FromLatinTaurus (fromtaurus(“bull”)), fromAncient GreekΤαῦρος(Taûros); compareAramaicתּוֹר(tor),Arabicثَوْر(ṯawr). Latintaurus(“bull”) is adoublet ofsteer,tur,Tavros, andTarvos.
Taurus (symbol♉︎)
- (astronomy) Aconstellation of thezodiac supposedly shaped like abull and containing the starAldebaran.
- Meronym:Crab Nebula
c.1588–1593 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene iii]:See, see, thou hast shot off one ofTaurus' horns.
- (astrology) Thezodiac sign for thebull, ruled by Venus and covering April 21 - May 21 (tropical astrology) or May 16 - June 15 (sidereal astrology).
- (automobile) An automobile model produced by the Ford Motor Company (1986-present).
constellation
- Afrikaans:Stier
- Amharic:በሬ(bäre)
- Arabic:بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m(burj aṯ-ṯawr),اَلثَّوْر m(aṯ-ṯawr)
- Armenian:Ցուլ(Cʻul)
- Azerbaijani:Buğa,Sövr
- Bengali:ষণ্ড (bn)(śonḍo)
- Bulgarian:Теле́ц m(Teléc)
- Catalan:Taure (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:金牛座 (zh)(Jīnniúzuò)
- Cornish:an Tarow
- Danish:Tyren
- Dutch:Stier (nl) m
- Estonian:Sõnn
- Finnish:Härkä (fi)
- French:Taureau (fr) m
- German:Stier (de) m
- Greek:Ταύρος (el) m(Távros)
- Ancient:Ταῦρος m(Taûros)
- Hebrew:שׁוֹר (he) m(shor)
- Hindi:वृष तारामंडल m(vŕṣ tārāmaṇḍal)
- Hungarian:Bika (csillagkép)
- Ido:Tauro (io)
- Irish:an Tarbh m
- Italian:Toro (it) m
- Japanese:牡牛座 (ja)(おうしざ, oushiza),おうし座 (ja)(oushiza)
- Kazakh:Торпақ(Torpaq)
- Korean:황소자리(Hwangsojari)
- Latvian:Vērsis m
- Low German:
- German Low German:Bull m
- Macedonian:Бик m(Bik)
- Malay:Lembu Jantan,Saur,Taurus
- Norwegian:Tyren (no)
- Old English:Fearr m
- Ottoman Turkish:بوغا(boğa)
- Polish:Byk (pl) m
- Portuguese:Taurus (pt) m
- Romani:Guruv m
- Romanian:Taur (ro)
- Russian:Теле́ц (ru) m(Teléc)
- Sanskrit:वृषभ (sa) m(vṛṣabha),वृष (sa) m(vṛṣa)
- Scottish Gaelic:Tarbh m
- Slovak:Býk m
- Slovene:Bik (sl) m
- Spanish:Tauro (es) m
- Tagalog:Damulag,Tauro
- Telugu:వృషభరాశి (te)(vr̥ṣabharāśi),వృషభము (te)(vr̥ṣabhamu),వృషభం (te)(vr̥ṣabhaṁ)
- Thai:วัว (th)(wuua),พฤษภ (th)(prʉ́-sòp)
- Tibetan:ཕ་གླང(pha glang)
- Turkish:Boğa (tr)
- Ukrainian:Бик (uk) m(Byk)
- Urdu:سانڈ(sāṇḍ)
- Uzbek:Savr
- Welsh:y Tarw
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astrological sign
- Afrikaans:Stier
- Albanian:Demi m
- Arabic:بُرْج اَلثَّوْر m(burj aṯ-ṯawr),اَلثَّوْر m(aṯ-ṯawr)
- Armenian:Ցուլ(Cʻul)
- Asturian:Tauru,Güe m
- Azerbaijani:Buğa
- Bashkir:Буға(Buğa)
- Bulgarian:Теле́ц m(Teléc)
- Burmese:ပြိဿ (my)(pri.ssa.)
- Catalan:Taure (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:金牛座 (zh)(jīnniúzuò)
- Cornish:an Tarow
- Czech:Býk (cs) m
- Danish:Tyren
- Dutch:Stier (nl) m
- Estonian:Sõnn
- Finnish:Härkä (fi)
- French:Taureau (fr) m
- Georgian:კურო(ḳuro)
- German:Stier (de) m
- Greek:Ταύρος (el) m(Távros)
- Ancient:Ταῦρος m(Taûros)
- Hebrew:שׁוֹר (he) m(shor)
- Hindi:वृष (hi) m(vŕṣ),वृषभ (hi) m(vŕṣabh),बैल (hi) m(bail),सांड (hi) m(sāṇḍ)
- Hungarian:Bika (hu)
- Ido:Tauro (io)
- Irish:an Tarbh m
- Italian:Toro (it) m
- Japanese:金牛宮 (ja)(きんぎゅうきゅう, kingyūkyū)
- Kazakh:Торпақ(Torpaq)
- Korean:금우궁(金牛宮)(Geumugung)
- Latvian:Vērsis,Vērsis m
- Lithuanian:Jautis
- Low German:
- German Low German:Bull
- Luxembourgish:Stéier (lb) m
- Macedonian:бик m(bik)
- Malay:Lembu Jantan,Saur,Taurus
- Maltese:Tawru
- Norwegian:Tyren (no) m
- Old English:Fearr m
- Ottoman Turkish:بوغا(boğa)
- Persian:گاو (fa)(gâv)
- Polish:Byk (pl) m
- Portuguese:Touro (pt) m
- Romanian:Taur (ro) m
- Russian:Теле́ц (ru) m(Teléc)
- Sanskrit:वृषभ (sa) m(vṛṣabha),वृष (sa) m(vṛṣa)
- Scottish Gaelic:Tarbh m
- Slovak:Býk m
- Slovene:Bik (sl) m
- Spanish:Tauro (es) m
- Swahili:Thauri,Ng'ombe
- Swedish:Oxen (sv)
- Tagalog:Damulag,Tauro
- Telugu:వృషభరాశి (te)(vr̥ṣabharāśi),వృషభము (te)(vr̥ṣabhamu),వృషభం (te)(vr̥ṣabhaṁ)
- Thai:พฤษภ (th)(prʉ́-sòp)
- Turkish:Boğa (tr)
- Ukrainian:Бик (uk) m(Byk)
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Taurus (pluralTauruses)
- Someone with a Taurusstar sign
Someone with a Taurus star sign
FromLatinTaurus, fromAncient GreekΤαῦρος(Taûros)
Taurus
Demirkazık inNiğde province- Amountain range in southernAnatolia, almost 4000 metres high and running parallel to theMediterraneancoast
Fromtaurus(“bull”)
Taurus m sg (genitiveTaurī);second declension
- Taurus, one of the constellations of theZodiac
Unadapted borrowing fromLatinTaurus.
Taurus m
- (astronomy)Taurus(constellation)
- Alternative form ofTauro
