Scorpio

See also: scorpio

Translingual

Etymology

Latin scorpiō (“a type of scorpion”)

Proper noun

Scorpio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – deep-burrowing scorpions of the Middle East and north Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Scorpiones - order; Neoscorpionina - suborder; Scorpionidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scorpio maurus - type species; for other species see Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files.

References

• Scorpio maurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorpio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scorpio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Libra		Sagittarius
English Wikipedia has an article about Scorpio.

Alternative forms

• Scorpius

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”). Doublet of scorpion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Scorpio (symbol ♏︎)

2. (astronomy) Scorpius
4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Translations

constellation — see Scorpius

astrological sign

Afrikaans: Skerpioen Albanian: Akrepi m Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَقْرَب (burj al-ʕaqrab), اَلْعَقْرَب m (al-ʕaqrab) Armenian: Կարիճ (Karič) Asturian: Escorpión Azerbaijani: Əqrəb Breton: Krug Bulgarian: Скорпио́н m (Skorpión) Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (my) (brichca) Catalan: Escorpió (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 天蠍座／天蝎座 (tin1 kit3 zo6) Mandarin: 天蠍座／天蝎座 (zh) (tiānxiēzuò) Cornish: an Skorpion ? Czech: Štír (cs) m Danish: Skorpionen Finnish: Skorpioni (fi) French: Scorpion (fr) m Georgian: ღრიანკალი (ɣrianḳali) German: Skorpion (de) m Greek: Σκορπιός (el) m (Skorpiós) Ancient: Σκορπίος m (Skorpíos) Hebrew: עַקְרָב (he) m ('akráv) Hindi: वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik), बिच्छू (hi) m (bicchū), अकरब (hi) m (akrab) Hungarian: Skorpió (hu) Irish: an Scairp f Italian: Scorpione (it) m Japanese: 天蝎宮 (ja) (てんかつきゅう, tenkatsukyū) Kazakh: Сарышаян (Saryşaän) Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (km) (vɨcchekaa) Korean: 천갈궁(天蠍宮) (ko) (Cheon'galgung) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Dûpişk (ku) Luxembourgish: Skorpioun (lb) m Macedonian: скорпија f (skorpija) Malay: Kala, Akrab, Skorpio Maltese: Skorpjun m Norwegian: Skorpionen (no) m Ottoman Turkish: عقرب (akreb) Persian: کژدم (fa) (každom) Polish: Skorpion (pl) m Portuguese: Escorpião (pt) m Romanian: Scorpion (ro) m Russian: Скорпио́н (ru) m (Skorpión) Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (sa) m (vṛścika) Scottish Gaelic: an Sgairp f, an Nathair-nimhe f Slovak: Škorpión m, Šťúr m Slovene: Škorpijon (sl) m Spanish: Escorpio (es) Swahili: Akarabu, Nge Swedish: Skorpionen (sv) c Tagalog: Alakdan Tajik: Ақраб (Aqrab) Telugu: వృశ్చికరాశి (te) (vr̥ścikarāśi), వృశ్చికము (te) (vr̥ścikamu), వృశ్చికం (te) (vr̥ścikaṁ) Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk) Turkish: Akrep (tr) Ukrainian: Скорпіо́н m (Skorpión) Uzbek: Aqrab Welsh: y Sgorpion m or f

Noun

Scorpio (plural Scorpios)

1. Someone with a Scorpio star sign

   Antonym: Taurus

Translations

Someone with a Scorpio star sign

Bulgarian: скорпио́н (bg) m (skorpión) Catalan: escorpió (ca) m or f, escorpí (ca) m or f Danish: skorpion (da) c Hindi: वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik) Macedonian: скорпија f (skorpija) Portuguese: escorpiano m (Brazil), escorpião (pt) m (Portugal) Spanish: escorpiano m (Argentina) (Uruguay) Ukrainian: скорпіо́н m (skorpión)

See also

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