constellation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱóm
From Middle English constellacioun, constillacioun (“(astrology) position of the moon or a planet in relation to the ascendant sign of the zodiac; horoscope; (astronomy) formation of fixed stars, constellation; (astronomy) elevation or position of the sun”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French constellation (modern French constellation), or directly from its etymon Late Latin cōnstēllātiōnem, the accusative singular of cōnstēllātiō (“collection of stars supposed to exert an influence upon human affairs, constellation”), from Latin con- (prefix denoting a bringing together of several objects) + stēlla (“star; meteor; planet”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”)) + -ātiō (suffix forming nouns).
Inflected forms:
form: constellations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
pos: noun
examples: Behold, the day of the Lord commeth, cruell both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land deſolate; and he ſhall deſtroy the ſinners thereof out of it. For the ſtarres of heauen, and the conſtellations thereof ſhall not giue their light: the ſunne ſhalbe darkened in his going forth, and the moone ſhall not cauſe her light to ſhine.
Up, up, faire Bride, and call, / Thy ſtarres, from out their ſeverall boxes, take / Thy Rubies, Pearles, and Diamonds forth, and make / Thy ſelfe a conſtellation, of them All.
Next the cold Bears, (the Cauſe t' himſelf beſt knovvn) / Shines forth a kneeling Conſtellation. / Behind vvhoſe Back Arctophylax appears, / The ſame Boötes call'd, becauſe yoak'd Steers / He ſeeming drives; vvho through the rapid Skies / (Bearing Arcturus in his Boſome) hies.
Harpa Georgii, or the Harp of George, is a new constellation introduced on the maps by one of the German astronomers, in honour of the late king of England, George III.
Who can doubt that poetry will revive and lead in a new age, as the star in the constellation Harp, which now flames in our zenith, astronomers announce, shall one day be the pole-star for a thousand years?
Located 11,000 light-years away in the northern constellation Cassiopeia, Cas A is the remnant of a once massive star that died in a violent explosion 325 years ago.
There was a time when the soft glow of barn lights dotted Wisconsin’s rural landscape like stars in a constellation, connecting families who labored into the night milking cows, feeding calves and finishing chores.
gloss: An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.
pos: noun
tags: modern
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: [T]he program AppleWorks for the Apple IIe was released circa 1984. It combined a spreadsheet, database, and word processing program into one easy-to-use, low-cost integrated software package. This software constellation persists today as Microsoft Office, the most popular software tool set in history.
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: a constellation of possibilities
Theſe amorous Perſons may be, I grant, very much delighted vvhen they first gaze upon a Conſtellation of fair Ladies, but the Heart commonly pays dear for the Pleaſure of the Eye, […]
Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: He had a constellation of bruises on his side.
A constellation of blood had sprayed onto the wall.
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: A configuration or grouping of related things.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: The Iridium satellite constellation provides data and voice information coverage to satellite phones and other communication devices over the entire surface of Earth.
With its Starlink program, SpaceX hopes to launch a constellation of as many as 42,000 satellites to provide Internet service to the world.
gloss: The configuration of planets at a given time (especially a person's birth), as believed to affect events on Earth, or used for determining a horoscope.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: But alas such peruerse constellation nowe reigneth ouer men, that where some be aptely and naturally disposed to amitie, and fyndeth one, in similitude of studie and maners, equall to his expectation, and therfore kendeleth a feruent loue towarde that persone, puttinge all his ioye and delite in the praise and auauncement of him that he loueth, it hapneth that he which is loued, beinge promoted in honour, either of purpose neglecteth his frende, therby suppressynge libertie of speche or familiar resorte; or els esteming his mynde with his fortune onely, and nat with the suertie of frendship, hideth from him the secretes of his harte, and either trusteth no man, or els him whome prosperous fortune hath late brought in acquaintaunce.
[H]e was born under the constellation that gives a man skill, riches, and integrity, whatever that constellation may be, which is of the less consequence because babies can't choose their own horoscopes, and, indeed, if they could, there might be an inconvenient rush of babies at particular epochs.
gloss: A person's character or inclinations, supposedly determined by their horoscope.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: I knovv thy conſtellation is right apt / For this affayre: […]
Synonyms: constellation
Related words: stellar
stellate
stelliform
stellify
Appendix:Constellations
:Category:Constellations
Derived words: constellate
constellational
constellationally
constellationary
constellatory
megaconstellation
prime constellation
reconstellation
seasonal constellation
subconstellation
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: sterrebeeld
lang: Afrikaans
word: konstellasie
lang: Albanian
word: yjësi
lang: Arabic
word: كَوْكَبَة
roman: kawkaba
lang: Arabic
word: بُرْج
roman: burj
lang: Arabic
word: صُورَة نَجْمِيَّة
lang: Arabic
word: صُورَة سَمَاوِيَّة
lang: Armenian
word: համաստեղություն
roman: hamasteġutʻyun
lang: Asturian
word: constelación
lang: Azerbaijani
word: bürc
lang: Bashkir
word: йондоҙлоҡ
roman: yondoźloq
lang: Basque
word: konstelazioa
lang: Belarusian
word: сузо́р'е
roman: suzórʺje
lang: Bengali
word: তারামণ্ডল
roman: taramonḍol
lang: Central Bikol
word: konstelasyon
lang: Breton
word: steredeg
lang: Bulgarian
word: съзве́здие
roman: sǎzvézdie
lang: Burmese
word: တာရာ
roman: tara
lang: Burmese
word: ကြယ်စု
roman: kraicu.
lang: Catalan
word: constel·lació
lang: Cebuano
word: konstelasyon
lang: Chechen
word: седарчийн гуламаш
roman: sedarčiı̇n gulamaš
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 星座
roman: sên-chho
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 星群
roman: xīngqún
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 星座
roman: xīngzuò
lang: Chuvash
word: ҫӑлтӑрлӑх
roman: śălt̬ărlăh
lang: Cornish
word: ranneves
lang: Corsican
word: custellazione
lang: Czech
word: souhvězdí
lang: Danish
word: stjernebillede
lang: Dutch
word: constellatie
lang: Dutch
word: sterrenbeeld
lang: Dutch
word: gesternte
lang: Esperanto
word: konstelacio
lang: Esperanto
word: stelaro
lang: Estonian
word: konstellatsioon
lang: Estonian
word: tähtkuju
lang: Faroese
word: stjørnumerki
lang: Faroese
word: stjørnumynd
lang: Finnish
word: tähtikuvio
lang: French
word: constellation
lang: North Frisian
word: stäärbil
lang: West-Frisian
word: stjerrebyld
lang: Friulian
word: costelazion
lang: Galician
word: constelación
lang: Georgian
word: თანავარსკვლავედი
roman: tanavarsḳvlavedi
lang: German
word: Konstellation
lang: German
word: Asterismus
lang: German
word: Sternbild
lang: Bavarian German
word: Steanbuid
lang: Greek
word: αστερισμός
roman: asterismós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀστερισμός
roman: asterismós
lang: Gujarati
word: તારામંડળ
roman: tārāmaṇḍaḷ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: konstelasyon
lang: Hebrew
word: קְבוּצַת כּוֹכָבִים
roman: kvutsát kokhavím
lang: Hebrew
word: מַזָּל
roman: mazál
lang: Hindi
word: नक्षत्र
roman: nakṣatra
lang: Hindi
word: तारामंडल
roman: tārāmaṇḍal
lang: Hungarian
word: csillagkép
lang: Icelandic
word: stjörnumerki
lang: Ido
word: stelaro
lang: Indonesian
word: konstelasi
lang: Indonesian
word: rasi bintang
lang: Interlingua
word: constellation
lang: Irish
word: réaltbhuíon
lang: Irish
word: réaltra
lang: Italian
word: costellazione
lang: Japanese
word: 星群
roman: seigun
lang: Japanese
word: 星座
roman: seiza
lang: Javanese
word: rasi lintang
lang: Kabyle
word: tazdemt
lang: Kazakh
word: жұлдыздар тобы
roman: jūldyzdar toby
lang: Kazakh
word: шоқжұлдыз
roman: şoqjūldyz
lang: Khmer
word: នក្ខត្ត
roman: nĕəkkhat
lang: Khmer
word: នក្សត្រ
roman: nĕəksat
lang: Khmer
word: តារានិករ
roman: taaraa nikɑɑ
lang: Korean
word: 별자리
roman: byeoljari
lang: Korean
word: 성군
roman: seonggun
lang: Korean
word: 성좌
roman: seongjwa
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: komstêr
lang: Kyrgyz
word: топ жылдыз
roman: top jıldız
lang: Lao
word: ດາວຫມູ່
roman: dāo mū
lang: Latin
word: cōnstēllātiō
lang: Latin
word: sīdus
lang: Latvian
word: zvaigznājs
lang: Lingala
word: nzɔ́tɔ
lang: Lithuanian
word: žvaigždynas
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Konstellatioun
lang: Macedonian
word: соѕвездие
roman: sodzvezdie
lang: Malagasy
word: antokon-kintana
lang: Malay
word: buruj
lang: Malayalam
word: നക്ഷത്രരാശി
roman: nakṣatrarāśi
lang: Maltese
word: mħalla
lang: Māori
word: kāhui whetū
lang: Māori
word: tātai whetū
lang: Marathi
word: तारकासमूह
roman: tārkāsmūh
lang: Marshallese
word: bukun iju
lang: Mongolian
word: одны орд
roman: odny ord
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠣᠳᠤᠨ ᠤ᠋ ᠣᠷᠳᠤ
roman: odun u ordu
lang: Nahuatl
word: miaccītlalli
lang: Navajo
word: sǫʼ dah yikahígíí
lang: Navajo
word: sǫʼ dineʼé
lang: Navajo
word: sǫʼłání
lang: Nepali
word: तारामण्डल
roman: tārāmaṇḍal
lang: Norman
word: constellâtion
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: konstellasjon
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: stjernebilde
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: konstellasjon
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: stjernebilde
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: stjernebilete
lang: Occitan
word: constellacion
lang: Old English
word: tungol
lang: Oromo
word: tuuja
lang: Ossetian
word: стъалыгуппар
roman: st’alyguppar
lang: Pali
word: nakkhatta
lang: Pashto
word: اسماني صورت
lang: Pashto
word: د ستورو ټولګه
lang: Persian
word: برج
roman: borj
lang: Persian
word: پیکره
roman: peykare
lang: Persian
word: پیکر آسمانی
roman: peykar-e âsmâni
lang: Persian
word: صورت فلکی
roman: surat-e falaki
lang: Middle Persian
word: 𐭠𐭤𐭲𐭫
roman: ʾhtl
lang: Polish
word: konstelacja
lang: Polish
word: gwiazdozbiór
lang: Portuguese
word: constelação
lang: Punjabi
word: ਖਿੱਤੀਆਂ
roman: khittīā̃
lang: Quechua
word: warani
lang: Romanian
word: constelație
lang: Russian
word: созве́здие
roman: sozvézdije
lang: Northern Sami
word: nástegovva
lang: Sanskrit
word: नक्षत्र
roman: nakṣatra
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: reul-bhad
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: констела́ција
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: са́зве̄жђе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: са́звије̄жђе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: звије̑жђе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: konstelácija
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sázvēžđe
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sázvijēžđe
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: zvijȇžđe
lang: Shona
word: unganyeredzi
lang: Sicilian
word: custiddazzioni
lang: Slovak
word: súhvezdie
lang: Slovene
word: ozvezdje
lang: Sogdian
word: ܐܢܓܪ
roman: anxar
lang: Southern Altai
word: јылдыстык
roman: ǰïldïstïk
lang: Spanish
word: constelación
lang: Sundanese
word: rasi béntang
lang: Swahili
word: kundinyota
lang: Swedish
word: konstellation
lang: Swedish
word: stjärnbild
lang: Tagalog
word: konstelasyon
lang: Tagalog
word: talanyo
lang: Tajik
word: бурҷ
roman: burj
lang: Tajik
word: галаситора
roman: galasitora
lang: Tajik
word: пайкари осмонӣ
roman: paykar-i osmoni
lang: Tajik
word: сурати фалакӣ
roman: surat-i falaki
lang: Tamil
word: விண்மீன் குழாம்
roman: viṇmīṉ kuḻām
lang: Tangut
word: 𗄓𗵫
lang: Tatar
word: йолдызлык
roman: yoldızlıq
lang: Thai
word: กลุ่มดาว
roman: glùm-daao
lang: Turkish
word: burç
lang: Turkish
word: takımyıldız
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: برج
roman: burc
lang: Turkmen
word: ýyldyzlar toplumy
lang: Ukrainian
word: сузі́р'я
roman: suzírʺja
lang: Urdu
word: بُرْج
roman: burj
lang: Urdu
word: مَجْمَعُ النُجُوم
lang: Uyghur
word: يۇلتۇزلار توپى
roman: yultuzlar topi
lang: Uyghur
word: يۇلتۇزلار تۈركۈمى
roman: yultuzlar türkümi
lang: Uzbek
word: yulduzlar turkumi
lang: Uzbek
word: burj
lang: Vietnamese
word: chòm sao
lang: Waray-Waray
word: constelasyon
lang: Welsh
word: cytser
lang: Yakut
word: сулустар бөлөхтөрө
roman: sulustar bölöqtörö
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: eekʼoʼob u tsolmubaoʼob
lang: Zulu
word: isiShomo
lang: Finnish
word: rykelmä
lang: Finnish
word: joukko
lang: Swedish
word: konstellation