Aphrodite

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• /ˈæ.fɹəʊ.daɪt/
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) (see it for more).

From stem of Ancient Greek ἀφρός (aphrós, “sea foam, froth”) (for its supposed resemblance) + -ite. This coining matches not only the name of the goddess, but also the popular folk etymology for her by the Ancient Greeks.

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Afrodita — Greek goddess
• Albanian: Afrodya — Greek goddess
• Albanian: Afërdit — Greek goddess
• Gheg Albanian: Afro dyt — Greek goddess
• Arabic: أَفْرُودِيت (ʔafrūdīt) — Greek goddess
• Aramaic: ܐܦܪܘܕܝܛܐ — Greek goddess
• Armenian: Աֆրոդիտե (Afrodite) — Greek goddess
• Bengali: আফ্রোদিতি (aphrōditi) — Greek goddess
• Bulgarian: Афродита (Afrodita) — Greek goddess
• Catalan: Afrodita — Greek goddess
• Cherokee: ᎠᏩᎶᏓᏘ (awalodati) — Greek goddess
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿佛羅狄忒 /阿佛罗狄忒 (Āfóluódítè) — Greek goddess
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿佛洛狄忒 (Āfóluòdítè) — Greek goddess
• Coptic: ⲁⲫⲣⲟⲇⲓⲧⲏ (aphroditē) — Greek goddess
• Czech: Afrodita — Greek goddess
• Dutch: Aphrodite — Greek goddess
• Esperanto: Afrodito — Greek goddess
• Finnish: Afrodite — Greek goddess
• French: Aphrodite — Greek goddess
• Galician: Afrodita — Greek goddess
• German: Aphrodite — Greek goddess
• Greek: Αφροδίτη (Afrodíti) — Greek goddess
• Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) — Greek goddess
• Gujarati: ઍફ્રોડાઈટી (ěphroḍāīṭī) — Greek goddess
• Hebrew: אַפְרוֹדִיטִי (Afrodíti) — Greek goddess
• Hindi: ऐफ़्रोडाइटी (aifroḍāiṭī) — Greek goddess
• Hungarian: Aphrodité — Greek goddess
• Irish: Afradaíté — Greek goddess
• Italian: Afrodite — Greek goddess
• Japanese: アプロディーテー (apurodīte) — Greek goddess
• Korean: 아프로디테 (Apeurodite) — Greek goddess
• Latin: Aphrodite — Greek goddess
• Latin: Venus — Greek goddess
• Polish: Afrodyta — Greek goddess
• Portuguese: Afrodite — Greek goddess
• Punjabi: ਐਫਰੋਡਾਇਟੀ (aipharoḍāiṭī) — Greek goddess
• Russian: Афроди́та (Afrodíta) — Greek goddess
• Serbo-Croatian: Афро̀дита — Greek goddess
• Serbo-Croatian: Afròdita — Greek goddess
• Spanish: Afrodita — Greek goddess
• Swedish: Afrodite — Greek goddess
• Turkish: Afrodit — Greek goddess
• Ukrainian: Афроді́та (Afrodíta) — Greek goddess
• Yiddish: אַפֿראָדיטע (afrodite) — Greek goddess