satyr

See also: Satyr

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsætə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈseɪtɚ/, /ˈsætɚ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophone: saeter (GA pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ), -eɪtə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: sa‧tyr

Noun

satyr (plural satyrs)

  1. (Greek mythology) 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.
    • 1637, John Milton, Lycidas:
      Rough Satyrs danced; and Fauns, with cloven heel, / From the glad sound would not be absent long.
      male variation of nymphs
  2. (Roman mythology) Synonym of faun.
  3. (by extension) 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.

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Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin satyrus, from Ancient Greek σάτυρος (sáturos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaː.tir/, /ˈsaː.tər/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧tyr

Noun

satyr m (plural satyrs, diminutive satyrtje n)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) satyr, faun

Derived terms

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.tɘr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɘr
  • Syllabification: sa‧tyr

Etymology 1

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

Noun

satyr m pers

  1. (Greek mythology) satyr
  2. satyr (lecherous man)
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
  • satyrowy

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

satyr f

  1. genitive plural of satyra

Further reading

  • satyr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • satyr in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

satyr c

  1. (Greek mythology) a satyr
  2. a satyr (lecherous (older) man)

Declension

Declension of satyr
nominative genitive
singular indefinite satyr satyrs
definite satyren satyrens
plural indefinite satyrer satyrers
definite satyrerna satyrernas

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