Saturn

See also: saturn and Satürn

English

The planet Saturn

Saturn's planetary symbol ⟨♄⟩

Etymology

From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæt.ɚn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsæt.ən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)n

Proper noun

Saturn

2. (astronomy) The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.
4. (Roman mythology) The god of fertility and agriculture, equivalent to the Greek Kronos.

Synonyms

• (astronomy, astrology): ♄

Derived terms

• saturnal
• Saturnian
• saturnine
• saturnism
• saturnite
• sub-Saturn

 

Related terms

• Saturday
• saturnalia
• saturnid

 

Translations

planet

• Afrikaans: Saturnus
• Albanian: Shtunë m
• Amharic: ማህፈድ (mahfäd)
• Arabic: زُحَل m (zuḥal)

  Hijazi Arabic: زُحَل m (zuḥal)

• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܹܐܘܵܢ m (kewwān)

  Classical Syriac: ܟܹܐܘܵܢ m (kewwān)

• Armenian: Սատուռն (Satuṙn), Երևակ (Erewak)
• Assamese: শনি গ্ৰহ (xoni groh)
• Asturian: Saturnu m
• Azerbaijani: Saturn (az), Zühəl, Səkəndiz
• Basque: Saturno (eu)
• Belarusian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Breton: Sadorn (br) m
• Bulgarian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Burmese: စနေဂြိုဟ် (ca.negruih), စနေ (my) (ca.ne)
• Catalan: Saturn m
• Cherokee: ᏌᏓᏂ (sadani)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 土星 (tou² sing¹)

  Hokkien: 土星 (zh-min-nan) (Thó͘-chheⁿ, Thó͘-chhiⁿ)

  Mandarin: 土星 (zh) (Tǔxīng)

• Coptic: ⲣⲏⲫⲁⲛ (rēphan)
• Cornish: Sadorn m
• Czech: Saturn (cs) m
• Danish: Saturn (da)
• Dutch: Saturnus (nl) m
• Dzongkha: སྤེན་པ (spen pa)
• Esperanto: Saturno (eo)
• Estonian: Saturn
• Finnish: Saturnus (fi)
• French: Saturne (fr)
• Galician: Saturno (gl) m
• Georgian: სატურნი (saṭurni)
• German: Saturn (de) m
• Greek: Κρόνος (el) m (Krónos)

  Ancient: Νέμεσις f (Némesis)

• Hawaiian: Makulu
• Hebrew: שַׁבְּתַאי (he) (Shabtáy), כִּיּוּן (he) m (Kiyyún) (biblical)
• Hindi: शनि (hi) m (śani)
• Hungarian: Szaturnusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Satúrnus (is) m
• Indonesian: Saturnus, Zohal
• Interlingua: Saturno
• Irish: Satarn m
• Italian: Saturno (it) m
• Japanese: 土星 (ja) (どせい, Dosei), サターン (ja) (Satān)
• Kalmyk: Бембә (Bembä)
• Kannada: ಶನಿ (kn) (śani)
• Kazakh: Қоңырқай (Qoñyrqai)
• Khmer: សៅរ៍ (km) (saw), ភពសៅរ៍ (phup saw)
• Korean: 토성 (ko) (Toseong)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەیوان (ckb) (keywan), زوحەل (ckb) (zuḧel)

• Kyrgyz: Сатурн (Saturn)
• Lao: ດາວເສົາ (lo) (dāo sao), ເສົາ (lo) (sao)
• Latin: Saturnus (la) m
• Latvian: Saturns m
• Lithuanian: Saturnas (lt) m, Sėlija f
• Lü: ᦡᦱᧁᦡᦲᧃ (ḋaawḋiin)
• Macedonian: Сатурн m (Saturn)
• Malay: Zuhal (ms)
• Malayalam: ശനി (ml) (śani)
• Manchu: ᠪᠣᡳ᠌ᡥᠣᠨ
  ᡠᠰᡳ᠍ᡥᠠ (boihon usiha)
• Manx: Sarn m
• Maori: Rongo
• Navajo: Séetin
• Norwegian: Saturn (no) m
• Old Church Slavonic: Кронъ (Kronŭ)
• Pashto: زحل m (zohál), کيوان m (kaywãn)
• Persian: زحل (fa) (zohal), کیوان (fa) (keyvân)
• Polish: Saturn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saturno (pt) m
• Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
• Romanian: Saturn (ro)
• Russian: Сату́рн (ru) m (Satúrn)
• Sanskrit: शनि (sa) m (śani)
• Santali: ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ (dhiri ẽgel)
• Scottish Gaelic: Satarn m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сатурн m

  Roman: Saturn (sh) m

• Sinhalese: සෙනසුරු (senasuru)
• Slovak: Saturn m
• Slovene: Satúrn m inan or m anim
• Spanish: Saturno (es) m
• Swahili: Sarateni, Zohali (sw)
• Swedish: Saturnus (sv) c
• Tagalog: Saturno
• Tajik: Зуҳал (tg) (Zuhal), Кайвон (Kayvon)
• Tamil: சனி (ta) (caṉi)
• Telugu: శని (te) (śani)
• Thai: ดาวเสาร์ (daaw-sǎo), เสาร์ (th) (sǎo)
• Tibetan: སྤེན་པ (spen pa)
• Turkish: Satürn (tr), Sekendiz (tr), Zühal (tr) (archaic)
• Turkmen: Saturn
• Ukrainian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Urdu: زحل (zuhal)
• Uzbek: Saturn
• Vietnamese: sao Thổ
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: Sadwrn (cy) m
• Yiddish: סאַטורן m (saturn)
• Zhuang: Ndaundeiqnamh

god

• Afrikaans: Saturnus
• Arabic: سَاتُورْن (ar) m (saturn)
• Armenian: Սատուռն (Satuṙn)
• Asturian: Saturnu m
• Basque: Saturno (eu)
• Belarusian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Breton: Sadorn (br) m
• Bulgarian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Catalan: Saturn m
• Cherokee: ᏌᏓᏂ (sadani)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 薩圖爾努斯／萨图尔努斯 (Sàtú'ěrnǔsī), 撒頓努斯／撒顿努斯 (Sādùnnǔsī), 薩圖恩努斯／萨图恩努斯 (Sàtú'ēnnǔsī)

• Cornish: Sadorn m
• Czech: Saturn (cs) m
• Dutch: Saturnus (nl) m
• Esperanto: Saturno (eo)
• Estonian: Saturnus
• Finnish: Saturnus (fi)
• French: Saturne (fr) m
• Galician: Saturno (gl) m
• Georgian: სატურნი (saṭurni)
• German: Saturn (de) m
• Greek: Κρόνος (el) m (Krónos)
• Hungarian: Szaturnusz (hu)
• Indonesian: Saturnus
• Irish: Satarn m
• Italian: Saturno (it) m
• Japanese: サートゥルヌス (ja) (Sāturunusu)
• Khmer: ព្រះសៅរ៍ (preăhsaur៍)
• Korean: 사투르누스 (ko) (Satureunuseu)
• Latin: Saturnus (la) m
• Latvian: Saturns m
• Lithuanian: Saturnas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Сатурн m (Saturn)
• Manx: Sarn m
• Norwegian: Saturn (no) m
• Persian: ساتورن (sâturn), کیوان (fa) (keyvân)
• Polish: Saturn (pl) m
• Portuguese: Saturno (pt) m
• Romanian: Saturn (ro)
• Russian: Сату́рн (ru) m (Satúrn)
• Scottish Gaelic: Satarn m
• Slovene: Satúrn m anim
• Spanish: Saturno (es) m
• Swahili: Sarateni
• Swedish: Saturnus (sv) c
• Turkish: Satürn (tr)
• Ukrainian: Сату́рн m (Satúrn)
• Welsh: Sadwrn (cy) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Saturnu m
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} Saturn m
• Tatar: ^{(please verify)} Saturn (tt)
• Telugu: ^{(please verify)} శని
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Satürn (tr)

Noun

Saturn (uncountable)

1. (heraldry, rare) Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:

     12. Venus, a Staff in Pale Sol, and thereupon a Cross Pattee, Luna surmounted off a Pall of the last, charged with 4. like Crosses fitched Saturn, edged and stringed as the second. This Coat belongs to the Archiepiscopal See of Canterbury, to whose place it appertains to Crown and Inaugurate the Kings of England.

   • 1724, John Guillim, A Display of Heraldry, page 151:

     […] The Field is Luna, a Chevron, Mars, between three Bull's Heads couped Saturn, armed Sol. This Coat-Armour pertained to the Right Noble Family of Thomas Bulleine Lord hoo and Hastings, Viscount Rochford, […] [pages 200-201:] I have omitted, in this Edition, that Escucheon Sol, charged with three Toads erected Saturn, which, according to some Authors, was the Coat-Armour of the ancient Kings of France; […]

   • 1739, James Ware, Walter Harris, The Whole Works of Sir James Ware Concerning Ireland, volume 1, page 1:

     The Archiepiscopal See of Armagh bears Jupiter, a Pastoral Staff in Pale Luna, ensigned with a Cross Pattee Sol, surmounded by a Pall of the second, edged and fringed of the third, charged with four like Crosses Pattee Fitched Saturn.

2. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Lead (the metal).

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
• Cronus, Kronos

Anagrams

• Turáns, runs at, NuSTAR, Nuštar, Rutans, untars, santur, arnuts, Struan, unstar

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [satuɾn]

Proper noun

Saturn m (definite form Saturni)

2. Saturn (planet)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Saturnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈturn]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈtuɾn]

Proper noun

Saturn m

2. Saturn (planet)
4. (Roman mythology) Saturn (Roman god)

Related terms

• saturn
• saturnal
• saturní
• saturnià

 

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planetes del sistema solar; Mercuri, Venus, Terra, Mart, Júpiter, Saturn, Urà, Neptú

Crimean Tatar

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)

Declension

Declension of Saturn

nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturnnıñ
dative	Saturnğa
accusative	Saturnnı
locative	Saturnda
ablative	Saturndan

Synonyms

• Zual

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaturn]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Saturn m anim

2. (Roman mythology) Saturn (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Saturn (sg-only hard masculine animate)

	singular
nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturna
dative	Saturnovi, Saturnu
accusative	Saturna
vocative	Saturne
locative	Saturnovi, Saturnu
instrumental	Saturnem

Alternative forms

• Saturnus

Proper noun

Saturn m inan

2. Saturn (planet)

Declension

Declension of Saturn (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturnu, Saturna
dative	Saturnu
accusative	Saturn
vocative	Saturne
locative	Saturnu
instrumental	Saturnem

See also

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
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Danish

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)

See also

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

Estonian

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)

See also

• (planets of the solar system) Päikesesüsteemi planeedid; Merkuur, Veenus, Maa, Marss, Jupiter, Saturn, Uraan, Neptuun

Faroese

Proper noun

Saturn m

1. Saturn (planet)

See also

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
Notable moons	—	—	Mánin	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Callisto	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] Titan [Term?]	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?]	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Sāturnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈtʊʁn/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sa‧turn

Proper noun

Saturn m (proper noun, strong, genitive Saturns or Saturn)

2. (astronomy) Saturn
4. (Roman mythology) Saturn

Declension

Declension of Saturn [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Saturn
genitive	eines	des	Saturns, Saturn
dative	einem	dem	Saturn
accusative	einen	den	Saturn

Noun

Saturn n (strong, genitive Saturns, no plural)

1. (obsolete) lead (material)

   Synonym: Blei

Declension

Declension of Saturn [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Saturn
genitive	eines	des	Saturns
dative	einem	dem	Saturn
accusative	ein	das	Saturn

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) Planeten Sonnensystems; Merkur, Venus, Erde, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun, Pluto (traditionally; by the IAU founded in 1919 only till 2006)

References

• “Saturn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Saturn (Gott)” in Duden online
• “Saturn (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Saturn (Blei)” in Duden online
• “Saturn (Rakete)” in Duden online

Latvian

Proper noun

Saturn m

1. vocative singular of Saturns

Northern Sami

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Saturn.

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

• (planets) Merkur, Venus, Eana, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)
4. Saturn (Roman god)

See also

• (planets) planet; Merkur, Venus, jorda, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Polish

Picture dictionary

Układ Słoneczny

Słońce

Merkury

Wenus

Ziemia

Księżyc

Mars

Jowisz

Saturn

Uran

Neptun

kometa

pas planetoid

orbita

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Sāturnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsa.turn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aturn
• Syllabification: Sa‧turn

Proper noun

Saturn m pers

1. (Roman mythology) Saturn, a Roman god

Declension

Declension of Saturn

	singular
nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturna
dative	Saturnowi
accusative	Saturna
instrumental	Saturnem
locative	Saturnie
vocative	Saturnie

Proper noun

Saturn m animal

2. Saturn, a planet in the Solar System

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Declension

Declension of Saturn

	singular
nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturna
dative	Saturnowi
accusative	Saturna
instrumental	Saturnem
locative	Saturnie
vocative	Saturnie

Further reading

• Saturn in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Proper noun

Saturn n

2. Saturn (planet)

See also

• (planets of the Solar System) planete din sistemul solar; Mercur, Venus, Pământ, Marte, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptun

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǎturn/
• Hyphenation: Sa‧turn

Proper noun

Sàturn m (Cyrillic spelling Са̀турн)

2. Saturn (planet)
4. Saturn (Roman god)

Declension

Declension of Saturn

	singular
nominative	Saturn
genitive	Saturna
dative	Saturnu
accusative	Saturn(a)
vocative	Saturne
locative	Saturnu
instrumental	Saturnom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satùːrn/

Proper noun

Satúrn m anim

2. Saturn (planet)
4. Saturn (Roman god)

Inflection

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	Satúrn
genitive	Satúrna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Satúrn
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Satúrna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Satúrnu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Satúrn
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Satúrnu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Satúrnom

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	Satúrn
genitive	Satúrna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Satúrn
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Satúrna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Satúrnu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Satúrna
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Satúrnu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Satúrnom

See also

(planets of the Solar System) planéti osónčja; Merkúr, Vénera, Zémlja, Márs, Júpiter, Satúrn, Urán, Neptún

Tatar

Proper noun

Saturn

2. Saturn (planet)

Declension

    declension of Saturn

Nominative	Saturn
Genitive	Saturnnıñ
Dative	Saturnga
Accusative	Saturnnı
Locative	Saturnda
Ablative	Saturndan

References

• 8 klassik planetağa qarıy, menä alar: Merkuri, Venera, Cir, Mars, Yupiter, Saturn, Uran häm Neptun. Pluto xäzer başqa kategoriädä, ul kärlä planeta...