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Saturn

name · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈsæt.ɚn/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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

Usage: Roman

Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A former brand of car by GM (1985–2010).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Saturn promised us no-haggle purchasing and no-dent body panels.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Sable (black), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures in the arms of certain sovereign people and places as planets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, uncountable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Lead (the metal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, uncountable

Topics: alchemy, chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, pseudoscience

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
  • : 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
  • Cornish: Sadorn — god
  • Czech: Saturn — god
  • Dutch: Saturnus — god
  • Esperanto: Saturno — god
  • Estonian: Saturnus — god
  • Finnish: Saturnus — god
  • French: Saturne — god
  • Galician: Saturno — god
  • Georgian: სატურნი (saṭurni) — god
  • German: Saturn — god
  • Greek: Κρόνος (Krónos) — god
  • Hungarian: Szaturnusz — god
  • Indonesian: Saturnus — god
  • Irish: Satarn — god
  • Italian: Saturno — god
  • Japanese: サートゥルヌス (Sāturunusu) — god
  • Khmer: ព្រះសៅរ៍ (preăhsaur៍) — god
  • Korean: 사투르누스 (Satureunuseu) — god
  • Latin: Saturnus — god
  • Latvian: Saturns — god
  • Lithuanian: Saturnas — god
  • Macedonian: Сатурн — god
  • Manx: Sarn — god
  • Norwegian: Saturn — god
  • Persian: ساتورن (sâturn) — god
  • Persian: کیوان (keyvân) — god
  • Polish: Saturn — god
  • Portuguese: Saturno — god
  • Romanian: Saturn — god
  • Russian: Сату́рн (Satúrn) — god
  • Scottish Gaelic: Satarn — god
  • Slovene: Satúrn — god
  • Spanish: Saturno — god
  • Swahili: Sarateni — god
  • Swedish: Saturnus — god
  • Turkish: Satürn — god
  • Ukrainian: Сату́рн (Satúrn) — god
  • Welsh: Sadwrn — god
Real reading context

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