Scorpio

See also: scorpio

Translingual

Etymology

Latin scorpiō (“a type of scorpion”)

Proper noun

Scorpio m

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.

Derived terms

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): (file)

Proper noun

Scorpio (symbol ♏︎)

(astronomy) Scorpius
(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
Estonian: Skorpion (et)
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)

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
Estonian: skorpion (et)
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)

Zodiac signs in English · zodiac (layout · text)

Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer

Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio

Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces