Betelgeuse

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء (jawzāʔ, “central one”). Jawzā, ‘the central one’, initially referred to Gemini among the Arabs, but at some point they decided to refer to Orion by that name. During the Middle Ages the first character of the name, yā’ (ي, with two underdots), was misread as a bā’ (ب, with one underdot) when transliterating into Latin, thus *Yedalgeuze became Bedalgeuze. This was then misinterpreted during the Renaissance as deriving from a corruption of an original Arabic form إِبْط الجَوْزَاء (ʔibṭ al-jawzāʔ, “armpit of the central one”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbiːtldʒuːz/, /ˈbiːtldʒuːs/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbidlˌdʒus/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒus/, /ˈbidlˌdʒuz/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒuz/ === Proper noun === Betelgeuse (astronomy) A bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known. Synonym: Alpha Orionis ==== Alternative forms ==== Beetlejuice (eye dialect) ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Betelgeuse”, in Collins English Dictionary. “Betelgeuse”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer. “Betelgeuse, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Betelgeuse”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Betelgeuse”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Betelgeuse”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [b̥etˢɛlˈɡ̊øːsə] === Proper noun === Betelgeuse (genitive Betelgeuses) Betelgeuse == Italian == === Etymology === Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء (jawzāʔ, “central one”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /be.telˈd͡ʒɛw.ze/ Rhymes: -ɛwze Hyphenation: Be‧tel‧gèu‧se === Proper noun === Betelgeuse f Betelgeuse === Further reading === Betelgeuse in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) == Latin == === Alternative forms === Betelgeuzē (attested in Johann Bayer) === Etymology === Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء (jawzāʔ, “central one”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [bɛ.tɛɫˈɡɛu̯.seː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [be.tel̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛːu̯.se] === Proper noun === Betelgeusē ? sg (indeclinable) Betelgeuse Synonym: Alpha Ōrīōnis ==== Descendants ==== → English: Betelgeuse → Italian: Betelgeuse (learned) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”). === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Betelgeuse f Betelgeuse == Spanish == === Etymology === Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء (yad al-jawzāʔ, “hand of the central one”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /betelˈxeuse/ [be.t̪elˈxeu̯.se] Rhymes: -euse Rhymes: -us Syllabification: Be‧tel‧geu‧se === Proper noun === Betelgeuse f Betelgeuse