Andromeda

See also: andromeda, Androméda, Andrómeda, and Andrômeda

Translingual

A comparison of the mythological Andromeda to a small plant (Andromeda polifolia) from which its name would be derived, by Carl Linnaeus, 1732.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda, “ruler of men”).

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. Pieris.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – bog rosemary.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Andromedeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Ericaceae): Andromeda polifolia - type species; Andromeda glaucophylla - other species

References

• Pieris (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Andromeda polifolia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pieris (Ericaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Andromeda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Andromeda at USDA Plants database

English

Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids, by Théodore Chassériau, 1840.

Map of the Andromeda constellation.

The Andromeda galaxy in infrared light.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɒmɪdə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ænˈdɹɑmɪdə/
• enPR: ăn-drŏm′ĕ-də

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
2. (astronomy) A constellation of the northern sky representing the "chained woman" Andromeda in Greek mythology, which is surrounded by the constellations of Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus, among others.
4. (astronomy) The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.
   • 2018 July 23, Hannah Devlin, “Discovered: Milky Way's long-lost galactic sibling”, in The Guardian:

     The Milky Way once had a massive galactic sibling that was shredded and consumed by our closest neighbour, Andromeda, scientists have discovered.

   • 2008, Roger Reid, Space (novel), Montgomery, AL: Junebug Books, page 41:

     Andromeda is a large, spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. It's between two and three million light years away. On a clear night in a dark place, you can see Andromeda with the naked eye.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Andromeda.

Meronyms

• (constellation): Adhil, Almach, Alpheratz, Mirach, Nembus, Titawin, Veritate

Derived terms

• (constellation): And (abbreviated form), Andromedae (Latin genitive form), Andromedid

Translations

mythical daughter of Cepheus

• Catalan: Andròmeda (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安德あんとく洛らく美び達たち／安德あんとく洛らく美び达 (Āndéluòměidá), 安德あんとく洛らく墨すみ達たち／安德あんとく洛らく墨すみ达 (Āndéluòmòdá), 安やす朵美達たち／安やす朵美达 (Ānduǒměidá)

• Danish: Andromeda
• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) f
• Esperanto: Andromedo
• French: Andromède (fr) f
• Georgian: ანდრომედა (andromeda)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)

  Ancient: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda)

• Greenlandic: Andromeda
• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᐊᓐᑦᕉᒥᑕ (antroomita)
• Irish: Andraiméide f
• Japanese: アンドロメダー (andoromedā), アンドロメデー (andoromedē)
• Korean: 안드로메다 (andeuromeda)
• Latin: Andromeda f, Andromedē f
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f

  European: Andrómeda (pt) f

• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)

constellation

• Catalan: Andròmeda (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仙女せんにょ座ざ (sin¹ neoi⁵ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 仙女せんにょ座ざ (zh) (Xiānnǚzuò)

• Dutch: Andromeda (nl)
• Esperanto: Andromedo
• Finnish: Andromeda (fi)
• French: Andromède (fr)
• Georgian: ანდრომედა (andromeda)
• German: Andromeda (de)
• Greek: Ανδρομέδα (el) f (Androméda)

  Ancient: Ἀνδρομέδα f (Androméda)

• Hindi: देवयानी तारामंडल (devyānī tārāmaṇḍal)
• Hungarian: Androméda (hu)
• Irish: Andraiméide f
• Japanese: アンドロメダ座ざ (ja) (andoromeda za)
• Kazakh: Андромеда (Andromeda)
• Korean: 안드로메다자리 (Andeuromedajari)
• Malay: Andromeda, Puteri Teratai
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f

  European: Andrómeda (pt) f

• Romanian: Andromeda (ro)
• Russian: Андроме́да (ru) f (Androméda)
• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)
• Turkish: Andromeda

spiral galaxy

• Catalan: Andròmeda (ca)
• Dutch: Andromeda (nl) n
• Esperanto: Andromedo, Andromeda galaksio
• Hindi: देवयानी मन्दाकिनी (devyānī mandākinī)
• Irish: Réaltra Andraiméide f, Bís Andraiméide f
• Norwegian: Andromeda (no)
• Polish: Andromeda (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: Andrômeda (pt) f

  European: Andrómeda (pt) f

• Spanish: Andrómeda (es)
• Swahili: Andromeda class n/n

See also

• Local Group

Further reading

• Andromeda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Andromeda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Andromeda (constellation) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Category:Andromeda Galaxy on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnˈdroː.meː.daː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. (astronomy) Andromeda
2. (Greek mythology) Andromeda

Derived terms

• Andromedanevel

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Andromeda, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndromedɑ/, [ˈɑ̝ndro̞ˌme̞dɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -edɑ
• Syllabification^(key): And‧ro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andromeda

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.

Declension

Inflection of Andromeda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Andromeda	—
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Andromeda	—
accusative	nom.	Andromeda	—
	gen.	Andromedan
genitive		Andromedan	—
partitive		Andromedaa	—
inessive		Andromedassa	—
elative		Andromedasta	—
illative		Andromedaan	—
adessive		Andromedalla	—
ablative		Andromedalta	—
allative		Andromedalle	—
essive		Andromedana	—
translative		Andromedaksi	—
abessive		Andromedatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Andromeda (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Andromedani — accusative nom. Andromedani — gen. Andromedani genitive Andromedani — partitive Andromedaani — inessive Andromedassani — elative Andromedastani — illative Andromedaani — adessive Andromedallani — ablative Andromedaltani — allative Andromedalleni — essive Andromedanani — translative Andromedakseni — abessive Andromedattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Andromedasi — accusative nom. Andromedasi — gen. Andromedasi genitive Andromedasi — partitive Andromedaasi — inessive Andromedassasi — elative Andromedastasi — illative Andromedaasi — adessive Andromedallasi — ablative Andromedaltasi — allative Andromedallesi — essive Andromedanasi — translative Andromedaksesi — abessive Andromedattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Andromedamme — accusative nom. Andromedamme — gen. Andromedamme genitive Andromedamme — partitive Andromedaamme — inessive Andromedassamme — elative Andromedastamme — illative Andromedaamme — adessive Andromedallamme — ablative Andromedaltamme — allative Andromedallemme — essive Andromedanamme — translative Andromedaksemme — abessive Andromedattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Andromedanne — accusative nom. Andromedanne — gen. Andromedanne genitive Andromedanne — partitive Andromedaanne — inessive Andromedassanne — elative Andromedastanne — illative Andromedaanne — adessive Andromedallanne — ablative Andromedaltanne — allative Andromedallenne — essive Andromedananne — translative Andromedaksenne — abessive Andromedattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Andromedansa — accusative nom. Andromedansa — gen. Andromedansa genitive Andromedansa — partitive Andromedaansa — inessive Andromedassaan Andromedassansa — elative Andromedastaan Andromedastansa — illative Andromedaansa — adessive Andromedallaan Andromedallansa — ablative Andromedaltaan Andromedaltansa — allative Andromedalleen Andromedallensa — essive Andromedanaan Andromedanansa — translative Andromedakseen Andromedaksensa — abessive Andromedattaan Andromedattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).

Proper noun

Andromeda m

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda

Anagrams

• domandare, domanderà

Latin

Perseus and Andromeda, fresco, 1st century C.E..

Alternative forms

• Andromedē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.me.da/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔmɛd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈdro.me.da/, [än̪ˈd̪rɔːmed̪ä]

Proper noun

Andromeda f sg (genitive Andromedae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda (a daughter of Ethiopian king Cepheus and Cassiopeia)
2. (New Latin, astronomy) the constellation Andromeda

   Synonym: Mulier Catēnāta

3. (New Latin, astronomy) the Andromeda Galaxy

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Andromeda
genitive	Andromedae
dative	Andromedae
accusative	Andromedam
ablative	Andromedā
vocative	Andromeda

Portuguese

Proper noun

Andromeda f

1. (Brazil) Archaic spelling of Andrômeda.
2. (Portugal) Archaic spelling of Andrómeda.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /andrǒmeda/
• Hyphenation: An‧dro‧me‧da

Proper noun

Andròmeda f (Cyrillic spelling Андро̀меда)

1. (Greek mythology) Andromeda
2. (astronomy) The constellation Andromeda.
3. (astronomy) The Andromeda.