Boötes

See also: bootes and Bootes

English

Alternative forms

Bootes

Etymology

From Latin Boōtēs, the constellation, from Ancient Greek Βοώτης (Boṓtēs)

Pronunciation

enPR: bō-ōʹtēz, IPA^(key): /boʊˈoʊtiːz/

Proper noun

Boötes

(astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, called the “bear-guard” or the “herdsman”. It includes the third brightest star in the night sky Arcturus.

Related terms

Boötis

Translations

a constellation

Azerbaijani: Naxırçı
Catalan: Bover (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 牧夫座 (muk⁶ fu¹ zo⁶)

Mandarin: 牧夫座 (zh) (Mùfūzuò)
Estonian: Karjus
Finnish: Karhunvartija
French: Bouvier (fr) m
Galician: Boieiro (gl)
German: Bärenhüter (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: Βοώτης m (Boṓtēs), Ἀρκτοφύλαξ m (Arktophúlax)
Irish: Bóitéas m, Boötes m, an tAoire m
Italian: Boote (it) m, Orsa minore f, bovaro (it) m

Japanese: うしかい座 (ja), 牛飼い座 (ja)
Korean: 목동자리 (mokdongjari)
Latin: Bootes (la) m
Malay: Gembala
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Bjørnevokteren (no)

Nynorsk: Bjørnepassaren (no)
Persian: گاوران‎ (gāvrān)
Polish: Wolarz (pl) m
Portuguese: boieiro (pt) m
Russian: Волопа́с (ru) (Volopás)
Spanish: Boötes, Pastor (es), Boyero (es)
Swedish: Björnvaktaren (sv) c (used only in the definite)
Turkish: Boötes

Anagrams

besoot

Dutch

Proper noun

Boötes m

(astronomy) Boötes

Synonyms

Ossenhoeder

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