Aphrodite

== English == === Alternative forms === Aphrodité (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more). === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /æfɹəˈdaɪti/, /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/ Rhymes: -aɪti === Proper noun === Aphrodite (Greek mythology) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea. Coordinate term: (Roman counterpart) Venus A female given name from Ancient Greek. Aphrodite Jones is an American author and TV producer. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Acidalia Anadyomene Cytherea Despina Kypris Pandemos Urania or Ourania Venus (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus === Noun === Aphrodite (plural Aphrodites) Synonym of Aphrodite Giant (“breed of cat”). === Anagrams === atrophied == Danish == === Alternative forms === Afrodite === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɑfʁoˈd̥i(ː)d̥ə] === Proper noun === Aphrodite (Greek mythology) Aphrodite == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fʁɔ.dit/ Hyphenation: Aphro‧dite === Proper noun === Aphrodite f (Greek mythology) Aphrodite (goddess) ==== Derived terms ==== aphrodisiaque == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.pʰrɔˈdiː.teː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.froˈdiː.te] === Proper noun === Aphrodītē f sg (genitive Aphrodītēs); first declension (Greek mythology) Aphrodite ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only.