Pluto
English
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “god of the underworld”). Venetia Burney is often credited as having suggested the name for the celestial body.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pluto
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Greco-Roman god of the underworld.
- (astronomy) Originally known as the ninth planet in the solar system but reclassified in 2006 as a dwarf planet; the brightest and first known Kuiper belt object; represented by the symbol ♇ in astronomy and
in astrology. [from 1930]- Synonyms: ♇ (symbol), Planet X (obsolete), (134340) Pluto, 134340 Pluto
- Hypernym: dwarf planet
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpluto]
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: Plu‧to
Proper noun
Pluto m
Usage notes
The name of the dwarf planet Pluto is originally masculine inanimate, but can be used also in neuter gender. In this particular case the choice of the gender does not influence the declension of the name itself, but it influences the declension of accompanying determiners and adjectives or conjugation of verbs in the sentence – see for example the sentence in masculine gender "Pluto byl objeven" or in neuter gender "Pluto bylo objeveno" (Pluto was discovered).
Declension
- masculine animate
- masculine inanimate or neuter
See also
Solar System in in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||
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Star | Slunce | |||||||||||||||
Planets and dwarf planets | Merkur | Venuše | Země | Mars | Ceres | Jupiter | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluto | Haumea | Makemake | Eris | |||
Notable moons | — | Měsíc | Phobos/Fobos Deimos |
— | Ganymed Callisto Io Europa |
Titan Rhea Iapetus Dione Tethys Enceladus Mimas |
Titania Oberon Umbriel Ariel Miranda |
Triton | Charon Hydra Nix Kerberos Styx |
Hiʻiaka Namaka |
— | Dysnomia |
Further reading
Anagrams
- plotu
- tlupo
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch Pluto, ultimately from Latin Plūtō, from Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈply.toː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Plu‧to
Proper noun
Pluto m
Derived terms
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpluto/, [ˈplut̪o̞]
Declension
Inflection of Pluto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Pluto | — | |
genitive | Pluton | — | |
partitive | Plutoa | — | |
illative | Plutoon | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Pluto | — | |
accusative | nom. | Pluto | — |
gen. | Pluton | ||
genitive | Pluton | — | |
partitive | Plutoa | — | |
inessive | Plutossa | — | |
elative | Plutosta | — | |
illative | Plutoon | — | |
adessive | Plutolla | — | |
ablative | Plutolta | — | |
allative | Plutolle | — | |
essive | Plutona | — | |
translative | Plutoksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Plutotta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpluːtoː/
audio (file)
Middle English
Etymology
From Latin Pluto, Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn).
Usage notes
The dwarf planet known as Pluto was yet undiscovered during the span of time inhabited by Middle English; therefore no planetary sense belonged to the word.
Descendants
- English: Pluto
References
- “Pluto (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.