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Taurus
(tɔːrəs)
1. uncountable noun
Taurus is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a bull. People who are born approximately between the 20th of April and the 20th of May come under this sign.
2. singular noun
A Taurus is a person whose sign of the zodiac is Taurus.
Taurus in British English
(ˈtɔːrəs)
nounWord forms: Latin genitive Tauri (ˈtɔːraɪ)
1. astronomy
a zodiacal constellation in the N hemisphere lying close to Orion and between Aries and Gemini. It contains the star Aldebaran, the star clusters Hyades and Pleiades, and the Crab Nebula
2. astrology
a. Also called: the Bull
the second sign of the zodiac, symbol ♉, having a fixed earth classification and ruled by the planet Venus. The sun is in this sign between about April 20 and May 20
b.
a person born when the sun is in this sign
adjective
Also (for senses 2b, 3): Taurean3.
born under or characteristic of Taurus
Word origin
C14: from Latin: bullTaurus in American English
(ˈtɔrəs)
noun
1.
a N constellation between Aries and Orion containing the Hyades and the Pleiadesstar clusters, the Crab nebula, and the bright star Aldebaran; the Bull
2.
the second sign of the zodiac, entered by the sun about April 21
3.
a person born under this sign
Word origin
ME < L, bull, ox, prob. < IE *tauros < base *tēu-, to swell > thumb, L tumere, to swellImage ofTaurus
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British English: Taurus /ˈtɔːrəs/ NOUN
Taurus is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a bull. People who are born between the 20th of April and the 20th of May come under this sign.
- American English: Taurus
- Arabic: الثَّوْر
- Brazilian Portuguese: Touro
- Chinese: 金牛座
- Croatian: bik horoskopski znak
- Czech: Býk znamení
- Danish: Tyren
- Dutch: Stier sterrenbeeld
- European Spanish: Tauro
- Finnish: härkä horoskooppimerkki
- French: Taureau horoscope
- German: Stier Tierkreiszeichen
- Greek: Ταύρος ζώδιο
- Italian: Toro
- Japanese: 牡牛座
- Korean: 황소자리
- Norwegian: tyren
- Polish: Byk horoskop
- European Portuguese: Touro
- Romanian: Taurzodie
- Russian: Телец
- Latin American Spanish: Tauro
- Swedish: Oxen
- Thai: ราศีพฤษภ
- Turkish: Boğa burcu
- Ukrainian: Телець
- Vietnamese: cung Kim ngưu
Chinese translation of 'Taurus'
Taurus
(ˈtɔːrəs)
n
- (u) (= sign)
金牛座
(Jīnniú Zuò) - (c) (= person)
金牛座的人
(Jīnniú Zuò de rén)I'm (a) Taurus我是金牛座的
(wǒ shì Jīnniú Zuò de)
- scatologist
- scatology
- scatophagous
- scatophagy
- scatt
- scatted
- scatter
- scatterable
- scatteration
- scatterbrain
- scatterbrained
- scatter cushion
- scatter-cushion
- scatter diagram
- scattered
- scatteredly
- scattered showers
- scatterer
- scattergood
- scattergram
- scatter-gun
- scattergun
- scattering
- scatteringly
- scatterling