Pleiades

See also: pléiades and Plêiades

English

Etymology

From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪədiːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːədiːz/, /ˈpleɪədiːz/, /ˈplaɪədiːz/

Proper noun

Pleiades

Pleiades star cluster

(Greek mythology) The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
(astronomy) An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.

Synonyms

Seven Sisters

Related terms

Pleiad, Pleiadian

Translations

Greek mythology

Asturian: Pléyades
Bashkir: Өлкәр (Ölkär)
Basque: Pleiade
Breton: Pleiadezed
Bulgarian: Плеяди (Plejadi)
Catalan: Plèiades
Chinese:
Mandarin: 普勒阿得斯 (Pǔlèādésī)
Czech: Plejády
Danish: Plejaderne
Dutch: Pleiaden
Esperanto: Plejadoj
Estonian: Plejaadid
Finnish: Plejadit (fi)
French: Pléiades (fr)
German: Plejaden (de)
Greek: Πλειάδες (el) (Pleiádes)
Ancient Greek: Πλειάδες f pl (Pleiádes)

Hebrew: פליאדות‎
Italian: Pleiadi
Japanese: プレイアデス (Pureiadesu)
Lithuanian: Plejadės
Luxembourgish: Pleiaden
Maori: Matariki
Norwegian: Pleiadene
Polish: Plejady (pl)
Portuguese: Plêiades f
Russian: Плеяды (ru) (Plejady)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Плејаде

Roman: Plejade (sh)
Slovene: Plejade
Spanish: Pléyades
Thai: ไพลยาดีส (plaiyaadèet)
Turkish: Ülker (tr)
Ukrainian: Плеяди (Plejady)

astronomy

Arabic: الثُّرَيَّا‎ f (aṯ-ṯurayyā)
Aragonese: Crapetas
Armenian:
Old Armenian: ալաւունք (alawunkʿ)
Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬈𐬥𐬌‎ (Paoiryaeni)
Bau Bidayuh: sikora
Belarusian: Аб'ект Месье M45 (Abʺjekt Mjesʹje M45)
Bulgarian: Плеяди (Plejadi)
Catalan: Plèiades
Chinese:
Cantonese: 昴宿星團, 昴宿星团 (maau⁵ sau³ sing¹ tyun⁴), 七姊妹星團, 七姊妹星团 (cat¹ zi² mui⁵ sing¹ tyun⁴), 昴宿團, 昴宿团 (maau⁵ sau³ tyun⁴), 昴宿團, 昴宿团 (Mǎoxiùtuán)

Mandarin: 昴宿星團 (zh), 昴宿星团 (zh) (Mǎoxiù xīngtuán), 七姊妹星團 (zh), 七姊妹星团 (zh) (Qī Zǐmèi xīngtuán)
Czech: Plejády, Kuřátka (cs)
Danish: Plejaderne
Dutch: Zevengesternte
Esperanto: Plejadoj
Estonian: Plejaadid
Finnish: Seulaset (fi) pl, Plejadit (fi) pl
French: Pléiades (fr)
German: Plejaden (de) f pl, Siebengestirn (de) n
Greek: Πλειάδες (el) f pl (Pleiádes)
Hebrew: פליאדות‎
Hindi: कृत्तिका f (kr̥ttikā)
Hungarian: Messier 45, Plejádok, Fiastyúk, Hetes (hu)
Icelandic: Sjöstirnið
Ido: Pleyado
Indonesian: Kartika
Italian: Pleiadi
Japanese: 昴 (ja), スバル (Subaru), プレアデス星団 (Pureadesu seidan)
Kazakh: Үркер (Ürker)
Korean: 플레이아데스성단 (Peulleiadeseu seongdan)
Kumyk: Уьлкер (Ülker)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پێروو‎ (pêrû)

Northern Kurdish: pêvir (ku) f
Latin: Vergiliae
Latvian: Plejādes, Sietiņš
Lingala: Bangɔndɔ nsambo

Lithuanian: Plejadės
Luxembourgish: Plejaden
Malay: bintang kartika, bintang ketika, bintang puyuh, bintang suraya, bintang tujuh
Maori: Matariki, te Tātai-o-Matariki, te Huihui-o-Matariki
Nahuatl: Tiyānquiztli
Navajo: dilyéhé
Norman: Pouochinniéthe f
Norwegian: Pleiadene
Ojibwe: Bagone-giizhig, madoodiswan
Ossetian: Авд хойы (Avd xojy)
Persian: پروین‎ (fa) (parvin), ثریا‎ (fa) (sorayyā), پروی‎ (parvī)
Polish: Plejady (pl)
Portuguese: Plêiades
Quechua: Unquy quyllurkuna
Romanian: Pleiada, găinușă (ro) f
Russian: Плея́ды (ru) f pl (Plejády)
Sanskrit: ऋक्षाः m pl (ṛkṣāḥ)
Scottish Gaelic: Na Seachd-Reultan f pl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Плејаде, Влашићи m pl, Мессиер 45

Roman: Plejade (sh), Vlašići (sh) m pl, Messier 45
Slovak: Plejády
Sotho: Selemela
Spanish: Pléyades
Swahili: Kilimia, Thurea
Swedish: Plejaderna (sv)
Tagalog: Mapulon, Supot ni Hudas, Apulon
Tamil: கார்த்திகை (ta) (kārttikai)
Thai: กระจุกดาวลูกไก่ (grà-jùk daao lûuk-gài)
Turkish: Ülker (tr)
Ukrainian: Стожари (Stožary)
Urdu: ثریا‎ m (suraiyā)
Vietnamese: Tua Rua
Yakut: Үргэл, сулус бөлөҕө (Ürgel, sulus bölöğö)

Latin

Adjective

Plēiadēs

nominative plural of Plēias
accusative plural of Plēias
vocative plural of Plēias

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