Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Aphrodite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/ (US)
  • /æfɹəˈdaɪti/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Aphrodite Giant (“breed of cat”).

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Aphrodité alternative, obsolete lexicographic
Aphrodites Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Aphrodite Giant

Aphrodite en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /æfɹoʊˈdaɪti/ (US)
  • /æfɹəˈdaɪti/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) The goddess of beauty and love, born when Cronus castrated his father, Uranus, and threw his genitalia into the sea.
    • In the "Iliad", Aphrodite is represented as the daughter of Zeus and Dione, the goddess of moisture, who, as the wife of the god of heaven, was held in high esteem among the old Pelasgians. 1877, Otto Seemann, The Mythology of Greece and Rome: With Special Reference to Its Use in Art, page 65:
  2. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • Aphrodite Jones is an American author and TV producer.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Aphrodité alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Coordinates

Venus

Deriveds

Aphrodite Giant · aphrodisiacal · Aphrodite Terra · Aphrodisian · aphrodisia · aphroditic · aphro- · aphrodito- · aphrodisiac

Relateds

Venus · Kypris · Urania · Cytherea · Ourania · Anadyomene · Despina · Pandemos · Acidalia

Translations (45)

ga Afradaíté (Greek goddess) · gl Afrodita (Greek goddess) · ca Afrodita (Greek goddess) · yi אַפֿראָדיטע (Greek goddess) · ja アプロディーテー (Greek goddess) · el Αφροδίτη (Greek goddess) · sh Афро̀дита (Greek goddess) · pl Afrodyta (Greek goddess) · or ଆଫ୍ରୋଡ଼ାଇଟ୍ (Greek goddess) · aln Afro dyt (Greek goddess) · grc Ἀφροδίτη (Greek goddess) · syc ܐܦܪܘܕܝܛܐ (Greek goddess) · ko 아프로디테 (Greek goddess) · la Aphrodite (Greek goddess) · sq Afrodita (Greek goddess) · bn আফ্রোদিতি (Greek goddess) · cmn 阿佛洛狄忒 (Greek goddess) · nl Aphrodite (Greek goddess) · cs Afrodita (Greek goddess) · sh Afròdita (Greek goddess) · sv Afrodite (Greek goddess) · cop ⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲏ (Greek goddess) · ar أَفْرُودِيت (Greek goddess) · de Aphrodite (Greek goddess) · cmn 阿佛羅狄忒 /阿佛罗狄忒 (Greek goddess) · hy Աֆրոդիտե (Greek goddess) · fr Aphrodite (Greek goddess) · sq Afërdit (Greek goddess) · chr ᎠᏩᎶᏓᏘ (Greek goddess) · es Afrodita (Greek goddess) · he אַפְרוֹדִיטִי (Greek goddess) · hu Aphrodité (Greek goddess) · uk Афроді́та (Greek goddess) · la Venus (Greek goddess) · fi Afrodite (Greek goddess) · eo Afrodito (Greek goddess) · pa ਐਫਰੋਡਾਇਟੀ (Greek goddess) · gu ઍફ્રોડાઈટી (Greek goddess) · it Afrodite (Greek goddess) · ru Афроди́та (Greek goddess) · pt Afrodite (Greek goddess) · tr Afrodit (Greek goddess) · sq Afrodya (Greek goddess) · hi ऐफ़्रोडाइटी (Greek goddess) · bg Афродита (Greek goddess)