Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
Neptune . In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Neptune , but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Neptune in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
Neptune you have here. The definition of the word
Neptune will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
Neptune , as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
The planet Neptune
Neptune's planetary symbol ⟨♆ ⟩
Old alternative symbol, LV monogram ⟨⯉ ⟩
Etymology
From Middle English Neptune , Neptunus , a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus , possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s ( “ damp, cloudy ” ) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος ( néphos ) , Sanskrit नभस् ( nábhas ) , etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist."
Puhvel, however, connects it with Proto-Italic *nepōts from Proto-Indo-European *népōts by analogy to Portūnus , cognate with Vedic Apām Napāt and Avestan Apąm Napāt , Child (cf: neve , nephew ) of the Water as part of an Indo-European 'Fire in the Water' myth.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Neptune
( astronomy ) The eighth planet in our solar system , represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆ .
( Roman mythology ) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes , equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.
A township in Monmouth County , New Jersey , United States .
An unincorporated community in Mercer County , Ohio .
An unincorporated community in Jackson County , West Virginia .
An unincorporated community in Ithaca , Richland County , Wisconsin .
Synonyms
( astronomy, astrology ) : ♆
( astronomy ) : ( rare ) ⯉
Derived terms
Translations
eighth planet of the solar system
Abkhaz: Нептун ( Nepʼtʼun )
Afrikaans: Neptunus
Amharic: ኔፕቱን ( neptun )
Arabic: نِبْتُون ( niptūn )
Armenian: Նեպտուն (hy) ( Neptun )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܢܹܦܬܘܼܢܘܿܣ m ( neptunos )
Azerbaijani: Neptun (az)
Bashkir: Нептун ( Neptun )
Basque: Neptuno (eu)
Belarusian: Непту́н m ( Njeptún ) , ( Taraškievica orthography ) Нэпту́н m ( Neptún )
Bengali: নেপচুন (bn) ( nepcun )
Burmese: နက်ပကျွန်း ( nakpa.kywan: )
Catalan: Neptú m
Chechen: Нептун ( Neptun )
Cherokee: Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ ( ne'duni ) , ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎡᎶᎯ ( tsuneline elohi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 海王星 ( hoi2 wong4 sing1 )
Hokkien: 海王星 ( Hái-ông-chheⁿ, Hái-ông-chhiⁿ )
Mandarin: 海王星 (zh) ( Hǎiwángxīng )
Cornish: Nevyon m
Czech: Neptun (cs) m
Danish: Neptun (da)
Dutch: Neptunus (nl) n
Dzongkha: ནེཔ་ཊུན ( nep ṭun )
Esperanto: Neptuno (eo)
Estonian: Neptuun
Faroese: Neptun m
Fijian: Nepituni
Finnish: Neptunus (fi)
French: Neptune (fr) m
Galician: Neptuno (gl) m
Georgian: ნეპტუნი ( neṗṭuni )
German: Neptun (de) m
Greek: Ποσειδώνας (el) m ( Poseidónas )
Guaraní: Netúno
Haitian Creole: Neptin
Hawaiian: Nepekune
Hebrew: נפטון (he) m ( néptun ) , רהב (he) m ( raháv )
Hindi: वरुण (hi) ( varuṇ ) , नेप्च्युन (hi) m ( nepcyun )
Hungarian: Neptunusz (hu)
Icelandic: Neptúnus (is) m
Ido: Neptuno (io)
Indonesian: Neptunus
Interlingua: Neptuno
Inuktitut: ᓂᑉᑑᓐ ( niptoon )
Italian: Nettuno (it) m
Jamaican Creole: Neptyuun
Japanese: 海王星 (ja) ( かいおうせい, Kaiōsei ) , ( katakana ) ネプチューン (ja) ( Nepuchūn ) , ( katakana ) ネプトゥーン ( Neputūn )
Javanese: Neptunus
Kannada: ನೆಪ್ಚೂನ್ ( nepcūn )
Karakalpak: Neptun
Kazakh: Нептун ( Neptun )
Khmer: ភពណិបទូន ( pʰup nəptuun ) , កេតុ (km) ( ket )
Korean: 해왕성 (ko) ( haewangseong )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: نێپتوون (ckb) ( nêptûn )
Kyrgyz: Нептун ( Neptun )
Lao: ເນບຕູນ ( nēp tūn )
Latin: Neptunus (la) m
Latvian: Neptūns m
Lingala: Neptuné
Lithuanian: Neptūnas (lt) m
Macedonian: Не́птун m ( Néptun )
Malagasy: Neptiona
Malay: Neptun (ms)
Malayalam: നെപ്റ്റ്യൂൺ ( nepṟṟyūṇ )
Maltese: Nettunu m
Maori: Tangaroa
Marathi: नेपच्यून ( nepacyūn )
Mongolian: Далайн ван ( Dalajn van )
Nahuatl: Tlāloccītlalli
Navajo: Néʼtoon
Nepali: वरुणग्रह ( varuṇagraha )
Norman: Nepteune m ( Jersey )
Norwegian: Neptun (no)
Odia: ନେପଚୁନ ( nepacuna )
Ossetian: Нептун ( Neptun )
Pashto: نیپټون m ( neptoon )
Persian: نپتون (fa) ( neptun )
Polish: Neptun (pl) m
Portuguese: Netuno (pt) m
Quechua: Niptun
Romanian: Neptun (ro) m
Russian: Непту́н (ru) m ( Neptún )
Santali: ᱵᱷᱩᱛ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ ( bhut ẽgel )
Scottish Gaelic: Neaptun m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Нептун m
Roman: Neptun (sh) m
Shona: Nyn'aimamushana
Sinhalese: නෙප්චූන් ( nepcūn )
Slovak: Neptún m
Slovene: Neptún (sl) m
Somali: Nebtuun , Docay
Spanish: Neptuno (es) m
Swahili: Kausi (sw) , Neptuni
Swedish: Neptunus (sv) c
Tagalog: Neptuno
Tajik: Нептун ( Neptun )
Tamil: நெப்டியூன் (ta) ( nepṭiyūṉ )
Tatar: Neptun (tt)
Telugu: నెప్త్యూన్ ( neptyūn ) , ఇంద్రుడు (te) ( indruḍu )
Thai: ดาวเนปจูน (th) ( daaw neep-juun ) , ดาวเกตุ (th) ( daaw geet )
Tibetan: སྐར་མ་མཚོ་རྒྱལ ( skar ma mtsho rgyal )
Tok Pisin: Neptun
Tongan: Nepituno
Tswana: Nepthune
Tumbuka: Vidinda , Chanya la Vidinda
Turkish: Neptün (tr)
Turkmen: Neptun
Ukrainian: Непту́н m ( Neptún )
Uzbek: Neptun
Venetan: Netun m
Vietnamese: sao Hải Vương (vi) , Sao Hải Vương (vi)
Volapük: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: Neifion (cy) m
Wolof: Neptuun
Yakut: Нептун ( Neptun )
Yiddish: נעפּטון m ( neptun )
Yoruba: Nẹ́ptúnù
Zhuang: Ndaundeiqhaijvuengz
Zulu: uNepuhthuni class 1 , uNolundwa
See also
French
Etymology
From Latin Neptūnus .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Neptune m
Neptune (planet)
( Roman mythology ) Neptune (Roman god of the sea)