Neptunus

From Dutch Neptunus.

• Hyphenation: Neptu‧nus

Neptunus

1. (astronomy) Neptune
2. (Roman mythology) Neptune

• (planete van die Sonnestelsel) planete van die Sonnestelsel; Mercurius, Venus, Aarde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturnus, Uranus, Neptunus

From Latin Neptūnus.

• IPA^(key): /nɛpˈtynʏs/

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Neptunus n

1. Neptune, the eighth planet of our solar system
2. Neptune, the Roman sea god

• Poseidon

Neptunus

1. Neptune (god)

From Latin Neptūnus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈneptunus/, [ˈne̞pt̪unus̠]
• Rhymes: -eptunus
• Syllabification^(key): Nep‧tu‧nus

Neptunus

1. (Roman mythology) Neptune
2. (astronomy) Neptune

Probably from Proto-Italic *neptūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, moisture, mist”), but this is disputed; see Neptune.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /nepˈtuː.nus/, [nɛpˈt̪uːnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nepˈtu.nus/, [nepˈt̪uːnus]

Neptūnus m (genitive Neptūnī); second declension

1. (Roman mythology) Neptune (god of the sea)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) Neptune (planet)

Second-declension noun.

Inherited:

• Old French: netun (“marine monster”), nuiton (alteration through confusion with nuit, "night")
  • Middle French: luiton (alteration through confusion with luire, "to glow")
    • French: lutin (alteration of luiton), nuton (regional, Ardennes françaises), luiton (regional, Dauphiné)
  • Walloon: nûton

Borrowed:

• → French: Neptune

• “Neptunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Neptunus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Neptunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• Neptune

From Latin Neptūnus.

• IPA^(key): /nɛpˈtiu̯nus/

Neptunus

1. (mythology) The Roman god governing the sea; Neptune.

The planet known as Neptune was yet undiscovered during the span of time inhabited by Middle English; therefore no planetary sense belonged to the word.

• English: Neptune

• “Neptunus, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.

• IPA^(key): /nɛpˈtʉːnɵs/

Neptunus c (genitive Neptunus)

1. Neptune (planet)
2. Neptune (Roman god)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /nɛpˈtynəs/

Neptunus c (no plural)

1. Neptune (planet)
2. Neptune (god)

• “Neptunus”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011