Aldebaran

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /alˈdɛbəɹən/

Aldebaran

1. (astronomy) One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:

     The kingly brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red.

   • 2012 December 9, Alan Pickup, The Guardian:

     The brightest object depicted is Jupiter which stands near the red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus.

• Aldebaranian

• Labradane

• Aldébaran

• IPA^(key): /al.də.ba.ʁɑ̃/

Aldebaran ?

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran
   • 1854, Gérard de Nerval, “Sylvie”, in Les Filles du feu:

     Tour à tour bleue et rose comme l’astre trompeur d’Aldebaran, c’était Adrienne ou Sylvie, – c’étaient les deux moitiés d’un seul amour.

     Blue and pink by turns like the deceptive star of Aldebaran, it was Adrienne and Sylvie – they were the two halves of a single love.

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Aldebaran m

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”) (because it follows the Pleiades).

Aldebaran f

1. Aldebaran

Derived from Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān).

• IPA^(key): /al.dɛˈba.ran/

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• Rhymes: -aran
• Syllabification: Al‧de‧ba‧ran

Aldebaran m animal

1. (astronomy) Aldebaran

• Aldebaran in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Aldebaran f

1. Alternative spelling of Aldebarã