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Ganymede en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡænɪmiːd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to rejoice, to be glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

Meanings

1. A servant boy or young waiter, particularly one who serves liquor.
2. A boy kept for pederastic purposes; a catamite.

Forms

Translations (1)

sv munskänk (servant boy)

Ganymede en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡænɪmiːd/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From French Ganymède, from Latin Ganymēdēs, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “meant to please”), from γάνυμαι (gánumai, “to rejoice, to be glad”) + μήδεα (mḗdea, “thought, intention”). Doublet of catamite.

Meanings

1. (Greek) A Trojan boy who was abducted (either by Zeus or Eos), and ultimately became immortal in order to be Zeus' cupbearer.
2. A moon of Jupiter.

Deriveds

Ganymedean

Translations (51)

az Qanimed (in Greek mythology) · de Ganymed (satellite of Jupiter) · ar جَانِيمِيد (satellite of Jupiter) · cmn 伽倪墨得斯 (in Greek mythology) · ca Ganimedes (satellite of Jupiter) · az Qanimed (satellite of Jupiter) · la Ganymēdēs (in Greek mythology) · hy Գանիմեդ (satellite of Jupiter) · th แกนีมีด (in Greek mythology) · fi Ganymedes (in Greek mythology) · pt Ganímedes (satellite of Jupiter) · ja ガニメデ (satellite of Jupiter) · ja ガニュメーデース (in Greek mythology) · ko 가니메데스 (in Greek mythology) · af Ganumedes (satellite of Jupiter) · iu ᒑᓂᒥᑦ (in Greek mythology) · cmn 甘尼米德 (satellite of Jupiter) · bg Ганимед (in Greek mythology) · th แกนิมีด (satellite of Jupiter) · ca Ganimedes (in Greek mythology) · it Ganimede (satellite of Jupiter) · cmn 木衛三 /木卫三 (satellite of Jupiter) · th แกนีมีด (satellite of Jupiter) · el Γανυμήδης (satellite of Jupiter) · ka განიმედე (satellite of Jupiter) · ru Ганиме́д (satellite of Jupiter) · fr Ganymède (satellite of Jupiter) · pt Ganimedes (satellite of Jupiter) · th แกนิมีด (in Greek mythology) · pl Ganimedes (satellite of Jupiter) · pt Ganimedes (in Greek mythology) · ru Ганиме́д (in Greek mythology) · sv Ganymedes (satellite of Jupiter) · hy Գանիմեդ (in Greek mythology) · el Γανυμήδης (in Greek mythology) · haw Kanimeki (satellite of Jupiter) · kl Ganymedesi (in Greek mythology) · es Ganimedes (satellite of Jupiter) · bg Ганимед (satellite of Jupiter) · pl Ganimedes (in Greek mythology) · pt Ganímedes (in Greek mythology) · es Ganimedes (in Greek mythology) · fr Ganymède (in Greek mythology) · ar غَانِيمَادَس (in Greek mythology) · fi Ganymedes (satellite of Jupiter) · ko 가니메데 (satellite of Jupiter) · de Ganymed (in Greek mythology) · af Ganumedes (in Greek mythology) · ka განიმედე (in Greek mythology) · grc Γανυμήδης (in Greek mythology) · da Ganymedes (in Greek mythology)

wikidata: Q131588 · wikidata: Q3169