Meanings
proper noun
- astronomyA telescopic binary star, visually the brightest star in the night sky, a part of the northern constellation of Canis Major (the Greater Dog), one of three stars in the Winter Triangle asterism. Long understood as a single extremely luminous white star, it was associated in ancient Egypt with the Nile flood and in Greek and Roman culture with the "dog days" of summer.
- specificallyastronomyThe brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Synonyms: Alpha Canis Majoris, Blazing Star, Canicula, Shira, Sopdet, Sothis, the Dog Star, α Canis Majoris
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe brightest star of the aforementioned star system; the white main-sequence star Sirius A.
Similar
brightest star
Similar
α Canis Majoris A
Origin
- Ancient GreekΣείριος
- LatinSīrius
- EnglishSirius
From Latin Sīrius, from Ancient Greek Σείριος (Seírios), usually taken from σείριος (seírios, “scorching; scorcher”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
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Afrikaans Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
Ancient Greek Σείριος
- Σείριος (Seírios)Translations
Arabic اَلشِّعْرَى, الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة
- اَلشِّعْرَى (aš-šiʕrā)Translations
- الشِّعْرَى الْيَمَانِيَّة (aš-šiʕrā l-yamāniyya)Translations
Bengali লুব্ধক
- লুব্ধক (lubdhok)Translations
Bulgarian Сириус
- Сириус (Sirius)Translations
Catalan Sírius, estel del Ca
- SíriusTranslations
- estel del CaTranslations
Chinese Cantonese 天狼星
- 天狼星Translations
Chinese Mandarin 天狼星
- 天狼星 (Tiānlángxīng)Translations
Czech Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
Danish Hundestjernen
- HundestjernenTranslations
Dutch Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
Esperanto Siriuso
- SiriusoTranslations
Estonian Siirius
- SiiriusTranslations
Finnish Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
French Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
German Sirius, Hundsstern
- SiriusTranslations
- HundssternTranslations
Greek Σείριος
- Σείριος (Seírios)Translations
Hebrew אַבְרֵק
- אַבְרֵק (avréq)Translations
Hindi व्याध तारा
- व्याध तारा (vyādh tārā)Translations
Indonesian Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
Irish Réalta an Mhadra
- Réalta an MhadraTranslations
Italian Sirio
- SirioTranslations
Japanese 天狼星, シリウス
- 天狼星 (Tenrōsei)Translations
- シリウス (Shiriusu)Translations
Korean 천랑성, 시리우스
- 천랑성 (Cheollangseong)Translations
- 시리우스 (siriuseu)Translations
Latin Canicula, Sīrius
- CaniculaTranslations
- SīriusTranslations
Latvian Sīriuss
- SīriussTranslations
Lithuanian Sirijus
- SirijusTranslations
Malay Bintang Anjing, Sirius
- Bintang AnjingTranslations
- SiriusTranslations
Māori Takurua
- TakuruaTranslations
Norwegian Hundestjernen
- HundestjernenTranslations
Persian تیشتر, تیر
- تیشتر (tištar)Translations
- تیر (tir)Translations
- شباهنگ (šabâhang)Translations
Polish Syriusz
- SyriuszTranslations
Portuguese Sírio
- SírioTranslations
Romanian Sirius
- SiriusTranslations
Russian Си́риус
- Си́риус (Sírius)Translations
Scottish Gaelic Ruaill Mhòr
- Ruaill MhòrTranslations
Spanish Sirio
- SirioTranslations
Swahili Shira
- ShiraTranslations
Swedish Sirius, Hundstjärnan
- SiriusTranslations
- HundstjärnanTranslations
Thai ดาวซิริอุส
- ดาวซิริอุสTranslations
Turkish Sirius, Akyıldız
- SiriusTranslations
- AkyıldızTranslations
Ukrainian Сіріус
- Сіріус (Sirius)Translations
Vietnamese Thiên Lang, Sirius
- Thiên LangTranslations
- SiriusTranslations
Welsh Siriws, Seren y Ci
- SiriwsTranslations
- Seren y CiTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
cereous (mirror–nearer merger)serious (mirror–nearer merger)
Cite this entry
APA
Sirius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sirius
MLA
“Sirius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sirius. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sirius,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sirius.
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