Zodiac Signs

Insider

Senior Member
Ukraine (Ukrainian)
Hello, everybody!

I'm looking for names of Zodiac signs in every language. At this moment I can name 12 signs in 4 languages: Ukrainian, English, Spanish and German.

Can anybody help with it? :)

Thanks in advance!
 
  • Swedish:

    Stenbocken = "mountain goat"
    Vattumannen = "water bearer"
    Fiskarna = "fish"
    Väduren = "ram"
    Oxen = "bull"
    Tvillingarna = "twins"
    Kräftan = "crab"
    Lejonet = "lion"
    Jungfrun = "virgin"
    Vågen = "scales"
    Skorpionen = "scorpion"
    Skytten = "archer"

    Latin:

    Capricornus
    Aquarius
    Pisces
    Aries
    Taurus
    Gemini
    Cancer
    Leo
    Virgo
    Libra
    Scorpius
    Sagittarius

    Romanian:

    Capricorn
    Varsator
    Pesti
    Berbec
    Taur
    Gemeni
    Rac/Cancer
    Leu
    Fecioara
    Balanta
    Scorpion
    Sagetator

    HOPE IT HELPS!

    :) robbie
     
    Insider said:
    Hello, everybody!

    I'm looking for names of Zodiac signs in every language. At this moment I can name 12 signs in 4 languages: Ukrainian, English, Spanish and German.

    Can anybody help with it? :)

    Thanks in advance!

    Does that mean you don't need us to mention the Zodiac signs in the four languages you listed?
     
    The first column is in traditional Chinese characters and the second column is in French (I hope I have got them right).
    白羊座 =Belier (21.3.-20.4)
    金牛座 =Taureau
    雙子座 =Gemeaux
    巨蟹座 =Cancer
    獅子座 =Lion
    處女座 =Vierge
    天秤座 =Balance
    天蠍座 =Scorpion
    射手座(or人馬座) = Sagittaire
    魔羯座 =Capricorne
    水瓶座 = Verseau
    雙魚座 =Poissons
    My list starts with Aries (English).
     
    Here in Turkish:

    Aries: Koç
    Taurus: Boğa
    Gemini: İkizler
    Cancer: Yengeç
    Leo: Aslan
    Virgo: Başak
    Libra: Terazi
    Scorpio: Akrep
    Sagittarius: Yay
    Capricorn: Oğlak
    Aquarius: Kova
    Pisces: Balık

    ...and for Ophiuchus we say Yılancı.
     
    I am giving the zodiac signs in the following order (in English):
    Aries
    Taurus
    Gemini
    Cancer
    Leo
    Virgo
    Libra
    Scorpio
    Sagittarius
    Capricorn
    Aquarius
    Pisces

    In Polish
    baran
    byk
    bliźnięta
    rak
    lew
    panna
    waga
    skorpion
    strzelec
    koziorożec
    wodnik
    ryby


    In French
    le Bélier [belje]
    le Taureau [toro]
    le Gémaux [gemo]
    le Cancer [konser] (nasal on)
    le Lion [ljon] (n almost mute)
    la Vierge [vjerg]
    la Balance [balons] (nasal on)
    le Scorpion [skorpio]
    le Sagittaire [sagiter]
    le Capricorne [kaprikorn]
    le Verseau [vesro]
    les Poissons [pwason] (nasal on)

    In all examples pronunce g as in genre.

    In Russian:
    Овен
    Телец
    Близнецы
    Рак
    Лев
    Дева
    Весы
    Скорпион
    Стрелец
    Козерог
    Водолей
    Рыбы

    Cheers,:)
    Tom
     
    In Portuguese:

    Aries - Áries
    Taurus - Touro
    Gemini - Gêmeos
    Cancer - Câncer
    Leo - Leão
    Virgo - Virgem
    Libra - Libra
    Scorpio - Escorpião
    Sagittarius - Sagitário
    Capricorn - Capricórnio
    Aquarius - Aquário
    Pisces - Peixes
     
    Czech:

    Aries - Beran/Skopec
    Taurus - Býk
    Gemini - Blíženci
    Cancer - Rak
    Leo - Lev
    Virgo - Panna
    Libra - Váhy
    Scorpio - Štír
    Sagittarius - Střelec
    Capricorn - Kozoroh
    Aquarius - Vodnář
    Pisces - Ryby

    Jana

    Edit: OK, a pronunciation guide (vocals are like in Ukrainian, and their pronunciation is constant)
    a - like but (roughly...)
    e - like ten
    i - like pick
    o - like stop (roughly)
    u - like put
    Long vowels have an ´ above.

    ž - zh
    c - ts
    š - sh
    ř - rzh

    Everything else should be standard. .)
     
    In italiano:

    Aries - Ariete
    Taurus - Toro
    Gemini - Gemelli
    Cancer - Cancro
    Leo - Leone
    Virgo - Vergine
    Libra - Bilancia
    Scorpio - Scorpione
    Sagittarius - Sagittario
    Capricorn - Capricorno
    Aquarius - Acquario
    Pisces - Pesci
     
    Hungarian:

    Aries - Kos
    Taurus - Bika
    Gemini - Ikrek
    Cancer - Rák
    Leo - Oroszlán
    Virgo - Szûz
    Libra - Mérleg
    Scorpio - Skorpió
    Sagittarius - Nyilas
    Capricorn - Bak
    Aquarius - Vizöntõ
    Pisces - Halak
     
    In Spanish:
    Aries - Aries
    Taurus - Tauro
    Gemini - Géminis
    Cancer - Cancer
    Leo - Leo
    Virgo - Virgo
    Libra - Libra
    Scorpio - Escorpio
    Sagittarius - Sagitario
    Capricorn - Capricornio
    Aquarius - Acuario
    Pisces - Piscis
     
    To all:

    Thank you very much, folks, for such quick answers. But I probably forgot to mentioned one main point, which is very important for me. I don't have any knowledge in some languages so I want to say that I couldn't pronounce it correctly :) Well, of course, it's my mistake, but if you all have the desire and the time, please, mention the transcription in such languages: Swedish, Romanian, Chinese, French, Slovene, Portuguese, Czech, Italiano, Hungarian. Or write how to pronounce correctly in the languages mentioned above, or give an opportunity to get basic knowledge in reading. :)

    But still, thanks a lot to you all.

    Insider
     
    In Portuguese:

    Aries - Áries
    Taurus - Touro
    Gemini - Gêmeos
    Cancer - Câncer
    Leo - Leão
    Virgo - Virgem
    Libra - Libra
    Scorpio - Escorpião
    Sagittarius - Sagitário
    Capricorn - Capricórnio
    Aquarius - Aquário
    Pisces - Peixes
    For Portuguese just follow the accent mark (if there's one, that means that is the stressed syllable and not an opposition between short and long vowels).

    Qu is pronounced as in aquarium and the x in peixes is like the sh in shoes.

    Ão isn't very easy to describe, but if you pronounce it like an English own (as in drown), that should be good enough.

    G before e and i sound like French j, as in je, or the second g in garage.

    C sounds like k before a, o and u, and like s before e and i. If you see a ç, that means it's also pronounced like an s.
     
    jazyk said:
    For Portuguese just follow the accent mark (if there's one, that means that is the stressed syllable and not an opposition between short and long vowels).

    Qu is pronounced as in aquarium and the x in peixes is like the sh in shoes.

    Ão isn't very easy to describe, but if you pronounce it like an English own (as in drown), that should be good enough.

    G before e and i sound like French j, as in je, or the second g in garage.

    C sounds like k before a, o and u, and like s before e and i. If you see a ç, that means it's also pronounced like an s.

    Jazyk,

    Thanks for your explanations, they are understandable. I suppose that there are some similarities in reading of Portuguese and Spanish words. If yes, I won't have any problems because I have a basic level of knowledge of reading Spanish. :)
     
    In Serbian:

    Aries - Ovan (Ован)
    Taurus - Bik (Бик)
    Gemini - Blizanci (Близанци)
    Cancer - Rak (Рак)
    Leo - Lav (Лав)
    Virgo - Devica (Девица)
    Libra - Vaga (Вага)
    Scorpio - Škorpija (Шкорпија)
    Sagittarius - Strelac (Стрелац)
    Capricorn - Jarac (Јарац)
    Aquarius - Vodolija (Водолија)
    Pisces - Ribe (Рибе).
     
    robbie_SWE said:
    Swedish:

    Stenbocken = [stenboken] (a stressed o like in "over")
    Vattumannen = [vatoomaanen] (long a like in "abundent")
    Fiskarna = [feeskaarnaa]
    Väduren = [vaeduren]
    Oxen = [ooxen]
    Tvillingarna = [tveeleengaarnaa]
    Kräftan = [kraeftaan]
    Lejonet = [leyoonet] (y as in "you")
    Jungfrun = [yoongfroon]
    Vågen = [vogen]
    Skorpionen = [skorpioonen]
    Skytten = [shyten] (sh like in "she")

    Swedish is a very complicated language to pronounce, because it's not phonetic. I did my best in trying to write it in phonetics! :eek:

    Romanian:

    Capricorn = [capreecorn]
    Varsator = [vársátor] (á as in "a boat")
    Pesti = [pesht]
    Berbec = [berbec]
    Taur = [tàur] (à as in the French "à la maison")
    Gemeni = [gemen] (g as in "genesis")
    Rac/Cancer = [ràk] [càncher] (ch as in "children")
    Leu = [leu]
    Fecioara = [fechoàrá]
    Balanta = [bàlàntsá]
    Scorpion = [scorpion]
    Sagetator = [ságetátor]

    Romanian is a phonetic language and pronounciation is the same as in Italian (but Romanian does have additional letters that don't exist in Italian).

    HOPE THIS CLEARS THINGS UP!

    :) robbie
     
    Hebrew:

    Aries - טלה (tale)
    Taurus - שור (shor)
    Gemini - תאומים (teomim)
    Cancer - סרטן (sartan)
    Leo - אריה (arye)
    Virgo - בתולה (btula)
    Libra - מאזניים (moznaim)
    Scorpio - עקרב ('arkav)
    Sagittarius - קשת (kashat)
    Capricorn - גדי (gdi)
    Aquarius - דלי (dli)
    Pisces - דגים (dagim)
     
    Upon your request, Insider, I'll list Zodiac Signs in Belarusian. Surely you'll have no problem understanding the names; for people who are not acquainted with East Slavic languages - I'm starting with Aries.

    Авен
    Цялец
    Блізняты
    Рак
    Леў
    Дзева (
    Панна)
    Шалі
    Скарпіён
    Стралец
    Казярог
    Вадал
    ей (Вадаліў)
    Рыбы
     
    In Catalan they are as follows (pronounciation guide is based on the central dialect -that includes Barcelona):

    Aries - Àries -stress on the A; E like English schwa
    Taurus - Taure -stress on the A; E like English schwa
    Gemini - Gèminis -stress on the E, like in "pen"
    Cancer - Càncer -stress on the A; E like English schwa
    Leo - Lleó -stress on the O; E like English schwa
    Virgo - Verge -stress on the first E; second like schwa; G like "je" in French
    Libra - Balança -stress on the second A; the others, like schwa; Ç like S
    Scorpio - Escorpí -stress on the I; E like schwa; O like U
    Sagittarius - Sagitari -stress on the second A; first like schwa; G like "je"
    Capricorn - Capricorn -stress on the O
    Aquarius - Aquari -stress on the second A; first like schwa
    Pisces - Peixos -stress on the E; O like U; IX like English "sh"
     
    Arabic:

    Aries - الحمل (al-Hamal)
    Taurus - الثور (ath-thawr)
    Gemini - الجوزاء (al-jawzaa')
    Cancer - السرطان (as-saraTaan)
    Leo - الأسد (al-asad)
    Virgo - العذراء (al-'adhraa')
    Libra - الميزان (al-miizaan)
    Scorpio - العقرب (al-'aqrab)
    Sagittarius - القوس (al-qaws)
    Capricorn - الجدي (al-jadi)
    Aquarius - الدلو (ad-dalu)
    Pisces - الحوت (al-Huut)

    This site doesn't include pronunciation tips, but it might be of help anyway. :)
     
    In Latvian:

    Aries = Auns
    Taurus = Vērsis
    Gemini = Dvīņi
    Cancer = Vēzis
    Leo = Lauva
    Virgo = Jaunava
    Libra = Svari
    Scorpio = Skorpions
    Sagittarius = Strēlnieks
    Capricorn = Mežāzis
    Aquarius = Ūdensvīrs
    Pisces = Zivs

    Latvian writing is mostly phonetic. Just look at wikipedia how each Latvian letter is pronounced. I find it rather difficult to explain pronunciation of Latvian words by using English which is very ambigious with regards to pronunciation.
     
    Dutch

    Aries - RAM (stress on a, like "schwa")
    Taurus - STIER (steer)
    Gemini - TWEELINGEN ("ee" is pronounced as a long english "a", "ing" like "bling"
    Cancer - KREEFT (as you read it with "ee" as long "a")
    Leo - LEEUW (pronounce "leew")
    Virgo - MAAGD (long "aa" as in schwa, "maagt")
    libra - WEEGSCHAAL ("weegsgaal")
    Scorpio - SCHORPIOEN ("sgorpiun" ; "oe" is pronounced like the German "u")
    Sagittarius - BOOGSCHUTTER ("boogsgutter"; "oo" like long German o; "u" like German "ü", stress on tt)
    Capricorn - STEENBOK (as you read it, long "ee" and stress on "o")
    Aquarius - WATERMAN (as you read it, both "a" like schwa)
    Pisces - VISSEN ("i" as in Jennifer, stress on "ss")

    (and by the way thanks to Betulina for the great example of "schwa"! I couldn't find another ;-) )
     
    In Greek:

    Aries - Κριός (krios)
    Taurus - Tαύρος (tavros)
    Gemini - Δίδυμος (didimos)
    Cancer - Καρκίνος (karkinos)
    Leo - Λέων (leon)
    Virgo - Παρθένος (parthenos)
    Libra - Ζυγός (zigos)
    Scorpio - Σκορπιός (skorpios)
    Sagittarius - Τοξότης (toxotis)
    Capricorn - Αιγόκερως (egokeros)
    Aquarius - Υδροχόος (idroxoos)
    Pisces - Ιχθύς (ihthis)
     
    Brazilian Portuguese/European Portuguese
    jazyk said:
    In Portuguese:

    Aries - Áries/Carneiro
    Taurus - Touro
    Gemini - Gêmeos/Gémeos
    Cancer - Câncer/Caranguejo
    Leo - Leão
    Virgo - Virgem
    Libra - Libra/Balança
    Scorpio - Escorpião
    Sagittarius - Sagitário
    Capricorn - Capricórnio
    Aquarius - Aquário
    Pisces - Peixes
     
    I've heard it said by astronomers that Ophiucus should be a Zodiac sign, since it also occupies a region of the sky in the strip where the other signs lie, but I don't think that it is a part of traditional Western astrology.
     
    Outsider said:
    I've heard it said by astronomers that Ophiucus should be a Zodiac sign, since it also occupies a region of the sky in the strip where the other signs lie, but I don't think that it is a part of traditional Western astrology.

    That's because Zodiac signs are not studied by astronomers. They are astrologers or astrologists who study the astrological topics such as Zodiac signs. :)
     
    In Lithuanian:
    Capricornus - ožiaragis
    Aquarius - vandenis
    Pisces - žuvys
    Aries - avinas (= ram in Eng.)
    Taurus - jautis
    Gemini - dvyniai
    Cancer - vėžys
    Leo - liūtas
    Virgo - mergelė
    Libra - svarstyklės
    Scorpius - skorpionas
    Sagittarius - šaulys(= shooter, darter in Eng.)
     
    Here in Turkish:
    I add the Tagalog terms:
    Aries: Koç = Tupa
    Taurus: Boğa= Damulag
    Gemini: İkizler=Kambal
    Cancer: Yengeç=Alimango
    Leo: Aslan= Leyon
    Virgo: Başak= Dalaga
    Libra: Terazi=Timbangan
    Scorpio: Akrep=Alakdan
    Sagittarius: Yay=Mamamana'
    Capricorn: Oğlak= Kambing
    Aquarius: Kova=Manunubig
    Pisces: Balık=Isda

    ...and for Ophiuchus we say Yılancı.
    Ofiyuk-hus= Ulupong?(there is serpent in this zodiac sign)
     
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