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Midas en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Phrygian midasbor. Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās)bor. Latin Midāslbor. English Midas Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian midas.

Meanings

  1. A very large champagne bottle (named after the King) with the capacity of about 30 liters, equivalent to 40 standard bottles.

Forms

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Midases Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

double-edged sword

Translations (2)

bg Ми́дас (champagne bottle of 30 litres) · pl Midas (champagne bottle of 30 litres)

Midas en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmaɪ.dəs/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Phrygian midasbor. Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās)bor. Latin Midāslbor. English Midas Learned borrowing from Latin Midās, from Ancient Greek Μίδᾱς (Mídās), from Phrygian midas.

Meanings

  1. (Greek) A king who sought and was for a while granted the cherished but subtly dangerous magical power to turn anything he touched into gold.

Deriveds

Midas-like · Midan · Midasian · Midas touch

Translations (11)

fr Midas (Greek mythology) · grc Μίδᾱς (Greek mythology) · bg Ми́дас (Greek mythology) · es Midas (Greek mythology) · ru Мида́с (Greek mythology) · de Midas (Greek mythology) · ca Mides (Greek mythology) · pt Midas (Greek mythology) · pl Midas (Greek mythology) · el Μίδας (Greek mythology) · iu ᒦᑕᔅ (Greek mythology)