creole: Juupita
Japanese: 木星 (ja) ( もくせい, Mokusei ) , ジュピター (ja) ( Jupitā )
Javanese: Yupiter , Wrehaspati , Respati
Kalmyk: пүрвә ( pürvä )
Kannada: ಗುರು (kn) ( guru )
Kazakh: Шонай ( Şonai ) , Юпитер ( Üpiter ) , Есекқырған ( Esekqyrğan )
Khmer: ផ្កាយ ព្រហស្បតិ៍ ( phkaay prɔhŏəhh ) , ព្រហស្បតិ៍ (km) ( prɔhŏəh )
Korean: 목성(木星) (ko) ( Mokseong )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھورمز (ckb) ( hurmiz ) , موشتەری (ckb) ( muşterî )
Kyrgyz: Юпитер (ky) ( Yupiter )
Lao: ດາວພະຫັດ (lo) ( dāo pha hat ) , ພະຫັດ ( pha hat )
Latin: Iuppiter (la) m
Latvian: Jupiters m
Lingala: Jupité
Lithuanian: Jupiteris (lt) m , Indraja f
Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦙᧉ ( ḋaawmay² )
Macedonian: Јупитер m ( Jupiter )
Malagasy: Jiopitera
Malay: Musytari (ms)
Malayalam: വ്യാഴം (ml) ( vyāḻaṁ )
Maltese: Ġove
Manchu: ᠮᠣᠣ ᡠᠰᡳ᠍ᡥᠠ ( moo usiha )
Maori: Hineitīweka , Pareārau , Rangawhenua , Kōpūnui
Marathi: गुरू ( gurū )
Mingrelian: დია ( dia )
Mongolian: Бархасбадь ( Barxasbadʹ )
Nahuatl: Huēyitzitzimicītlalli
Navajo: Jíbitoo
Nepali: बृहस्पति ( br̥haspati )
Occitan: Jupitèr (oc) m
Odia: ବୃହସ୍ପତି (or) ( bruhaspati )
Ojibwe: zhaawan-anang
Ossetian: Юпитер ( Jupiter )
Pashto: مشتري m ( mashtari )
Persian: برجیس (fa) ( berjis ) , مشتری (fa) ( moštari ) , هرمز (fa) ( hormoz ) , زاوش (fa) ( zâvoš )
Phoenician: 𐤑𐤃𐤒 ( ṣdq )
Polish: Jowisz (pl) m anim
Portuguese: Júpiter (pt) m
Prakrit:
Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀩𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 m ( bahassaï )
Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਿਸਪਤ ( brhisapat ) , ਮੁਸ਼ਤਰੀ ( muśtarī ) , برہسپت ( brhspt ) , مشتری ( mśtrī )
Quechua: pirwa
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Jupiter (ro) m
Russian: Юпи́тер (ru) m ( Jupíter )
Sanskrit: गुरुग्रह m ( gurugraha ) , बृहस्पति (sa) m ( bṛhaspati ) , गुरु (sa) m ( guru )
Santali: ᱨᱟᱡᱟ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ ( raja ẽgel )
Scottish Gaelic: am Bliogh , Iupatar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ју̀питер m
Roman: Jùpiter (sh) m
Shona: Vhenekeratsvimborume , Musvimborume
Sicilian: Jovi m
Sindhi: مشتري
Sinhalese: ගුරු (si) ( guru ) , බෘහස්පතී ( br̥haspatī )
Slovak: Jupiter m
Slovene: Júpiter (sl) m
Somali: Cirjeex
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Jupiter
Upper Sorbian: Jupiter
Sotho: Tosa
Spanish: Júpiter (es) m
Swahili: Mshtarii (sw) , Sumbula
Swedish: Jupiter (sv)
Tagalog: Hupiter
Tajik: Муштарӣ (tg) ( Muštari )
Tamil: குரு (ta) ( kuru ) , வியாழன் (ta) ( viyāḻaṉ )
Telugu: గురుడు (te) ( guruḍu ) , బృహస్పతి (te) ( br̥haspati )
Thai: ดาว พฤหัสบดี ( daaw-prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii ) , พฤหัสบดี (th) ( prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii )
Tibetan: ཕུར་བུ། ( phur bu )
Tigrinya: ጁፒተር ( ǧupitär )
Tok Pisin: Jupita
Tongan: Siupita
Tswana: Jupitara
Tumbuka: Themba , Chanya la Themba
Turkish: Erendiz (tr) , Jüpiter (tr) , Müşteri (tr) ( archaic )
Turkmen: Ýupiter
Tuvan: Юпитер ( Yupiter )
Ukrainian: Юпі́тер (uk) m ( Jupíter )
Umbrian: 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 ( iupater ) , Δὶς πατήρ
Urdu: مشتری m ( muštarī ) , برہسپت m ( brihaspati )
Uyghur: يۇپىتېر ( yupitër ) , مۇشتەرى ( mushteri ) , ئەرەنتىر ( erentir ) ( archaic ) , ئوڭاي ( o'ngay ) ( archaic ) , قاراقۇش ( qaraqush ) ( archaic )
Uzbek: Yupiter
Venetan: Zove m
Vietnamese: sao Mộc , Sao Mộc (vi) , Mộc tinh
Waray-Waray: Hupiter
Welsh: Iau (cy) m
Wolof: Yupiter
Yakut: Сэндэли ( Sendeli )
Yiddish: יופּיטער m ( yupiter )
Yoruba: Júpítà , Júpítérì
Zhuang: Ndaundeiqfaex
Zulu: uJupitheri , uMkhulukhulwana
Noun
Jupiter (uncountable )
( heraldry , rare ) Azure ( blue ) , in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
1693 , Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ... , pages 76-77 :5. Jupiter , a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol .
1718 , Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry Second Edition :George [...] 2d. Jupiter , three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France . 3d. Jupiter , an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland .
1735 , Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition , page 80 :8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. [ …]
1737 , Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library , page 631 :ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars , three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol ; the Imperial Ensigns of England , impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland , which are Sol , a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars . The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France , viz. Jupiter , three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol . The third, the Ensign of Ireland , which is, Jupiter , an Harp Sol , stringed Luna .
( especially astronomy ) Alternative spelling of jupiter .
( obsolete , alchemy , chemistry ) Tin .
See also
Further reading
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch Jupiter .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter
( astronomy ) Jupiter
( Roman mythology ) Jupiter
See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter m anim
( Roman mythology ) Jupiter ( Roman god )
Declension
Declension of Jupiter (sg-only hard masculine animate )
The archaic way of declining this noun used Jov- in place of Jupiter- in the oblique cases, following the Latin declension.
Proper noun
Jupiter m inan
Jupiter ( planet )
Declension
Declension of Jupiter (sg-only hard masculine inanimate )
See also
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
Jupiter
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
See also
(planets of the solar system ) planeter i solsystemet ; Merkur , Venus , Jorden /jorden , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , Neptun
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch jupiter , from Latin Iūpiter .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈjy.piˌtɛr/
Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
Proper noun
Jupiter m
Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter (Roman god)
Descendants
Estonian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
See also
Faroese
Proper noun
Jupiter m
Jupiter ( planet )
See also
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Iūpiter .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter
( astronomy ) Jupiter ( planet )
( Roman mythology ) Jupiter ( Roman god )
Synonym: Juppiter
Declension
See also
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter m
Jupiter ( Roman god )
Proper noun
Jupiter m or f
Jupiter ( planet )
Derived terms
Descendants
German
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Iūpiter ( “ Jupiter ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈjuːpitɐ/
Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
Proper noun
Jupiter m (proper noun , strong , genitive Jupiters or Jupiter )
( astronomy ) Jupiter
( Roman mythology ) Jupiter
Declension
See also
References
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
Declension
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jūpiter m sg (genitive Jovis ) ; third declension
Alternative spelling of Iuppiter
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Middle English
Proper noun
Jupiter
Alternative form of Jubiter
Northern Sami
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian Jupiter .
Pronunciation
( Kautokeino ) IPA (key ) : /ˈjupiːter/
Proper noun
Jupiter
Jupiter ( planet )
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template .
See also
Further reading
Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norwegian
Proper noun
Jupiter
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
See also
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Iuppiter , from Proto-Italic *djowe- , ablative case of *djous , from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws . Doublet of Jowisz and Zeus .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter m pers
( Roman mythology ) Jupiter ( the chief god, the Roman god of the sky and lightning )
Synonym: Jowisz
Declension
Further reading
Jupiter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Jupiter in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Proper noun
Jupiter m
Jupiter ( planet )
See also
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /jǔpiter/
Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
Proper noun
Jùpiter m (Cyrillic spelling Ју̀питер )
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter (Roman god)
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Derived from Latin Iūpiter ( “ father Jove ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) :
Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
Proper noun
Jupiter m pers (genitive singular Jupitera , declension pattern of chlap )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
Declension
Derived terms
Proper noun
Jupiter m inan (genitive singular Jupitera , declension pattern of dub )
Jupiter ( planet )
Declension
References
“Jupiter ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2003–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jȗpitər m inan
Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter (Roman god)
Inflection
Planet:
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative
Júpiter
genitive
Júpitra
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)
Júpiter
genitive(rodȋlnik)
Júpitra
dative(dajȃlnik)
Júpitru
accusative(tožȋlnik)
Júpiter
locative(mẹ̑stnik)
Júpitru
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)
Júpitrom
God (or sometimes the planet):
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative
Júpiter
genitive
Júpitra
singular
nominative(imenovȃlnik)
Júpiter
genitive(rodȋlnik)
Júpitra
dative(dajȃlnik)
Júpitru
accusative(tožȋlnik)
Júpitra
locative(mẹ̑stnik)
Júpitru
instrumental(orọ̑dnik)
Júpitrom
See also
Swedish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jupiter c (genitive Jupiters )
Jupiter ( planet )
Jupiter ( Roman god )
West Frisian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Noun
Jupiter c (no plural )
Jupiter (planet)
Jupiter (god)
Further reading
“Jupiter ”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011