Aries

See also: aries, àries, and Áries

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Pisces		Taurus
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Etymology 1

From Latin Aries, from aries (“ram”), calque of Ancient Greek Κριός (Kriós), calque of Akkadian 𒅈𒌺𒊑𒈨 (immeru, “sheep”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛə.ɹiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɚ.iz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛəɹiz
• Homophone: Ares

Proper noun

Aries (symbol ♈︎)

2. (astronomy) A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
   • c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     The Bull, being gall’d, gave Aries such a knock / That down fell both the Ram’s horns in the court.

4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 20 – April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 – May 15 (sidereal astrology).

   Antonym: Libra

Derived terms

• Arian
• Arietis
• first point of Aries

 

Related terms

• arietate
• arietation
• Arietian
• arietiform
• arietine

 

Translations

constellation

• Afrikaans: Ram (af)
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحَمَل m (burj al-ḥamal), اَلْحَمَل m (al-ḥamal)

  Egyptian Arabic: برج الحمل m (burg el-ḥamal), الحمل m (el-ḥamal)

• Armenian: Խոյ (Xoy)
• Azerbaijani: Qoç
• Bulgarian: Ове́н m (Ovén)
• Catalan: Àries (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白羊座 (zh) (báiyángzuò), 牡羊座 (zh)

• Cornish: an Hordh
• Danish: Vædderen
• Dutch: Ram (nl) m
• Finnish: Oinas (fi)
• French: Bélier (fr) m
• German: Widder (de) m
• Greek: Κριός (el) m (Kriós)

  Ancient: Κριός m (Kriós)

• Hebrew: טָלֶה (he) m (talé)
• Hindi: मेष (hi) m (meṣ)
• Hungarian: Kos (hu) (csillagkép)
• Irish: an Reithe m
• Italian: Ariete (it) m
• Japanese: 牡羊座 (ja) (おひつじざ, ohitsujiza)
• Kazakh: Тоқты (Toqty)
• Korean: 양(羊)자리 (yangjari), 모양(牡羊)자리 (moyangjari), 백양궁(白羊宮) (ko) (baegyanggung)
• Latvian: Auns m
• Macedonian: Овен m (Oven)
• Malay: Biri-Biri, Hamal, Aries
• Maltese: Arjete
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Væren (no) m

  Nynrosk: Vêren m

• Old English: Ramm m
• Ottoman Turkish: قوچ (koç)
• Persian: بره (fa) (barre)
• Polish: Baran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Carneiro (pt) m
• Romanian: Berbec (ro)
• Russian: О́вен (ru) m (Óven), Ове́н (ru) m (Ovén)
• Sanskrit: मेष (sa) m (meṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Reithe m
• Slovak: (súhvezdie) Baran m
• Slovene: Oven (sl) m
• Spanish: Aries (es) m
• Tagalog: Tupa, Aryes
• Telugu: మేషరాశి (te) (mēṣarāśi), మేషము (te) (mēṣamu), మేషం (te) (mēṣaṁ)
• Thai: แกะ (th) (gɛ̀)
• Tocharian B: Aśviṇi
• Turkish: Koç (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ове́н m (Ovén)
• Urdu: میش m (meṣ)
• Welsh: yr Hwrdd

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Ram (af)
• Albanian: Dashi m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْحَمَل m (burj al-ḥamal), اَلْحَمَل m (al-ḥamal)
• Armenian: Խոյ (Xoy)
• Asturian: Carneru m, Aries
• Azerbaijani: Qoç
• Bashkir: Ҡуҙы (Quźı)
• Bulgarian: Ове́н m (Ovén)
• Burmese: မိဿ (my) (mi.ssa.)
• Catalan: Àries (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白羊座 (zh) (báiyángzuò)

• Cornish: an Hordh
• Czech: Beran (cs) m, Skopec m
• Danish: Vædderen
• Dutch: Ram (nl) m
• Finnish: Oinas (fi)
• French: Bélier (fr)
• Georgian: ვერძი (verʒi)
• German: Widder (de) m
• Greek: Κριός (el) m (Kriós)

  Ancient: Κριός m (Kriós)

• Hebrew: טָלֶה (he) m (talé)
• Hindi: मेष (hi) m (meṣ)
• Hungarian: Kos (hu)
• Irish: an Reithe m
• Italian: Ariete (it) m
• Japanese: 白羊宮 (ja) (はくようきゅう, hakuyōkyū)
• Kazakh: Тоқты (Toqty)
• Khmer: មេសា (km) (meisaa)
• Latvian: Auns m
• Lithuanian: Avinas m
• Luxembourgish: Widder m
• Macedonian: овен m (oven)
• Malay: Biri-Biri, Hamal, Aries
• Maltese: Arjete, Il-Bodbod
• Marathi: मेष (meṣ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Væren (no) m

  Nynrosk: Vêren m

• Old English: Ramm m
• Ottoman Turkish: قوچ (koç)
• Persian: بره (fa) (barre)
• Polish: Baran (pl) m
• Portuguese: Áries (pt) (Brazil), Carneiro (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: Berbec (ro) m
• Russian: О́вен (ru) m (Óven), Ове́н (ru) m (Ovén)
• Sanskrit: मेष (sa) m (meṣa)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Reithe m
• Slovak: (znamenie) Baran m
• Slovene: Oven (sl) m
• Spanish: Aries (es)
• Swahili: Hamali, Kondoo
• Swedish: Väduren (sv)
• Tagalog: Tupa, Aryes
• Telugu: మేషరాశి (te) (mēṣarāśi), మేషము (te) (mēṣamu), మేషం (te) (mēṣaṁ)
• Thai: เมษ (th) (mêet)
• Turkish: Koç (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ове́н m (Ovén)
• Welsh: yr Hwrdd

Noun

Aries (plural Aries)

1. Someone with an Aries star sign.

   Synonyms: Arian, Arietian

Translations

Someone with an Aries star sign

• Bashkir: Ҡуҙы (Quźı)
• Bulgarian: ове́н (bg) m (ovén)
• Catalan: àries (ca) m or f
• Danish: vædder c
• Finnish: oinas (fi)
• French: Bélier (fr)
• Galician: aries (gl) m, ariete (gl) m, carneiro (gl) m
• German: Widder (de) m
• Greek: Κριός (el) m (Kriós)
• Macedonian: овен m (oven)
• Norwegian: vær (no) m
• Old English: Ramm m
• Polish: Baran (pl) m
• Portuguese: ariano (pt) m
• Romanian: Berbec (ro) m
• Spanish: aries (es) m
• Ukrainian: ове́н m (ovén)

Etymology 2

Two main origins:

• Scottish habitational surname from either of two minor places in Kirkcudbrightshire.
• Borrowed from French Ariès, from the medieval personal name Yrieix.

Proper noun

Aries (plural Arieses)

1. A surname.

Trivia

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Aries is the 39212^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Aries is most common among Hispanic/Latino (48.84%) and White (43.32%) individuals.

See also

Zodiac signs in English · zodiac (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Aries”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54.

Anagrams

• Aesir, ERISA, Resia, aesir, aires, arise, raise, reais, serai

Latin

Etymology

From ariēs (“ram”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.eːs/, [ˈärieːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.es/, [ˈäːries]

Proper noun

Ariēs m sg (genitive Arietis); third declension

1. Aries, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ariēs (literally “ram”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɾjes/ [ˈa.ɾjes]
• Rhymes: -aɾjes
• Syllabification: A‧ries

Proper noun

Aries m

1. (astronomy, astrology) Aries (constellation)
2. (astrology) Aries (zodiac sign)

Related terms

• ariano

 

Anagrams

• aires, aréis, asiré, erais, erías, raéis, reías, seria, sería

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾjes/ [ˈʔaɾ.jɛs]
• Rhymes: -aɾjes
• Syllabification: Ar‧ies

Proper noun

Aries (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜌᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Alternative spelling of Aryes