Pleiades
UK/ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz//ˈpliː.əˌdiz/
Pleiades proper noun: the "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
Proper noun
the Pleiades pl (plural only)
- The "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
- An open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus, and the most easily visible such cluster from Earth.
- The Pleiades and Hyades are sometimes spoken of as constellations, but this is a mistake; they are integral parts of Taurus.1893, E. W. Bullinger, Witness of the Stars, London: The author, page 121
Pleiades meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Pleiades in Hindi
- astronomy
- कृत्तिका तारागुच्छ kŕttikā tārāgucch
Pleiades in Tamil
- astronomy
- கார்த்திகை kārttikai
Pleiades in Marathi
- the Pleiades
- कात्या kātyā
Pleiades in Urdu
- astronomy
- ثریا suraiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- Pleiades in Sanskrit
- ऋक्षा ṛkṣā, कृतिका kṛtikā
- Pleiades in Pashto
- پرېوونې perwǔne
- Pleiades in Tagalog
- Mapulon, Supot ni Hudas, Apulon
- Pleiades in Arabic
- الثُّرَيَّا aṯ-ṯurayyā
- Pleiades in Malay
- Bintang Tujuh, Bintang Kartika, Bintang Ketika, Bintang Puyuh
- Pleiades in Indonesian
- Kartika, bintang tujuh, bintang suraya
- Pleiades in Persian
- پروین parvin, ثریا sorayyâ, پروی parvi
- Pleiades in Thai
- ไพลยาดีส plaiyaadèet, กระจุกดาวลูกไก่ grà-jùk daao lûuk-gài
- Pleiades in Vietnamese
- Tua Rua
Synonyms of Pleiades
Origin of Pleiades
From Latin Pleiades, from Ancient Greek Πλειάδες (Pleiádes). In the astronomical sense, displaced Old English seofonstierre (literally “the seven stars”).
Words formed from Pleiades
Questions about Pleiades
- What does Pleiades mean?
- Pleiades means the "seven sisters", companions of Artemis and daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione.
- What is Pleiades in Hindi?
- Pleiades in Hindi is कृत्तिका तारागुच्छ (kŕttikā tārāgucch). See Pleiades meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Pleiades?
- Pleiades is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Pleiades?
- Pleiades is pronounced /ˈplaɪ.əˌdiːz/ (UK).
Words near Pleiades in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Pleiades (page history and authors); कात्या (Marathi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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