Zeus

See also: zeus, Zèus, and Zeŭs

Translingual

John Dory (Zeus faber)

Zeus olympius

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Zeidae – the John Dory and the Cape dory.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhytismataceae – a fungus discovered on Mount Olympus, with yellow disc-shaped fruiting bodies that grow in the decaying wood of Bosnian pine trees.

Hypernyms

• (genus of fungus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Fungi - kingdom; Dikarya - subkingdom; Ascomycota - phylum; Pezizomycotina - subphylum; Leotiomycetes - class; Rhytismatales - order; Rhytismataceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus in Zeidae): Zeus faber (John Dory) - type species
• (genus of fungus): Zeus olympus - sole accepted species

References

• Zeus (fish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zeus (fungus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Zeus (fish) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Zeus (fungus) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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English

A restored marble and bronze statue of Zeus at the Hermitage Museum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /z(j)uːs/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /zus/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Proper noun

Zeus (plural Zeuses)

1. (Greek mythology) Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera.
2. A male given name.
3. A representative given name for a dog.
   • 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, ISSN 1054-4836, page 135:

     67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.

Derived terms

• oh my Zeus

Translations

supreme ruler of all Greek gods

• Arabic: زْيُوس‎ m (zyūs)
• Armenian: Զեւս (Zews), Զևս (Zews)
• Catalan: Zeus
• Cherokee: ᏑᏍ (sus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 宙斯 (zh) (Zhòusī)

• Coptic: ⲍⲉⲩⲥ (zeus)
• Czech: Zeus (cs) m
• Danish: Zeus
• Dutch: Zeus m
• Esperanto: Zeŭso
• Finnish: Zeus (fi)
• French: Zeus (fr) m
• Galician: Zeus m
• Georgian: ზევსი (zevsi)
• German: Zeus (de) m
• Greek: Ζευς (el) m (Zefs), Δίας (el) m (Días)

  Aeolic: Δάν m (Dán)

  Ancient: Ζεύς m (Zeús)

  Mycenaean: 𐀇𐀸 (di-we)

• Hebrew: זֶאוּס‎ (Ze'ūs)
• Hungarian: Zeusz (hu)
• Icelandic: Seifur (is) m
• Irish: Séas m
• Japanese: ゼウス (Zeusu)

• Korean: 제우스 (ko) (Je'useu)
• Latin: Iuppiter (la) m, Zeus m
• Macedonian: Зевс m (Zevs)
• Marathi: जेअस m (jeas), जेउस m (jeus)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Zevs

  Nynorsk: Zevs

• Occitan: Zèus m
• Old Church Slavonic: зєѵсъ (zeüsŭ)
• Persian: زئوس‎ (fa) (zeus)
• Polish: Zeus (pl) m
• Portuguese: Zeus (pt) m
• Russian: Зевс (ru) m (Zevs)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Зеус m, Зевс m

  Roman: Zeus (sh) m, Zevs m

• Slovene: Zeus m
• Spanish: Zeus (es) m
• Swahili: Zeu
• Swedish: Zeus (sv)
• Turkish: Zeus (tr)
• Ukrainian: Зевс (Zevs)
• Vietnamese: Dớt
• Wolof: Sës

Further reading

• Zeus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Suez, Suze

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Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛws/

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɛu̯s]

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singulare tantum
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Dia
dative	Diovi
accusative	Dia
vocative	Die
locative	Diovi
instrumental	Diem

Further reading

• Zeus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Zeus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /søvˀs/, [ˈsœwˀs]

Proper noun

Zeus

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch zeus, from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zœy̯s/
• Hyphenation: Zeus
• Rhymes: -œy̯s

Proper noun

Zeus

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (Supreme ruler of all Greek gods, husband to Hera)

Related terms

• joviaal
• Jupiter
• deva

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dzøs/, /zøs/

• Audio (Paris)

  (file)

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (god)

Anagrams

• suez, usez

Descendants

• Vietnamese: Dớt

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tsɔɪ̯s/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. Zeus

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈd͡zɛws/

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Anagrams

• Suez

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɛws/

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singular
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Zeusa
dative	Zeusowi
accusative	Zeusa
instrumental	Zeusem
locative	Zeusie
vocative	Zeusie

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈzews/, [ˈzeʊ̯s]

• IPA^(key): (Brazil including São Paulo) /ˈzews/, [ˈzeʊ̯s]
  • IPA^(key): (Rio) /ˈzewʃ/, [ˈzeʊ̯ʃ]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈzewʃ/, [ˈzeʊ̯ʃ]

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme god of the Greek pantheon)

See also

• Júpiter

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Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzeus]

Proper noun

Zeus m (genitive Dia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

Declension

Declension of Zeus

	singulare tantum
nominative	Zeus
genitive	Dia
dative	Diovi
accusative	Dia
locative	Diovi
instrumental	Diom

Further reading

• Zeus in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθeus/, [ˈθeu̯s]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈseus/, [ˈseu̯s]

Proper noun

Zeus m

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus

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Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús).

Proper noun

Zeus c (genitive Zeus)

1. (Greek mythology) Zeus (supreme among Greek gods)

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus