# Charon
## Translingual
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Charon m
* A taxonomic genus within the family Charontidae – certain whip spiders in the family.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Amblypygi - order; Charontoidea - superfamily; Charontidae - family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Charon grayi (giant whip-spider) - type species; for other species see Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### References

* Charon (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Charon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Charon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn). The name of the moon was coined by American astronomer James W. Christy in 1978, in reference to a fictional moon of Pluto in a novel by Edmond Hamilton but also influenced by its similarity to Char, a pet name for Charlene, his wife's name — hence the alternative American pronunciation, which is used at NASA.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈkɛəɹɒn/, /ˈkɛːrən/
* (US) (Greek mythology): IPA: /ˈkɛəɹən/
* (US) (astronomy): IPA: /ˈʃɛəɹɑn/, /ˈkɛəɹɑn/, /-ɹən/
* Rhymes: -ɛəɹən, -ɛəɹɒn
* Hyphenation: Char‧on
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### Proper noun

Charon
* (Greek mythology) The ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx.
* (astronomy) The largest of the five moons of Pluto.

#### Synonyms

* (astronomy): ⯕

#### Derived terms

* Charonian
* Charonic

#### See also

* (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra

### Noun

Charon (plural Charons)
* (poetic) Any ferryman.

### Anagrams

* Anchor, achorn, anchor, archon, noarch, rancho

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈxaron]
* Rhymes: -aron
* Hyphenation: Cha‧ron

### Proper noun

Charon m inan (relational adjective charonský)
* (astronomy) Charon (moon of Pluto) [since 1985]
** 1989, Jiří Grygar, Vladimír Železný, Okna vesmíru dokořán, Praha: Naše vojsko, →ISBN, page 107:[…] Charon „visí“ trvale nad určitým místem povrchu Pluta podobně jako geostacionární umělé družice Země nad pozemskou stanicí. […] Charon "hangs" above a certain point of the Pluto's surface in a similar way as geostationary artificial satellites of the Earth above a terrestrial station.

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Charon m anim (relational adjective Charonův)
* (Greek mythology) Alternative spelling of Charón (the ferryman of Hades)
** 1892, Jan Blokša, “Dante Alighieri a Vergilius Maro”, in Hlídka‎, volume 9, page 318:Charon uviděv Aeneáše ozbrojeného připomněl si Heraklea, který též tak přišel a násilně si v podsvětí počínal, […]Charon having seen armed Aeneas remembered Herakles, who had also come in such a way and behaved violently in the underworld, […]

#### Declension
### See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text) :
| Star | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | Merkury | Wenus | Ziemia | Mars | Ceres | Jowisz | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluton | — |
| Notable moons | — | — | Księżyc | Fobos Deimos | — | Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto | Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon | Tryton | Charon | — |

### Further reading

* “Charon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkʰa.roːn/, [ˈkʰäroːn]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈka.ron/, [ˈkäːron]

### Proper noun

Charōn m sg (genitive Charontis or Charontos or Charōnis); third declension
* Charon (ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology)

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ōn or non-Greek-type or non-Greek-type; two different stems), singular only.

#### Derived terms

* charōnēus

### References

* “Charon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Charon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χάρων (Khárōn).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxa.rɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -arɔn
* Syllabification: Cha‧ron

### Proper noun

Charon m pers
* (Greek mythology) Charon (ferryman of Hades, who rowed the shades of the dead across the river Styx)
* (astronomy) Charon (largest of the five moons of Pluto)

#### Declension
### See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text) :
| Star | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce | Słońce |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | Merkury | Wenus | Ziemia | Mars | Ceres | Jowisz | Saturn | Uran | Neptun | Pluton | — |
| Notable moons | — | — | Księżyc | Fobos Deimos | — | Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto | Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon | Tryton | Charon | — |

### Further reading

* Charon in PWN's encyclopedia

## Turkish
### Proper noun

Charon
* (Greek mythology) Alternative spelling of Haron
* (astronomy) Charon

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Proper noun

Charon m (not mutable)
* (Greek mythology) Charon (the ferryman of the underworld)
* (astronomy) Charon (a moon of Pluto)

### See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text) :
| Star | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul | yr Haul |
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets | Mercher | Gwener | y Ddaear | Mawrth | Ceres | Iau | Sadwrn | Wranws | Neifion | Plwton | Eris |
| Notable moons | — | — | y Lleuad | Phobos Deimos | — | Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto | Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws | Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon | Triton | Charon | Dysnomia |