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The planet Jupiter
 
Jupiter's planetary symbol

Etymology

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From Latin Iūpiter (father Jove), from Proto-Italic *djous patēr (literally sky father) (cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, father Zeus)), from *djous (day, sky) + *patēr (father), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally the bright one), from *dyew- (to be bright, day sky), and *ph₂tḗr (father). Doublet of Dyaus Pita.

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒupɪtɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒupɪɾɚ]
  • Audio (US):(file)

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Jupiter

  1. (astronomy) The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant, represented by the symbol in astronomy. Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons.
  2. (Roman mythology) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
  3. (informal) The largest of a group of things or a region.
    Brazil could be considered the Jupiter of South America.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, named after a mine.
    2. A town in Palm Beach County, Florida, named in error after the Roman god.
    3. A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, named after the planet.
    4. An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
  5. A summer resort on the Black Sea in Romania.

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  • (astronomy, astrology):

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Jupiter (uncountable)

  1. (heraldry, rare) Azure (blue), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
    • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:
      5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol.
    • 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition:
      George [...] 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland.
    • 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:
      8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. []
    • 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:
      ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.
  2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Tin.

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Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star Sun
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Mercury Venus Earth Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto Eris
Notable
moons
Moon Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Jupiter.

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  • Hyphenation: Ju‧piter

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Jupiter

  1. (astronomy) Jupiter
  2. (Roman mythology) Jupiter

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Czech

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Jupiter m anim

  1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (Roman god)

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  • The archaic way of declining this noun used Jov- in place of Jupiter- in the oblique cases, following the Latin declension.

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Jupiter m inan

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star Slunce
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun Pluto Eris
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moons
Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymed
Callisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Iapetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Charon Dysnomia

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Danish

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Jupiter

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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(planets of the solar system) planeter i solsystemet; Merkur,‎ Venus,‎ Jorden/‎jorden,‎ Mars,‎ Jupiter,‎ Saturn,‎ Uranus,‎ Neptun [edit]

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch jupiter, from Latin Iūpiter.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjy.piˌtɛr/
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  • Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

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Jupiter m

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)
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  • Afrikaans: Jupiter
  • Papiamentu: Yüpitèr

Estonian

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Jupiter

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Faroese

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Jupiter m

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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Solar System in Faroese · Sólskipanin (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkur Venus Jørðin Mars [Term?] Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptun Pluto Eris
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moons
Mánin Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymedes
Callisto
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Titan
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Triton Charon Dysnomia

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Latin Iūpiter.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjupiter/, [ˈjupit̪e̞r]
  • Rhymes: -upiter
  • Hyphenation(key): Ju‧pi‧ter

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Jupiter

  1. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)
  2. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (Roman god)
    Synonym: Juppiter

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Inflection of Jupiter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative Jupiter Jupiterit
genitive Jupiterin Jupiterien
Jupitereiden
Jupitereitten
partitive Jupiteria Jupitereita
Jupitereja
illative Jupiteriin Jupitereihin
singular plural
nominative Jupiter Jupiterit
accusative nom. Jupiter Jupiterit
gen. Jupiterin
genitive Jupiterin Jupiterien
Jupitereiden
Jupitereitten
partitive Jupiteria Jupitereita
Jupitereja
inessive Jupiterissa Jupitereissa
elative Jupiterista Jupitereista
illative Jupiteriin Jupitereihin
adessive Jupiterilla Jupitereilla
ablative Jupiterilta Jupitereilta
allative Jupiterille Jupitereille
essive Jupiterina Jupitereina
translative Jupiteriksi Jupitereiksi
abessive Jupiteritta Jupitereitta
instructive Jupiterein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Jupiter (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

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Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star Aurinko
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets
Merkurius Venus Maa (Tellus) Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturnus Uranus Neptunus Pluto Eris
Notable
moons
Kuu Phobos
Deimos
Io
Europa
Ganymedes
Kallisto
Mimas
Enceladus
Tethys
Dione
Rhea
Titan
Japetus

Miranda
Ariel
Umbriel
Titania
Oberon
Triton Kharon Dysnomia

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Jupiter m

  1. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Jupiter m or f

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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German

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Iūpiter (Jupiter).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːpitɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

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Jupiter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jupiters or Jupiter)

  1. (astronomy) Jupiter
  2. (Roman mythology) Jupiter

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjupitɛr]
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
  • Rhymes: -ɛr

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Jupiter

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative Jupiter Jupiterek
accusative Jupitert Jupitereket
dative Jupiternek Jupitereknek
instrumental Jupiterrel Jupiterekkel
causal-final Jupiterért Jupiterekért
translative Jupiterré Jupiterekké
terminative Jupiterig Jupiterekig
essive-formal Jupiterként Jupiterekként
essive-modal
inessive Jupiterben Jupiterekben
superessive Jupiteren Jupitereken
adessive Jupiternél Jupitereknél
illative Jupiterbe Jupiterekbe
sublative Jupiterre Jupiterekre
allative Jupiterhez Jupiterekhez
elative Jupiterből Jupiterekből
delative Jupiterről Jupiterekről
ablative Jupitertől Jupiterektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
Jupiteré Jupitereké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
Jupiteréi Jupiterekéi
Possessive forms of Jupiter
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Jupiterem Jupitereim
2nd person sing. Jupitered Jupitereid
3rd person sing. Jupitere Jupiterei
1st person plural Jupiterünk Jupitereink
2nd person plural Jupiteretek Jupitereitek
3rd person plural Jupiterük Jupitereik

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Jūpiter m sg (genitive Jovis); third declension

  1. Alternative spelling of Iuppiter

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Jūpiter
genitive Jovis
dative Jovī
accusative Jovem
ablative Jove
vocative Jūpiter

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Jupiter

  1. Alternative form of Jubiter

Northern Sami

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Borrowed from Norwegian Jupiter.

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈjupiːter/

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Jupiter

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian

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Jupiter

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djowe-, ablative case of *djous, from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws. Doublet of Jowisz and Zeus.

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Jupiter m pers

  1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (the chief god, the Roman god of the sky and lightning)
    Synonym: Jowisz

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Further reading

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

Romanian

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Jupiter m

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA(key): /jǔpiter/
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

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Jùpiter m (Cyrillic spelling Ју̀питер)

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Derived from Latin Iūpiter (father Jove).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjupicer]
  • Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

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Jupiter m pers (genitive singular Jupitera, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Jupiter m inan (genitive singular Jupitera, declension pattern of dub)

  1. Jupiter (planet)

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References

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  • Jupiter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

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Jȗpitər m inan

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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Planet:

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative Júpiter
genitive Júpitra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Júpiter
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Júpitra
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Júpitru
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Júpiter
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Júpitru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Júpitrom

God (or sometimes the planet):

 
The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative Júpiter
genitive Júpitra
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Júpiter
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Júpitra
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Júpitru
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Júpitra
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Júpitru
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Júpitrom

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Jupiter c (genitive Jupiters)

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (Roman god)

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Jupiter c (no plural)

  1. Jupiter (planet)
  2. Jupiter (god)

Further reading

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  • Jupiter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011