FromLatinIūpiter(“father Jove”), fromProto-Italic*djous patēr(literally“sky father”) (cognate withAncient GreekΖεῦ πάτερ(Zeû páter,“father Zeus”)), from*djous(“day, sky”) +*patēr(“father”), fromProto-Indo-European*dyḗws(literally“the bright one”), from*dyew-(“to be bright, day sky”), and*ph₂tḗr(“father”).Doublet ofDyaus Pita.

• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈd͡ʒupɪtɚ/,[ˈd͡ʒupɪɾɚ]

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Jupiter

2. (astronomy) The fifth and by far the largestplanet in theSolar System, agas giant, represented by the symbol♃ inastronomy. Jupiter is known for itsGreat Red Spot and manymoons including theGalilean moons.
4. (Romanmythology) The King of the Gods, also calledJove. Equivalent to the GreekZeus, Jupiter was one of the children ofSaturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
5. (informal) The largest of a group of things or a region.

   Brazil could be considered theJupiter of South America.

6. A number of places in theUnited States:
   1. Anunincorporated community inTuolumne County,California, named after a mine.
   2. Atown inPalm Beach County,Florida, named in error after the Roman god.
   3. Atownship inKittson County,Minnesota, named after the planet.
   4. Anunincorporated community inBuncombe County,North Carolina.
7. Asummer resort on theBlack Sea inRomania.

• The planet Jupiter usually takes the adjectival formJovian, and rarelyJupiterian. Thedemonym of theplanet is alsoJovian.

• (astronomy, astrology):♃

Jupiter (uncountable)

1. (heraldry,rare)Azure(blue), in thepostmedieval practice ofblazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome,The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages76-77:

     5.Jupiter, aMace ofMajestry inBend Sol.

   • 1718, Samuel Kent,The Grammar of Heraldry[...] Second Edition:

     George [...] 2d.Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms ofFrance. 3d.Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, forIreland.

   • 1735, Francis Nichols,The Irish Compendium[...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page80:

     8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c.[…]

   • 1737, Benjamin Martin,Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page631:

     ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand QuarterMars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale,Sol; theImperial Ensigns ofEngland, impaled with theRoyal Arms ofScotland, which areSol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis,Mars. The second Quarter is theRoyal Arms ofFrance, viz.Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis,Sol. The third, theEnsign ofIreland, which is,Jupiter, an HarpSol, stringedLuna.

2. (especiallyastronomy)Alternative spelling ofjupiter.
3. (obsolete,alchemy,chemistry)Tin.

• planets of the Solar System:Mercury ·Venus ·Earth ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptune ^[edit]

•  Jupiter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•  Jupiter (god) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

FromDutchJupiter.

• Hyphenation:Ju‧piter

Jupiter

2. (astronomy)Jupiter
4. (Romanmythology)Jupiter

• planets of the Solar System:planete van dieSonnestelsel:Mercurius ·Venus ·Aarde ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturnus ·Uranus ·Neptunus ^[edit]

• IPA^(key):[ˈjupɪtɛr]

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Jupiter m anim

2. (Romanmythology)Jupiter(Roman god)

• The archaic way of declining this noun usedJov- in place ofJupiter- in the oblique cases, following the Latin declension.

Jupiter m inan

2. Jupiter(planet)

• “Jupiter”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
• “Jupiter”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• The templateTemplate:R:cs:Nase rec does not use the parameter(s):

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  Please seeModule:checkparams for help with this warning.Jitka Štindlová, Zaměřil dalekohled na Jupiter nebo na Jupitera?, Naše řeč, volume 49 (1966)

Jupiter

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter(Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System:planeter isolsystemet:Merkur ·Venus ·Jorden~jorden ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptun ^[edit]

FromMiddle Dutchjupiter, fromLatinIūpiter.

• IPA^(key):/ˈjy.piˌtɛr/

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• Hyphenation:Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• Afrikaans:Jupiter
• → Papiamentu:Yüpitèr

• IPA^(key):/ˈjupiter/

Jupiter

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter(Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System:Päikesesüsteemiplaneedid:Merkuur ·Veenus ·Maa ·Marss ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uraan ·Neptuun ^[edit]

Jupiter m

1. Jupiter(planet)

FromLatinIūpiter.

• IPA^(key):/ˈjupiter/,[ˈjupit̪e̞r]
• Rhymes:-upiter
• Hyphenation^(key):Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter

2. (astronomy)Jupiter(planet)
4. (Romanmythology)Jupiter(Roman god)

   Synonym:Juppiter

• IPA^(key):/ʒy.pi.tɛʁ/

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Jupiter m

2. Jupiter(Roman god)

Jupiter m orf

2. Jupiter(planet)

• se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter

• → Persian:ژوپیتر(župiter)

Learned borrowing fromLatinIūpiter(“Jupiter”).

• IPA^(key):/ˈjuːpitɐ/

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• Hyphenation:Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m (proper noun,strong,genitiveJupitersorJupiter)

2. (astronomy)Jupiter
4. (Romanmythology)Jupiter

• planets of the Solar System:Planeten desSonnensystems:Merkur ·Venus ·Erde ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptun ^[edit]

• “Jupiter” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Jupiter (Planet)” inDuden online
• “Jupiter (Römischer Gott)” inDuden online

• IPA^(key):[ˈjupitɛr]
• Hyphenation:Ju‧pi‧ter
• Rhymes:-ɛr

Jupiter

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter(Roman god)

• (Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key):/d͡ʒuˈpitər/[d͡ʒuˈpi.t̪ər]
• Rhymes:-itər
• Syllabification:Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter

1. (astronomy)Jupiter(planet)

   Synonym:Yupiter

• “Jupiter” inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ˈi̯uː.pi.ter/,[ˈi̯uːpɪt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ˈju.pi.ter/,[ˈjuːpit̪er]

Jūpiter m sg (genitiveJovis);third declension

1. Alternative spelling ofIuppiter

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Jupiter

1. Alternative form ofJubiter

Borrowed fromNorwegianJupiter.

• (Kautokeino)IPA^(key):/ˈjupiːter/

Jupiter

2. Jupiter(planet)

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

• planets of the Solar System:Merkur ·Venus ·Eana ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptun ^[edit]

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Jupiter

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter(Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System:planeter,planetar:Merkur ·Venus ·jorda ·Mars ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptun ^[edit]

Learned borrowing fromLatinIuppiter, fromProto-Italic*djowe-, ablative case of*djous, fromProto-Indo-European*dyḗws.Doublet ofJowisz andZeus.

• IPA^(key):/juˈpi.tɛr/

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• Rhymes:-itɛr
• Syllabification:Ju‧pi‧ter
• Homophone:jupiter

Jupiter m pers

1. (Romanmythology)Jupiter(the chief god, the Roman god of the sky and lightning)

   Synonym:Jowisz

• Jupiter inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Jupiter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Jupiter m

2. Jupiter(planet)

• planets of the Solar System:planete dinsistemul solar:Mercur ·Venus ·Pământ ·Marte ·Jupiter ·Saturn ·Uranus ·Neptun ^[edit]

• “Jupiter”, inDEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian),2004–2025

• IPA^(key):/jǔpiter/
• Hyphenation:Ju‧pi‧ter

Jùpiter m (Cyrillic spellingЈу̀питер)

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

Derived fromLatinIūpiter(“father Jove”).

• IPA^(key):[ˈjupicer]
• Hyphenation:Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m pers (genitivesingularJupitera,declension pattern ofchlap)

2. Jupiter(Roman god)

Jupiter m inan (genitivesingularJupitera,declension pattern ofdub)

2. Jupiter(planet)

• “Jupiter”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

• IPA^(key):/júːpitər/

Jȗpitər m inan

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

Planet:

God (or sometimes the planet):

• planets of the Solar System:planétiosónčja:Merkúr ·Vénera ·Zémlja ·Márs ·Júpiter ·Satúrn ·Urán ·Neptún ^[edit]

• IPA^(key):/ˈjʉːpɪtɛr/

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Jupiter c (genitiveJupiters)

2. Jupiter(planet)
4. Jupiter(Roman god)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):/ˈjypitɛr/

Jupiter c (no plural)

1. Jupiter (planet)
2. Jupiter (god)

• “Jupiter”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011