Capricorn

English

Signs of the Zodiac

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Etymology

From Latin Capricornus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæp.ɹɪˌkɔɹn/

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Proper noun

Capricorn (symbol ♑︎)

2. (astronomy): Capricornus
4. (astrology): The zodiac sign for the goat, ruled by Saturn and covering December 22 – January 20 (tropical astrology) or January 15 – February 14 (sidereal astrology).

Synonyms

• Capricornian

Antonyms

• Cancer

Derived terms

• Capricorn beetle
• first point of Capricorn
• Tropic of Capricorn

Translations

constellation — see Capricornus

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Steenbok
• Albanian: Bricjapi m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَدْي m (burj al-jady), اَلْجَدْي m (al-jady)
• Armenian: Այծեղջյուր (Ayceġǰyur)

  Old Armenian: այծեղջիւր (aycełǰiwr)

• Asturian: Capricorniu
• Azerbaijani: Oğlaq
• Breton: Gavr f
• Bulgarian: Козирог m (Kozirog)
• Burmese: မကာရ (ma.kara.)
• Catalan: Capricorn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩羯座 (zh) (mójiézuò)

• Coptic: ⲙⲉⲛⲇⲏⲥ (mendēs)
• Cornish: an Aver
• Czech: Kozoroh (cs) m
• Danish: Stenbukken
• Dutch: Steenbok (nl) m
• Finnish: Kauris (fi)
• French: Capricorne (fr)
• Galician: Capricornio (gl)
• Georgian: თხის რქა (txis rka)
• German: Steinbock (de) m
• Greek: Αιγόκερως (el) m (Aigókeros)

  Ancient: Αἰγοκέρως m (Aigokérōs)

• Hebrew: גְּדִי (he) m (gdi)
• Hindi: मकर (hi) m (makar)
• Hungarian: Bak (hu)
• Irish: an Gabhar m
• Italian: Capricorno (it) m
• Japanese: 磨羯宮 (ja) (まかつきゅう, makatsukyū)
• Kazakh: Тауешкі (Taueşkı)
• Khmer: មករា (km) (mĕəʼkaʼraa)
• Korean: 염소자리 (ko) (yeomsojari), 마갈궁 (magalgung)
• Latvian: Mežāzis m
• Lithuanian: Ožiaragis (lt) m
• Luxembourgish: Steebock m
• Macedonian: јарец m (jarec)
• Malay: Kambing Duyung, Jadi, Kaprikorn
• Maltese: Kaprikorn m, Il-Muntun m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Steinbukken (no) m

  Nynorsk: Steinbukken m

• Persian: بزغاله (fa) (bozğâle)
• Polish: Koziorożec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Capricórnio (pt) m
• Romanian: Capricorn m
• Russian: Козеро́г (ru) m (Kozeróg)
• Sanskrit: मकर (sa) m (makara)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Gobhar m
• Slovak: Kozoroh m
• Slovene: Kozorog (sl)
• Spanish: Capricornio (es)
• Swahili: Jadi, Mbuzi
• Swedish: Stenbocken (sv) c
• Tagalog: Kambing
• Telugu: మకరరాశి (te) (makararāśi), మకరము (te) (makaramu), మకరం (te) (makaraṁ)
• Thai: มังกร (th) (mang-gɔɔn), มกร (th) (má-gɔɔn)
• Turkish: Oğlak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Козорі́г m (Kozoríh)
• Welsh: yr Afr m

Noun

Capricorn (plural Capricorns)

1. Someone with a Capricorn star sign.
   • 2022, Candice Carty-Williams, People Person, Trapeze, page 232:

     ‘This is why I stay away from Capricorns. You can be so cold!’

Translations

Someone with a Capricorn star sign

• Bulgarian: ко́зирог m (kózirog)
• Catalan: capricorn (ca) m or f
• Danish: stenbuk c
• Finnish: kauris (fi)
• Macedonian: јарец m (jarec)
• Portuguese: capricorniano
• Ukrainian: козорі́г m (kozoríh)

See also

Zodiac signs in English (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces