Pleiades

See also: pléiades, Plêiades, and Pléiades

English

Etymology

From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpliː.əˌdiz/, /ˈpleɪ.əˌdiz/, /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiz/

Proper noun

Pleiades pl

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
Basque: Pleiade
Breton: Pleiadezed
Bulgarian: Плеяди (Plejadi)
Catalan: Plèiades
Chinese:
Mandarin: 普勒阿得斯 (Pǔlè'ādésī)
Czech: Plejády
Danish: Plejaderne
Dutch: Pleiaden
Esperanto: Plejadoj
Estonian: Plejaadid
Finnish: Plejadit (fi)
French: Pléiades (fr) f pl
German: Plejaden (de)
Greek: Πλειάδες (el) (Pleiádes)
Ancient Greek: Πλειάδες f pl (Pleiádes)
Hebrew: פליאדות
Hungarian: pleiaszok pl
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

Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: الثُّرَيَّا f (aṯ-ṯurayyā)
Aragonese: Crapetas
Aramaic: ܟܺܝܡܳܐ
Armenian:
Old Armenian: ալաւունք (alawunkʿ)
Avestan: 𐬞𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬈𐬥𐬌 (paoⁱriiaeni)
Bashkir: Өлкәр (Ölkər)
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)

Mandarin: 昴宿星團／昴宿星团 (zh) (Mǎoxiù xīngtuán), 七姊妹星團／七姊妹星团 (zh) (Qī Zǐmèi xīngtuán), 昴宿團／昴宿团 (Mǎoxiùtuán)
Czech: Plejády, Kuřátka (cs)
Danish: Plejaderne
Dutch: Zevengesternte (nl)
Esperanto: Plejadoj
Estonian: Plejaadid
Finnish: Seulaset (fi) pl, Plejadit (fi) pl
French: Pléiades (fr) f pl
Galician: Pléiades (gl) f pl, Setestrelo m
Georgian: პლეადები (ṗleadebi), ხომლი (xomli)
German: Plejaden (de) f pl, Siebengestirn (de) n
Greek: Πλειάδες (el) f pl (Pleiádes)
Ancient Greek: Πλειάδες f pl (Pleiádes)
Hebrew: פליאדות, כִּימָה (he) (kimā)
Hindi: कृत्तिका f (kŕttikā), सुरैया (hi) f (suraiyā)
Hungarian: Plejádok, Fiastyúk (hu), Hetes (hu)
Icelandic: Sjöstirnið, Sjöstjarnan f
Ido: Pleyado
Indonesian: Kartika, bintang tujuh (id), bintang suraya (id)
Ingrian: Kärenki
Italian: Pleiadi
Japanese: 昴 (ja), スバル (Subaru), プレアデス星団 (Pureadesu seidan)
K'iche: Motz
Karok: ataynamtunvêech
Kazakh: Үркер (Ürker)
Khakas: Ӱлгер (Ülger)
Khmer: ផ្កាយកូនមាន់ (phkaaykounmŏən)
Korean: 플레이아데스성단 (Peulleiadeseu-seongdan)
Kumyk: Уьлкер (Ülker)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: پێروو (ckb) (pêrû)

Northern Kurdish: pêvir (ku) f
Lakota: tȟayámni
Latin: Vergiliae f pl, Pleiades f pl
Latvian: Plejādes, Sietiņš
Lingala: Bangɔndɔ nsambo
Lithuanian: Plejadės
Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦺᦂᧈᦓᦾᧉ (ḋaawk̇ay¹noay²)
Luxembourgish: Plejaden
Maasai: n-kábártak
Malay: Bintang Tujuh, Bintang Kartika, Bintang Ketika, Bintang Puyuh, Bintang Suraya
Maori: Matariki, te Tātai-o-Matariki, te Huihui-o-Matariki
Nahuatl: Tiyānquiztli
Nandi: koremerik
Navajo: dilyéhé
Norman: Pouochinniéthe f
Norwegian: Pleiadene
Occitan: pleiades f pl
Ojibwe: Bagone-giizhig, madoodiswan
Old English: seofonstierre n
Old High German: sibunstirni n
Old Norse: sjaustirni n
Ossetian: Авд хойы (Avd xojy)
Pashto: پرېوونې f (perwǔne)
Persian: پروین (fa) (parvin), ثریا (fa) (sorayyâ), پروی (parvi)
Polish: Plejady (pl)
Portuguese: Plêiades
Quechua: Unquy quyllurkuna
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: Pleiada, găinușă (ro) f, Cloșca cu Pui f
Russian: Плея́ды (ru) f pl (Plejády)
Sanskrit: ऋक्षा (sa) m pl (ṛkṣā), कृतिका f (kṛtikā)
Scottish Gaelic: na Seachd-Reultan f pl, an Grioglachan m, an Seachdaran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Плејаде, Влашићи m pl, Мессиер 45

Roman: Plejade (sh), Vlašići m pl, Messier 45
Slovak: Plejády
Sotho: Selemela
Soussian: Idaṣṭṭ
Southern Altai: Ӱлкер (Ülker)
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 (uk) (Stožary), Плея́ди f pl (Plejády), Кво́чка f (Kvóčka)
Urdu: ثریا m (suraiyā)
Uzbek: Hulkar
Vietnamese: Tua Rua
Yakut: Үргэл (Ürgel), сулус бөлөҕө (sulus bölöğö)

Latin

Adjective

Plēiadēs

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of Plēias

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