Charon

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from both Latin Charōn (“Charon”) and Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn, “Charon”), the Hadean ferryman from Greek mythology. === Proper noun === Charon m A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Amblypygi – order; Charontoidea – superfamily; Charontidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Charon grayi (giant whip-spider) – type species; for other species see Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies === References === Charon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Charon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Etymology === From Latin Charōn, from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). The name of the moon was coined by American astronomer James W. Christy in 1978, in reference to a fictional moon of Pluto in a novel by Edmond Hamilton but also influenced by its similarity to Char, a pet name for Charlene, his wife's name — hence the alternative American pronunciation, which is used at NASA. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹɒn/, /ˈkɛːrən/ (US) (Greek mythology): IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹən/ (US) (astronomy): IPA(key): /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/, /ˈkɛəɹɑn/, /-ɹən/ Rhymes: -ɛəɹən, -ɛəɹɒn Hyphenation: Char‧on === Proper noun === Charon (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx. (astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto. Synonym: ⯕ ==== Derived terms ==== Charonian Charonic Charon's obol ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra === Noun === Charon (plural Charons) (poetic) Any ferryman. === Anagrams === Anchor, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch, rancho == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈxaron] Rhymes: -aron Hyphenation: Cha‧ron === Proper noun === Charon m inan (relational adjective charonský) (astronomy) Charon (moon of Pluto) [since 1985] ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Charon m anim (relational adjective Charonův) (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Charón (the ferryman of Hades) ==== Declension ==== === See also === === Further reading === “Charon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Charōn. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈçaːʁɔn/ Hyphenation: Cha‧ron === Proper noun === Charon m (proper noun, strong, genitive Charon or Charons) (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades) (astronomy) Charon (largest moon of Pluto) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Charon (Mythologie) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de Charon (Mond) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Charon” in Duden online == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʰa.roːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.ron] === Proper noun === Charōn m sg (genitive Charōnis or Charontis or Charontos); third declension Charon (ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology) ==== Declension ==== Third declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ōn; two different stems), singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Charon === References === “Charon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Charon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxa.rɔn/ Rhymes: -arɔn Syllabification: Cha‧ron === Proper noun === Charon m pers (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx) (astronomy) Charon (largest of the five moons of Pluto) ==== Declension ==== === See also === === Further reading === Charon in PWN's encyclopedia == Turkish == === Proper noun === Charon (Greek mythology) alternative spelling of Haron (astronomy) Charon == Welsh == === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Charon m (not mutable) (Greek mythology) Charon (the ferryman of the underworld) (astronomy) Charon (a moon of Pluto) === See also === === Mutation ===