name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:/ˈsæt.ɚn/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsæt.ən/
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rhymes with -ætə(ɹ)n
CMU ARPABET:S AE1 T ER0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
The sixth planet of the solar system, known for its large rings, and until recent times the furthest known; represented in astronomy and astrology by ♄.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
The god of fertility and agriculture, equivalent to the Greek Cronos.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A car of the former Saturn brand by GM.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Remember that guy who worked in the warehouse who used to drive that blue Saturn? That guy was the best. I wonder where he is now?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: car, auto, automobile, vehicle
7
noun
Meaning 7
The Southeast Asian butterfly Zeuxidia amethystus, family Nymphalidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Jovian planet, gas giant, outer planet, superior planet
9
noun
Meaning 9
(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Saturday is Saturn's Day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Roman deity
History
Etymology
From Old English Sætern, from Latin Sāturnus, probably from Etruscan 𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌓𐌄 (satre), plausibly influenced by Latin satus, past participle of serere (“to sow”).
From Saturn.
Across languages
Translations
200 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
Сатурн
(Satʼurn)
— planet
Afrikaans:
Saturnus
— planet
Albanian:
Shtunë
— planet
Amharic:
ማህፈድ
(mahfäd)
— planet
Amharic:
ሳተርን
(satärn)
— planet
Arabic:
زُحَل
(zuḥal)
— planet
Arabic:
زُحَل
(zuḥal)
— planet
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
ܟܹܐܘܵܢ
(kewwān)
— planet
Aramaic:
ܟܹܐܘܵܢ
(kewwān)
— planet
Armenian:
Սատուռն
(Satuṙn)
— planet
Armenian:
Երեւակ
(Erewak)
— planet
Assamese:
শনি গ্ৰহ
(xoni groh)
— planet
Asturian:
Saturnu
— planet
Azerbaijani:
Saturn
— planet
Azerbaijani:
Zühəl
— planet
Azerbaijani:
Səkəndiz
— planet
Basque:
Saturno
— planet
Belarusian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— planet
Breton:
Sadorn
— planet
Bulgarian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— planet
Burmese:
စနေဂြိုဟ်
(ca.negruih)
— planet
Burmese:
စနေ
(ca.ne)
— planet
Catalan:
Saturn
— planet
Chechen:
Сатурн
— planet
Cherokee:
ᏌᏓᏂ
(sadani)
— planet
Chinese Cantonese:
土星
— planet
Chinese:
土星
(zh-min-nan)
— planet
Chinese Mandarin:
土星
(Tǔxīng)
— planet
Coptic:
ⲣⲏⲫⲁⲛ
(rēphan)
— planet
Cornish:
Sadorn
— planet
Czech:
Saturn
— planet
Danish:
Saturn
— planet
Dutch:
Saturnus
— planet
Dzongkha:
སྤེན་པ
(spen pa)
— planet
Esperanto:
Saturno
— planet
Estonian:
Saturn
— planet
Fijian:
Satuni
— planet
Finnish:
Saturnus
— planet
French:
Saturne
— planet
Galician:
Saturno
— planet
Georgian:
სატურნი
(saṭurni)
— planet
German:
Saturn
— planet
Greek:
Κρόνος
(Krónos)
— planet
Ancient Greek:
Νέμεσις
(Némesis)
— planet
Haitian Creole:
Satin
— planet
Hawaiian:
Makulu
— planet
Hebrew:
שַׁבְּתַאי
(Shabtáy)
— planet
Hebrew:
כִּיּוּן
(Kiyyún)
— planet
Hindi:
शनि
(śani)
— planet
Hungarian:
Szaturnusz
— planet
Icelandic:
Satúrnus
— planet
Indonesian:
Saturnus
— planet
Indonesian:
Zohal
— planet
Interlingua:
Saturno
— planet
Irish:
Satarn
— planet
Italian:
Saturno
— planet
Jamaican Creole:
Satoern
— planet
Japanese:
土星
(Dosei)
— planet
Japanese:
サターン
(Satān)
— planet
Javanese:
Saturnus
— planet
Javanese:
Saniscara
— planet
Kalmyk:
Бембә
(Bembä)
— planet
Kannada:
ಶನಿ
(śani)
— planet
Kashmiri:
شیٚن
(śen)
— planet
Kazakh:
Қоңырқай
(Qoñyrqai)
— planet
Kazakh:
Сатурн
— planet
Khmer:
សៅរ៍
(saw)
— planet
Khmer:
ភពសៅរ៍
(phup saw)
— planet
Korean:
토성
(Toseong)
— planet
Central Kurdish:
کەیوان
(keywan)
— planet
Central Kurdish:
زوحەل
(zuḧel)
— planet
Kyrgyz:
Сатурн
— planet
Lao:
ດາວເສົາ
(dāo sao)
— planet
Lao:
ເສົາ
(sao)
— planet
Latin:
Saturnus
— planet
Latvian:
Saturns
— planet
Lingala:
Satuné
— planet
Lithuanian:
Saturnas
— planet
Lithuanian:
Sėlija
— planet
Lü:
ᦡᦱᧁᦡᦲᧃ
(ḋaawḋiin)
— planet
Macedonian:
Сатурн
— planet
Malagasy:
Satorina
— planet
Malay:
Zuhal
— planet
Malayalam:
ശനി
(śani)
— planet
Maltese:
Saturnu
— planet
Manchu:
ᠪᠣᡳᡥᠣᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᡥᠠ}
(boihon usiha)
— planet
Manx:
Sarn
— planet
Māori:
Rongo
— planet
Nahuatl:
Tzitzimicītlalli
— planet
Nahuatl:
Tlazōlteōcītlalli
— planet
Navajo:
Séetin
— planet
Norwegian:
Saturn
— planet
Odia:
ଶନି
(śani)
— planet
Old Church Slavonic:
Кронъ
(Kronŭ)
— planet
Old Norse:
gnógleiksstjarna
— planet
Ossetian:
Сатурн
— planet
Pashto:
زحل
(zohál)
— planet
Pashto:
کيوان
(kaywãn)
— planet
Persian:
زحل
(zohal)
— planet
Persian:
کیوان
(keyvân)
— planet
Polish:
Saturn
— planet
Portuguese:
Saturno
— planet
Quechua:
Hawcha
— planet
Romanian:
Saturn
— planet
Russian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— planet
Sanskrit:
शनि
(śani)
— planet
Santali:
ᱫᱷᱤᱨᱤ ᱮᱸᱜᱮᱞ
(dhiri ẽgel)
— planet
Scottish Gaelic:
Satarn
— planet
Serbo-Croatian:
Сатурн
— planet
Serbo-Croatian:
Saturn
— planet
Shona:
Chirema
— planet
Shona:
Chiremera
— planet
Sinhalese:
සෙනසුරු
(senasuru)
— planet
Slovak:
Saturn
— planet
Slovene:
Satúrn
— planet
Somali:
Raage
— planet
Spanish:
Saturno
— planet
Swahili:
Sarateni
— planet
Swahili:
Zohali
— planet
Swedish:
Saturnus
— planet
Tagalog:
Saturno
— planet
Tajik:
Зуҳал
(Zuhal)
— planet
Tajik:
Кайвон
(Kayvon)
— planet
Tamil:
சனி
(caṉi)
— planet
Telugu:
శని
(śani)
— planet
Thai:
ดาวเสาร์
(daaw-sǎo)
— planet
Thai:
เสาร์
(sǎo)
— planet
Tibetan:
སྤེན་པ
(spen pa)
— planet
Tok Pisin:
Saten
— planet
Tongan:
Sātuna
— planet
Tswana:
Satuni
— planet
Tumbuka:
Mlisko
— planet
Tumbuka:
Chanya la Mlisko
— planet
Turkish:
Satürn
— planet
Turkish:
Sekendiz
— planet
Turkish:
Zühal
— planet
Turkmen:
Saturn
— planet
Ukrainian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— planet
Urdu:
زحل
(zuhal)
— planet
Uzbek:
Saturn
— planet
Venetan:
Saturno
— planet
Vietnamese:
sao Thổ
— planet
Volapük:
saturn
— planet
Welsh:
Sadwrn
— planet
Wolof:
Saturn
— planet
Yiddish:
סאַטורן
(saturn)
— planet
Yoruba:
Sátúrnù
— planet
Zhuang:
Ndaundeiqnamh
— planet
Zulu:
uNomaxhama
— planet
Afrikaans:
Saturnus
— god
Arabic:
سَاتُورْن
(saturn)
— god
Armenian:
Սատուռն
(Satuṙn)
— god
Asturian:
Saturnu
— god
Basque:
Saturno
— god
Belarusian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— god
Breton:
Sadorn
— god
Bulgarian:
Сату́рн
(Satúrn)
— god
Catalan:
Saturn
— god
Cherokee:
ᏌᏓᏂ
(sadani)
— god
Chinese Mandarin:
薩圖爾努斯 /萨图尔努斯
(Sàtú'ěrnǔsī)
— god
Chinese Mandarin:
撒頓努斯 /撒顿努斯
(Sādùnnǔsī)
— god
Chinese Mandarin:
薩圖恩努斯 /萨图恩努斯
(Sàtú'ēnnǔsī)
— god