English
Etymology
From Latin stēlla polāris (“pole star”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poʊˈlɑɹɪs/, /poʊˈlɛɹɪs/, enPR: pō-lär′ĭs, pō-lâr′ĭs
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- (North-Central American English) IPA(key): [poˈleɹ.ɪs], (more rarely) [poˈlɑɹ.ɪs]
Proper noun
Polaris
- (astronomy) α Ursae Minoris, a trinary star in the constellation Ursa Minor located near the north celestial pole for the last 1500 years.
- A type of U.S. ballistic missile, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and designed to be launched from a submarine.
1990, “Rust in Peace… Polaris”, in Dave Mustaine (lyrics), Dave Mustaine (music), Rust in Peace, performed by Megadeth:Tremble, you weaklings, cower in fear / I am your ruler — land, sea, and air / Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall / I am a nuclear murderer, I am Polaris"
Synonyms
- (astronomy): Alpha Ursae Minoris, α Ursae Minoris
Hypernyms
Translations
- Afrikaans: Polaris
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: Алтын Казык (Altïn Kazïk)
- Arabic: نَجْم الشَمَال (najm aš-šamāl)
- Armenian: Բևեռային աստղ (Beweṙayin astġ)
- Basque: Iparrizarra (eu)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 勾陳一 / 勾陈一 (ngau1 can4 jat1)
- Mandarin: 勾陳一 / 勾陈一 (Gōuchényī), 極 / 极 (zh) (Jí), 北極星 / 北极星 (zh) (Běijíxīng), 北辰 (zh) (Běichén)
- Chukchi: унп-эӈэр (unp-eŋer) ("pole star"), алӄэп-эӈэр (alqep-eŋer) ("nail-star"), илук-эӈэр (iluk-eŋer) ("unmovable star")
- Czech: Polárka (cs) f, Severka f
- Danish: Polarstjernen
- Dutch: Polaris (nl)
- Estonian: Põhjanael
- Finnish: Pohjantähti (fi)
- French: Étoile polaire
- German: Polarstern (de)
- Greek: Κυνόσουρα (el) (Kynósoura)
- Hebrew: כוכב הצפון (he)
- Hindi: ध्रुव तारा m (dhruv tārā)
- Icelandic: Pólstjarnan (is)
- Indonesian: Polaris
- Inuktitut: Niqirtsuituq
- Italian: Polaris
- Japanese: 北極星 (ja) (ほっきょくせい, hokkyokusei)
- Kazakh: Темірқазық (Temırqazyq)
- Korean: 폴라리스 (Pollariseu)
- Kyrgyz: Алтын Казык (Altın Kazık)
- Lakota: Wičháȟpi owáŋžila
- Latin: Stella Polaris, Polaris, Alpha Ursae Minoris, α Ursae Minoris
- Latvian: Polārzvaigzne
- Lithuanian: Šiaurinė
- Malagasy: Kintan'ny tendron-tany avaratra
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᡩᠠᡥᠠ
ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (hadaha usiha), ᠠᠪᡴᠠᡳ
ᡨᡝᠨ ᡳ
ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ (abkai ten-i usiha)
- Navajo: náhookǫs bikǫʼ
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Polarstjernen
- Persian: ستاره قطبی, میخگاه (mixgâh)
- Polish: Gwiazda Polarna f, Polaris (pl) f
- Portuguese: Polaris
- Romanian: Steaua polară (ro)
- Russian: Поля́рная звезда́ (ru) f (Poljárnaja zvezdá)
- Sanskrit: द्युतिकर (sa) m or n (dyutikara)
- Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhàrr-reult f, An Reul-iùil f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Северњача f
- Latin: Severnjača (sh) f
- Shor: Қоошқар (qooşqar)
- Slovene: Severnica f
- Spanish: Polaris
- Swahili: Polaris
- Swedish: Polstjärnan (sv)
- Tagalog: Polaris, Talang Batugan
- Thai: ดาวเหนือ (th) (daao-nʉ̌ʉa), โพลาริส (poo-laa-rít)
- Turkish: Kutup Yıldızı (tr), Demirkazık (tr), Kuzey Yıldızı (tr)
- Ukrainian: Полярна зірка (Poljarna zirka)
- Urdu: قطبی ستارہ, پولارس
- Uyghur: تۆمۈرقوزۇق (tömürqozuq), ئالتۇن قوزۇق (altun qozuq)
- Uzbek: temirqoziq (uz)
- Vietnamese: Polaris
- Yup'ik: agyarrlak
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Latin
Etymology
From stēlla polāris (“pole star”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polāris n sg (genitive Polāris); third declension
- (astronomy) The star α Ursae Minoris in the constellation Ursa Minor.[1]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
References
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English Polaris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈla.ris/
- Rhymes: -aris
- Syllabification: Po‧la‧ris
Proper noun
Polaris f (indeclinable)
- Polaris (α Ursae Minoris)
- Synonym: Gwiazda Polarna
Further reading
Portuguese
Proper noun
Polaris f
- (astronomy) Polaris (star in the north celestial pole)