Aldebaran

See also: Aldébaran and Aldebarán

English

Etymology

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alˈdɛbəɹən/

Proper noun

Aldebaran

1. (astronomy) One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

     The kingly brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red.

   • 2012 December 9, Alan Pickup, The Guardian:

     The brightest object depicted is Jupiter which stands near the red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus.

Derived terms

• Aldebaranian

Translations

star

• Arabic: اَلدَّبَرَان m (ad-dabarān)
• Armenian: Ալդեբարան (Aldebaran)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 畢宿五／毕宿五 (bat¹ sau³ ng⁵)

  Mandarin: 畢宿五／毕宿五 (zh) (Bìxiùwǔ)

• Czech: Aldebaran
• Dutch: Aldebaran
• Esperanto: Aldebarano
• Estonian: Aldebaran
• Finnish: Aldebaran
• French: Aldébaran (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Aldebaran (de) m
• Greek: Αλδεβαράν m (Aldevarán)

  Ancient Greek: Λαμπαδίας (Lampadías)

• Hebrew: אלדברן
• Hindi: रोहिणी (hi) (rohiṇī)
• Icelandic: Aldebaran
• Indonesian: Aldebaran
• Italian: Aldebaran
• Japanese: アルデバラン (Arudebaran)
• Korean: 알데바란 (Aldebaran)
• Latin: Aldebaran
• Latvian: Aldebarans
• Lithuanian: Aldebaranas
• Malay: Aldebaran
• Maltese: Id-Dabrani m
• Maori: Taumata-kuku, Whetū-kura
• Navajo: sǫʼ ahótsʼiʼí
• Norwegian: Aldebaran
• Persian: دبران (fa) (dabarân), پسیگ (pasig), دیده گاو (dide-ye gâv)
• Polish: Aldebaran (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: Aldebarã f, Aldebaran f
• Romanian: Aldebaran
• Russian: Альдебара́н m (Alʹdɛbarán)
• Scottish Gaelic: Aibhseag f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Алдебаран

  Roman: Aldebaran

• Spanish: Aldebarán (es)
• Swedish: Aldebaran
• Thai: ดาวอัลดิบาแรน
• Turkish: Aldebaran
• Ukrainian: Альдебаран (Alʹdebaran)
• Vietnamese: Aldebaran

Anagrams

• Labradane

French

Alternative forms

• Aldébaran

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.də.ba.ʁɑ̃/

Proper noun

Aldebaran ?

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran
   • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Sylvie”, in Les Filles du feu:

     Tour à tour bleue et rose comme l’astre trompeur d’Aldebaran, c’était Adrienne ou Sylvie, – c’étaient les deux moitiés d’un seul amour.

     Blue and pink by turns like the deceptive star of Aldebaran, it was Adrienne and Sylvie – they were the two halves of a single love.

Related terms

• aldébarien

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aldebaˈʁaːn], [aldeˈbaːʁan]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Aldebaran m

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran

Italian

Etymology

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”) (because it follows the Pleiades).

Proper noun

Aldebaran f

1. Aldebaran

Polish

Etymology

Derived from Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.dɛˈba.ran/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: Al‧de‧ba‧ran

Proper noun

Aldebaran m animal

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran

Declension

Declension of Aldebaran

	singular
nominative	Aldebaran
genitive	Aldebarana
dative	Aldebaranowi
accusative	Aldebarana
instrumental	Aldebaranem
locative	Aldebaranie
vocative	Aldebaranie

Further reading

• Aldebaran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.de.baˈɾɐ̃/ [aʊ̯.de.baˈɾɐ̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.dɨ.bɐˈɾan/ [aɫ.dɨ.βɐˈɾan]

Proper noun

Aldebaran f

1. Alternative spelling of Aldebarã