Thetis

English

Old Thetis astronomical symbol

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θέτις (Thétis).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛtɪs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɪs

Proper noun

Thetis

1. (Greek mythology) One of the Nereids; the mother of Achilles
2. (astronomy) 17 Thetis, one of the main belt asteroids.

Derived terms

• Thetidian

Translations

the mother of Achilles

• Catalan: Tetis
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忒提斯 (Tètísī)

• Czech: Thetis
• Danish: Thetis
• Dutch: Thetis n
• Estonian: Thetis
• Finnish: Thetis
• French: Thétis (fr) f
• German: Thetis n
• Greek: Θέτις (el) n (Thétis)

  Ancient: Θέτις (Thétis)

• Hebrew: תטיס
• Italian: Teti f
• Japanese: テティス (ja) (Tetisu)
• Korean: 테티스 (Tetiseu)
• Latin: Thetis
• Lithuanian: Tetidė
• Marathi: थेटिस f (theṭis)
• Norwegian: Thetis
• Polish: Tetyda (pl) f
• Portuguese: Tétis (pt) f
• Russian: Фети́да f (Fetída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Тетида

  Roman: Tetida (sh)

• Slovak: Thetis
• Spanish: Tetis f
• Swedish: Thetis
• Turkish: Thetis
• Ukrainian: Фетіда (Fetida)
• Vietnamese: Thetis

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海女星 (Hǎinǚxīng)

• Italian: Teti f
• Marathi: थेटिस (theṭis)
• Russian: Фети́да f (Fetída)

Anagrams

• Hietts, theist, tithes