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Neptune en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • nĕp′to͞on′
  • /ˈnɛptjuːn/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnɛptʃuːn/ (UK)
  • /ˈneptʃʉːn/ (New-Zealand)
  • nĕp′tyo͞on′
  • /ˈnɛptuːn/ (US)
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *nébʰosder. Proto-Italic *neptūnos Latin Neptūnusbor. Middle English Neptune English Neptune From Middle English Neptune, Neptunus, a borrowing from Latin Neptūnus, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰ-tu-s (“damp, cloudy”) (source of Ancient Greek νέφος (néphos), Sanskrit नभस् (nábhas), etc.), with the sense of "wet, moist." Puhvel, however, connects it with Proto-Italic *nepōts from Proto-Indo-European *népōts by analogy to Portūnus, cognate with Vedic Apām Napāt and Avestan Apąm Napāt, Child (cf: neve, nephew) of the Water as part of an Indo-European 'Fire in the Water' myth.

Meanings

  1. The eighth planet in our solar system, represented in astronomy and astrology by ♆.
    • The duration of planetary orbits ranges widely. Mercury — the closest planet to the sun — has an 88-day orbit, while Earth, the third from the sun, takes 365 days (1 year). Mars needs almost twice that time to fly around the sun, while Saturn takes 10,759 days (29.4 years). Neptune, the furthest planet from the sun, has an orbit of 60,190 days (164.9 years). 2024 June 27, Zulfikar Abbany, “Asteroids and comets: What's the difference?”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2026:
    • It was on the first day of the new year that the announcement was made, almost simultaneously from three observatories, that the motion of the planet Neptune, the outermost of all the planets that wheel about the sun, had become very erratic. Ogilvy had already called attention to a suspected retardation in its velocity in December. Such a piece of news was scarcely calculated to interest a world the greater portion of whose inhabitants were unaware of the existence of the planet Neptune, nor outside the astronomical profession did the subsequent discovery of a faint remote speck of light in the region of the perturbed planet cause any very great excitement. Scientific people, however, found the intelligence remarkable enough, even before it became known that the new body was rapidly growing larger and brighter, that its motion was quite different from the orderly progress of the planets, and that the deflection of Neptune and its satellite was becoming now of an unprecedented kind. 1897, H. G. Wells, The Star (Science Fiction):
    • At a meeting of the French Academy of Science, M. Leverrier presented a fifth and final memoir on the new planet, which M. Arago proposes to be called Neptune. 1846 November 21, “A NEW PLANET-BEAUTIFUL DISCOVERY.”, in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, number 146, page 336, column 1:
  2. (Roman) The god of the ocean and of earthquakes, equivalent to Poseidon in Greek mythology.
    • And Pitheus alſo had giuen it out abroad, that he was begotten of Neptune, becauſe the TROEZENIANS haue this god in great veneration, and doe worſhip him as patron and protector of their citie, making offerings to him of their firſt fruits: and they haue for the marke and ſtamp of their money, the three picked mace, which is the ſigne of Neptune, called his Trident. 1595, The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea, translation of original in Ancient Greek, page 3:
  3. A place in the United States: ▸ A township in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
  4. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Ohio.
  5. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
  6. A place in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in the town of Ithaca, Richland County, Wisconsin.

Deriveds

neptunium · super-Neptune · cold Neptune · Neptune Beach · eggs Neptune · neptunite · Neptune powder · mini-Neptune · Neptunist · hot Neptune · Neptunism · Neptune's Fix · Neptunicentric · Neptune City · Neptune grass · Neptune's cup · Neptunian

Relateds

Poseidon · Neptunus

Synonyms

♆ · ⯉

Translations (186)

yi נעפּטון (eighth planet of the solar system) · kw Nevyon (Roman god of the ocean) · sh Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · sv Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · ce Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · mi Tangaroa (Roman god of the ocean) · ka ნეპტუნი (Roman god of the ocean) · te ఇంద్రుడు (eighth planet of the solar system) · io Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · da Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · mi Tangaroa (eighth planet of the solar system) · sw Neptuni (Roman god of the ocean) · jv Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · pl Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · fi Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · vi Sao Hải Vương (eighth planet of the solar system) · sk Neptún (eighth planet of the solar system) · zu uNolundwa (eighth planet of the solar system) · lv Neptūns (eighth planet of the solar system) · ja 海王星 (eighth planet of the solar system) · ga Neiptiún (Roman god of the ocean) · sl Neptún (eighth planet of the solar system) · nrf Nepteune (eighth planet of the solar system) · be Нэпту́н (eighth planet of the solar system) · ba Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · hu Neptunusz (eighth planet of the solar system) · ro Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · vec Netun (eighth planet of the solar system) · zu uNepuhthuni (eighth planet of the solar system) · ml നെപ്റ്റ്യൂൺ (eighth planet of the solar system) · fa نپتون (eighth planet of the solar system) · az Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · bn নেপচুন (eighth planet of the solar system) · es Neptuno (Roman god of the ocean) · nah Tlāloccītlalli (eighth planet of the solar system) · ru Непту́н (eighth planet of the solar system) · el Ποσειδώνας (eighth planet of the solar system) · uz Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · kk Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · os Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · he רהב (eighth planet of the solar system) · tum Neputuni (eighth planet of the solar system) · ca Neptú (Roman god of the ocean) · hy Նեպտուն (Roman god of the ocean) · eo Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · cmn 尼普頓 /尼普顿 (Roman god of the ocean) · uk Непту́н (eighth planet of the solar system) · ka ნეპტუნი (eighth planet of the solar system) · ro Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · sw Neptuni (eighth planet of the solar system) · th ดาวเกตุ (eighth planet of the solar system) · tl Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · th ดาวเนปจูน (eighth planet of the solar system) · ko 넵튠 (Roman god of the ocean) · lt Neptūnas (Roman god of the ocean) · yue 海王星 (eighth planet of the solar system) · it Nettuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · dz ནེཔ་ཊུན (eighth planet of the solar system) · mn Далайн ван (eighth planet of the solar system) · aii ܢܹܦܬܘܼܢܘܿܣ (eighth planet of the solar system) · km កេតុ (eighth planet of the solar system) · ms Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · tk Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · ta நெப்டியூன் (eighth planet of the solar system) · eo Neptuno (Roman god of the ocean) · et Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · fr Neptune (Roman god of the ocean) · or ନେପ୍ଚ୍ୟୁନ (Roman god of the ocean) · nl Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · af Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · tt Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · nl Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · wo Neptuun (eighth planet of the solar system) · tr Neptün (eighth planet of the solar system) · ja ネプトゥーン (eighth planet of the solar system) · ne वरुणग्रह (eighth planet of the solar system) · tr Neptün (Roman god of the ocean) · km ភពណិបទូន (eighth planet of the solar system) · sl Neptún (Roman god of the ocean) · nan-hbl 海王星 (eighth planet of the solar system) · yo Nẹ́ptúnù (eighth planet of the solar system) · sw Kausi (eighth planet of the solar system) · nrf Nepteune (Roman god of the ocean) · fo Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · cs Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · gd Neaptun (Roman god of the ocean) · tpi Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · gl Neptuno (Roman god of the ocean) · ckb نێپتوون (Roman god of the ocean) · ht Neptin (eighth planet of the solar system) · qu Niptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · pt Netuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · da Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · et Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · mg Neptiona (eighth planet of the solar system) · la Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · ja ネプチューン (eighth planet of the solar system) · cy Neifion (eighth planet of the solar system) · hi वरुण (eighth planet of the solar system) · jam Neptyuun (eighth planet of the solar system) · lo ເນບຕູນ (eighth planet of the solar system) · lv Neptūns (Roman god of the ocean) · sn Nyn'aimamushana (eighth planet of the solar system) · la Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · fa نپتون (Roman god of the ocean) · is Neptúnus (Roman god of the ocean) · pt Netuno (Roman god of the ocean) · sv Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · eu Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · lt Neptūnas (eighth planet of the solar system) · fr Neptune (eighth planet of the solar system) · ja ネプトゥヌス (Roman god of the ocean) · ca Neptú (eighth planet of the solar system) · chr Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (eighth planet of the solar system) · ia Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · cy Neifion (Roman god of the ocean) · si නෙප්චූන් (eighth planet of the solar system) · fi Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · eu Neptuno (Roman god of the ocean) · tum Vidinda (eighth planet of the solar system) · to Nepituno (eighth planet of the solar system) · af Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · he נפטון (eighth planet of the solar system) · cs Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · no Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · or ନେପ୍ଚୁନ୍ (eighth planet of the solar system) · hy Նեպտուն (eighth planet of the solar system) · ab Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · am ኔፕቱን (eighth planet of the solar system) · tum Chanya la Vidinda (eighth planet of the solar system) · cmn 涅普頓 /涅普顿 (Roman god of the ocean) · mk Не́птун (eighth planet of the solar system) · be Непту́н (eighth planet of the solar system) · it Nettuno (Roman god of the ocean) · bo སྐར་མ་མཚོ་རྒྱལ (eighth planet of the solar system) · haw Nepekune (eighth planet of the solar system) · gl Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · ps نیپټون (eighth planet of the solar system) · id Neptunus (Roman god of the ocean) · cmn 海王星 (eighth planet of the solar system) · mr नेपच्यून (eighth planet of the solar system) · tg Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · ln Neptuné (eighth planet of the solar system) · ar نِبْتُون (eighth planet of the solar system) · sah Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · so Docay (eighth planet of the solar system) · sh Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · tn Nepthune (eighth planet of the solar system) · de Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · fj Nepituni (eighth planet of the solar system) · no Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · et Neptuun (eighth planet of the solar system) · gd Neaptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · haw Nepekune (Roman god of the ocean) · de Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · ko 해왕성 (eighth planet of the solar system) · pl Neptun (Roman god of the ocean) · ru Непту́н (Roman god of the ocean) · ja ネプチューン (Roman god of the ocean) · kw Nevyon (eighth planet of the solar system) · kaa Neptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · te నెప్త్యూన్ (eighth planet of the solar system) · is Neptúnus (eighth planet of the solar system) · chr Ꮑ'ᏚᏂ (Roman god of the ocean) · ky Нептун (eighth planet of the solar system) · es Neptuno (eighth planet of the solar system) · vi sao Hải Vương (eighth planet of the solar system) · kn ನೆಪ್ಚೂನ್ (eighth planet of the solar system) · or ବରୁଣ (eighth planet of the solar system) · sat ᱵᱷᱩᱛ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (eighth planet of the solar system) · so Nebtuun (eighth planet of the solar system) · iu ᓂᑉᑑᓐ (eighth planet of the solar system) · ta நெப்டியூன் (Roman god of the ocean) · vo näptun (eighth planet of the solar system) · io Neptuno (Roman god of the ocean) · hu Neptunusz (Roman god of the ocean) · my နက်ပကျွန်း (eighth planet of the solar system) · za Ndaundeiqhaijvuengz (eighth planet of the solar system) · ckb نێپتوون (eighth planet of the solar system) · mk Не́птун (Roman god of the ocean) · chr ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎡᎶᎯ (eighth planet of the solar system) · nv Néʼtoon (eighth planet of the solar system) · mt Nettunu (eighth planet of the solar system) · hi नेप्च्युन (eighth planet of the solar system) · id Neptunus (eighth planet of the solar system) · uk Непту́н (Roman god of the ocean)

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