Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

satyr en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈseɪtɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsætɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈsætə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From French satyre, from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Meanings

  1. (Greek) A sylvan deity or demigod, male companion of Pan or Dionysus, represented as part man and part goat, and characterized by riotous merriment and lasciviousness, sometimes pictured with a perpetual erection.
    • Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long. male variation of nymphs 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:
  2. (Roman) Synonym of faun.
  3. (broadly) A lecherous man.
  4. Any of various butterflies of the nymphalid subfamily Satyrinae, having brown wings marked with eyelike spots; a meadow brown.
  5. (obsolete) The orangutan.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
satyrus alternative, rare lexicographic
satyre alternative, archaic, rare lexicographic
satyrs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

satyresque · satyrisation · satyr play · satyrism · satyrization · satyress · satyrlike · satyrical · satyrizing

Relateds

satyrisk · satyriasis

Synonyms

faun

Translations (42)

tr satir (Greek mythology) · ro satir (Greek mythology) · ru сати́р (Greek mythology) · ur ساطیر (Greek mythology) · fr satyre (Greek mythology) · pt sátiro (Greek mythology) · grc σάτυρος (Greek mythology) · gl sátiro (Greek mythology) · sv satyr (Greek mythology) · da satyr (Greek mythology) · hi हवसनाक (Lecher) · th เมษปิศาจ (Greek mythology) · ur ہوسناک (Lecher) · es sátiro (Greek mythology) · hi हवस-परस्त (Lecher) · ca sàtir (Greek mythology) · hy սատիր (Greek mythology) · hi सेटिर (Greek mythology) · ang satyrus (Greek mythology) · pl satyr (Lecher) · sv satyr (Lecher) · la satyrus (Greek mythology) · ast sátiru (Greek mythology) · eo satiruso (Greek mythology) · ja サテュロス (Greek mythology) · de Satyr (Greek mythology) · fr satyre (Lecher) · es sátiro (Lecher) · fi satyyri (Greek mythology) · af sater (Greek mythology) · cs satyr (Greek mythology) · pl satyr (Greek mythology) · hi हवसदार (Lecher) · ko 사튀로스 (Greek mythology) · csb satir (Greek mythology) · bg сатир (Greek mythology) · it satiro (Greek mythology) · ar ساتير (Greek mythology) · el σάτυρος (Greek mythology) · th เซเทอร์ (Greek mythology) · tl satiro (Greek mythology) · bg развратник (Lecher)