Cassiopeia

See also: Cassiopéia

English

Map of the constellation Cassiopeia.

Alternative forms

• Cassiope

Etymology

From Latin Cassiopēia, from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkæs.i.əˈpiː.ə/
• enPR: kăs′ē-ō-pē′yə

Proper noun

Cassiopeia

1. (Greek mythology) Proud wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda, queen of Ethiopia. When she boasted that her beauty was equal to that of the Nereids, she was punished by Poseidon.
2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky representing Queen Cassiopeia from Greek myth, lying between the constellations Cepheus and Perseus.

Meronyms

• (constellation): Achird, Caph, Fulu, Ruchbah, Schedar, Segin

Derived terms

• (constellation): Cas (abbreviated form), Cassiopeiae (Latin genitive form)
• Cassiopeia's Chair

Translations

mythical wife of Cepheus

• Armenian: Կասիոպեա (Kasiopea)
• Catalan: Cassiopea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卡西奧佩亞／卡西奥佩亚 (Kǎxī'àopèiyà), 卡西歐佩亞／卡西欧佩亚 (Kǎxī'ōupèiyà)

• Danish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπεια (el) f (Kassiópeia), Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)

  Ancient: Κασσιόπεια f (Kassiópeia)

• Greenlandic: Kassiopeja
• Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᓯᐅᐱᔭ (kassiopiya)
• Irish: Caiseoipé f
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
• Japanese: カッシオペイア (Kasshiopeia)
• Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)
• Spanish: Casiopea (es)
• Swedish: Kassiopeia (sv)

constellation

• Armenian: Կասիոպեա (Kasiopea)
• Burmese: ဗျိုင်းတာရာ (my) (byuing:tara)
• Catalan: Cassiopea (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙后座 (sin¹ hau⁶ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙后座 (zh) (Xiānhòuzuò)

• Faroese: Mariurokkur m
• Finnish: Kassiopeia
• French: Cassiopée (fr) f
• Galician: Casiopea (gl)
• Georgian: კასიოპეას (ḳasioṗeas)
• German: Cassiopeia f
• Greek: Κασσιόπη (el) f (Kassiópi)

  Ancient: Κασσιόπεια f (Kassiópeia)

• Hawaiian: ʻIwakeliʻi
• Hindi: शर्मिष्ठा (hi) (śarmiṣṭhā)
• Irish: Caiseoipé f
• Italian: Cassiopea (it) f
• Japanese: カシオペヤ座 (ja) (Kashiopeya-za)
• Korean: 카시오페이아자리 (Kasiopeiajari)
• Malay: Ratu Kerusi
• Maltese: is-Siġġu m
• Navajo: náhookǫs biʼáád
• Persian: شاهبانو (šâhbânu), خداوند کرسی (xodâvand-e korsi), سودابه (fa) (sudâbe)
• Polish: Kasjopeja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cassiopeia (pt) f
• Russian: Кассиопе́я (ru) f (Kassiopéja)
• Spanish: Cassiopeia (es)
• Swedish: Cassiopeja (sv)
• Tagalog: Kaayopeya

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑsi.oˈpeːja/

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Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cassiopē
• Cassiopēa, Cassiepēa, Cassiepīa, Cassiepeia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κασσιόπεια (Kassiópeia) or Κασσιόπη (Kassiópē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käs̠ːiɔˈpɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.oˈpei̯.a/, [käsːioˈpɛi̯ä]

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f sg (genitive Cassiopeiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (the proud wife of Ethiopian king Cepheus and mother of Andromeda)
2. (astronomy) the constellation Cassiopeia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cassiopeia
Genitive	Cassiopeiae
Dative	Cassiopeiae
Accusative	Cassiopeiam
Ablative	Cassiopeiā
Vocative	Cassiopeia

References

• “Cassĭŏpē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 Cassĭŏpē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Cassiopéia (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cassiopēa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.ɐ/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.si.oˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sɪ.oˈpɛɪ̯.a], (faster pronunciation) /ka.sjoˈpɛj.a/ [ka.sjoˈpɛɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sjuˈpe.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: Cas‧si‧o‧pei‧a

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

1. (Greek mythology) Cassiopeia (wife of Cepheus)
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (a constellation of the northern sky)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasjoˈpeja/ [ka.sjoˈpe.ja]
• Rhymes: -eja
• Syllabification: Cas‧sio‧pe‧ia

Proper noun

Cassiopeia f

1. (astronomy) Cassiopeia (constellation)