Phobos
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos
- (Greek mythology) A son of Ares (Mars). Also the Greek god of fear.
- (astronomy) The innermost natural satellite of Mars.
Translations
mythology
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moon of Mars
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See also
| Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Mercury | Venus | Earth | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Moon | Phobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymede Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia | |||||||
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Pho‧bos
Proper noun
Phobos
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English Phobos, Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos, “mythological personification of fear”), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos m inan
- (astronomy) Phobos, the bigger of the two natural satellites of Mars
- 2005, Zdeněk Pokorný, Planety, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 92:
- […] Phobos obíhá ve vzdálenosti necelých 6000 kilometrů od povrchu planety.
- Phobos orbits in the distance of less than 6000 kilometres from the planet's surface.
- 2008, Jiří T. Pelech, Prvorození, Praha: Baronet, translation of Firstborn by Athur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, →ISBN, page 221:
- Mám sekundární soustavy na povrchu a na oběžné dráze. Ta největší je rozmístěna na několika stanicích na měsících Phobu a Deimu, pokud jsou vzájemně viditelné, dá se získat velmi dobrá dlouhá základna…
- I have secondary arrays on the surface and in orbit. The most impressive is based on a couple of stations on the moons, Phobos and Deimos; when they are in line of sight of each other you get a good long baseline…
Declension
Alternative forms
See also
| Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Star | Slunce | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Merkur | Venuše | Země | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluto | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Měsíc | Phobos/Fobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganymed Callisto |
Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Triton | Charon | Dysnomia | |||||||
Further reading
- Phobos in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
Finnish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos).
Pronunciation
Noun
Phobos
- Phobos (moon of Mars)
Declension
| Inflection of Phobos (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | Phobos | — | ||
| genitive | Phoboksen | — | ||
| partitive | Phobosta | — | ||
| illative | Phobokseen | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Phobos | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Phobos | — | |
| gen. | Phoboksen | |||
| genitive | Phoboksen | — | ||
| partitive | Phobosta | — | ||
| inessive | Phoboksessa | — | ||
| elative | Phoboksesta | — | ||
| illative | Phobokseen | — | ||
| adessive | Phoboksella | — | ||
| ablative | Phobokselta | — | ||
| allative | Phobokselle | — | ||
| essive | Phoboksena | — | ||
| translative | Phobokseksi | — | ||
| abessive | Phoboksetta | — | ||
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| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Italian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phobos m
- (astronomy) Alternative form of Fobos (“Phobos (natural satellite)”)
- (mythology, Greek mythology) Alternative form of Fobos (“Phobos (god of fear, a son of the god Ares)”)
Turkish
Proper noun
Phobos