Osiris
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Osīris, derived from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs), derived from Egyptian wsjr.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ō-sī′rĭs
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /oʊˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əʉˈsɑɪ.ɹɪs/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɐʉˈsaɪ.ɹəs/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /oˈsaɪ.ɹɪs/
- (India) IPA(key): /oːˈsaj.ɾis/
- Hyphenation: Osi‧ris
Proper noun
Osiris
- (Egyptian mythology) The Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld.
- (astronomy, planetology) An exoplanet in the Pegasus constellation, HD 209458 b.
Derived terms
Translations
Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld
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Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris
Proper noun
Osiris
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.zi.ʁis/
- Hyphenation: O‧si‧ris
Proper noun
Osiris m
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Osīris, from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρις (Ósīris), from Egyptian
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈziːʁɪs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Osi‧ris
Proper noun
Osiris m (proper noun, strong, genitive Osiris' or (with an article) Osiris)
Declension
Declension of Osiris [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄσῑρῐς (Ósīrĭs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔˈsiː.rɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [oˈs̬iː.ris]
- Hyphenation: O‧sī‧ris
Proper noun
Osīris m sg (genitive Osīris); third declension
- (Egyptian mythology) Osiris (the Egyptian god of the dead and of the underworld)
- name of a warrior slain by Thymbrœus
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī), singular only.
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nominative | Osīris |
genitive | Osīris |
dative | Osīrī |
accusative | Osīrim Osīrin |
ablative | Osīrī |
vocative | Osīris |
Further reading
- “Osiris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Osiris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈsiɾis/ [oˈsi.ɾis]
- Rhymes: -iɾis
- Syllabification: O‧si‧ris
Proper noun
Osiris m