Jupiter

From Latin Iūpiter (“father Jove”), from Proto-Italic *djous patēr (literally “sky father”) (cognate with Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “father Zeus”)), from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (literally “the bright one”), from *dyew- (“to be bright, day sky”), and *ph₂tḗr (“father”). Doublet of Dyaus Pita.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒupɪtɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒupɪɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -uːpɪtə(ɹ)

Jupiter

2. (astronomy) The fifth and by far the largest planet in the Solar System, a gas giant, represented by the symbol ♃ in astronomy. Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot and many moons including the Galilean moons.
   • 1990 August, Bradford A. Smith, “Voyage of the Century”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 62:

     Jupiter condensed out of the dust and gas that became our solar system at a distance where water remains frozen.

   • 2022 November 18, Ian Sample, “Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 March 2023:

     The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams.

   • 2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Planets, Moons, and Cosmic Debris”, in Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century (Science / Astronomy), Blackstone Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 34, 35:

     Ancient peoples, without telescopes, would have no knowledge that Jupiter is the largest and most majestic planet—it would only be a point of light in the sky. How then did this planet come to be named for the mythological ruler of the gods? […]
     The fact that the planet Jupiter, named for the ruling Roman god, is the most massive planet is simply a coincidence.

4. (Roman mythology) The King of the Gods, also called Jove. Equivalent to the Greek Zeus, Jupiter was one of the children of Saturn. As supreme god of the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the god of thunder, lightning, and storms, and appropriately called the god of light and sky.
5. (informal) The largest or most prominent member of a group.

   Brazil could be considered the Jupiter of South America.

   Jupiter became the nickname of John Pierpont Morgan in late 19th century finance.

6. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, named after a mine.
   2. A town in Palm Beach County, Florida, named in error after the Roman god.
      • 2017 March 1, Hannah Seligson, “Where to get hip in Palm Beach”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 August 2025:

        But there’s also a burgeoning food scene in downtown Palm Beach that’s drawing Floridians from Jupiter to Boca.

   3. A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, named after the planet.
   4. An unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
7. A summer resort on the Black Sea in Romania.
8. (rare) A unisex given name.
   • 2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[3]:

     Then, in March 2023, he [Ed Sheeran] spoke more at length about his wife's diagnosis with Rolling Stone, sharing that doctors had found the tumor when his wife was six months pregnant and that the couple considered having their daughter, who is named Jupiter, early.

• The planet Jupiter usually takes the adjectival form Jovian, and rarely Jupiterian. The demonym of the planet is also Jovian.

• (astronomy, astrology): ♃

Jupiter (uncountable)

1. (heraldry, rare) Azure (blue), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.
   • 1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... second edition ..., pages 76-77:

     5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol.

   • 1718, Samuel Kent, The Grammar of Heraldry [...] Second Edition:

     George [...] 2d. Jupiter, three Fleurs de Lis Sol, for the Arms of France. 3d. Jupiter, an Irish Harp Sol, stringed Luna, for Ireland.

   • 1735, Francis Nichols, The Irish Compendium [...] vol. III of the British Compendium, second edition, page 80:

     8. Tierce in Mantle, first Mars, two Lions passant-guardant in pale, Sol, for Brunswick; 2d Sol, Semi of Hearts proper, a Lion rampant Jupiter, for Lunenburgh; 3d, ente en Point, Mars, an Horse currant Luna, for Saxony. Note, these Ensigns (which are the paternal Coat of his Majesty King George) I have added as an Example, to shew the Form of what foreign Heralds term Tierce in Mantle, ente en Pointe, &c. […]

   • 1737, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica: Or, a Philological Library, page 631:

     ARMS. QUARTERLY, in the first grand Quarter Mars, three Lions passant-guardant in Pale, Sol; the Imperial Ensigns of England, impaled with the Royal Arms of Scotland, which are Sol, a Lion rampant within a double Tressure flower'd and counterflower'd with Fleurs-de-lis, Mars. The second Quarter is the Royal Arms of France, viz. Jupiter, three Fleurs-de-lis, Sol. The third, the Ensign of Ireland, which is, Jupiter, an Harp Sol, stringed Luna.

2. (especially astronomy) Alternative spelling of jupiter.
3. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Tin.

Jupiter

1. Synonym of by Jupiter.
   • 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

     "Jupiter!" murmured Crediton. It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled. It indicated an unusually strong hand.

• planets of the Solar System: Mercury · Venus · Earth · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune ^[edit]

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

• Jupiter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jupiter (god) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Dutch Jupiter.

• Hyphenation: Ju‧piter

Jupiter

2. (astronomy) Jupiter
4. (Roman mythology) Jupiter

• planets of the Solar System: planete van die Sonnestelsel: Mercurius · Venus · Aarde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈjupɪtɛr]

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Jupiter m anim

2. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (Roman god)

• The archaic way of declining this noun used Jov- in place of Jupiter- in the oblique cases, following the Latin declension.

Jupiter m inan

2. Jupiter (planet)

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

• “Jupiter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Jupiter”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• Jitka Štindlová, “Zaměřil dalekohled na Jupiter nebo na Jupitera?”, in Naše řeč [Our Language] (in Czech), vol. 49 (1966), no. 4

From Latin Iūpiter.

Jupiter (genitive Jupiters)

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkur · Venus · Jorden~jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

From Middle Dutch jupiter, from Latin Iūpiter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjy.piˌtɛr/

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• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• Afrikaans: Jupiter
• → Papiamentu: Yüpitèr

• IPA^(key): /ˈjupiter/

Jupiter

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System: Päikesesüsteemi planeedid: Merkuur · Veenus · Maa · Marss · Jupiter · Saturn · Uraan · Neptuun ^[edit]

Jupiter m

1. Jupiter (planet)

Solar System in Faroese · Sólskipanin (layout · text)
Star	Sólin
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venus	Jørðin	Mars	[Term?]	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Mánin	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Callisto	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] Titan [Term?]	[Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?] [Term?]	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

From Latin Iūpiter.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjupiter/, [ˈjupit̪e̞r]
• Rhymes: -upiter
• Syllabification^(key): Ju‧pi‧ter
• Hyphenation^(key): Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter

2. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)
4. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (Roman god)

   Synonym: Juppiter

Solar System in Finnish · Aurinkokunta (layout · text)
Star	Aurinko
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Maa (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Kuu	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Japetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Dysnomia

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.pi.tɛʁ/

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Jupiter m

2. Jupiter (Roman god)

Jupiter m or f

2. Jupiter (planet)

• se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter

• → Persian: ژوپیتر (župiter)

Solar System in French · système solaire (layout · text)
Star	Soleil
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercure	Vénus	Terre	Mars	Cérès	Jupiter	Saturne	Uranus	Neptune	Pluton	Éris
Notable moons	—	—	Lune	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europe Ganymède Callisto	Mimas Encelade Téthys Dioné Rhéa Titan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Obéron	Triton	Charon	Dysnomie

Learned borrowing from Latin Iūpiter (“Jupiter”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuːpitɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jupiters or Jupiter)

2. (astronomy) Jupiter
4. (Roman mythology) Jupiter

• planets of the Solar System: Planeten des Sonnensystems: Merkur · Venus · Erde · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

• “Jupiter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)
• “Jupiter (Planet)” in Duden online
• “Jupiter (Römischer Gott)” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈjupitɛr]
• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Jupiter

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuˈpitər/ [d͡ʒuˈpi.t̪ər]
• Rhymes: -itər
• Syllabification: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter

1. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)

   Synonym: Musytari

Solar System in Indonesian · Tata Surya (layout · text)
Star	Matahari
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkurius	Venus	Bumi	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturnus	Uranus	Neptunus	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Bulan	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Kalisto	Mimas Enseladus Tetis Dione Rea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Kharon	Disnomia

• “Jupiter”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈjuː.pɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈjuː.pi.ter]

Jūpiter m sg (genitive Jovis); third declension

1. alternative spelling of Iuppiter

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Jupiter

1. alternative form of Jubiter

Borrowed from Norwegian Jupiter.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈjupiːter/

Jupiter

2. Jupiter (planet)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• planets of the Solar System: Merkur · Venus · Eana · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[5], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Internationalism, based on Latin Iuppiter (“Jupiter, the chief Roman god”), also Iūpiter. The Latin nominative continues an ancient vocative expression combining the name of the sky god with pater (“father”), essentially “Father Jove”; compare the oblique stem Iov-, seen in the genitive Iovis.

The name continues Proto-Italic *djous patēr (“sky father”), from *djous (“day, sky”) + *patēr (“father”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws (“sky; sky god”) and *ph₂tḗr (“father”). The first element belongs to the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew- (“to be bright; day sky”).

The astronomical sense is transferred from the name of the deity. In the Greco-Roman planetary naming tradition, the planet came to bear the name of Jupiter, the supreme Roman god.

Close cognates of the ancient divine title include Umbrian 𐌉𐌖𐌐𐌀𐌕𐌄𐌓 (iupater, “Jupiter”), Sanskrit द्यौष्पितृ (dyauṣpitṛ, “Sky Father”) and Ancient Greek Ζεῦ πάτερ (Zeû páter, “O father Zeus”). The first element also has cognates Hittite 𒅆𒄿𒌑𒍑, Old Armenian տիւ (tiw), Messapic ζισ (zis) and Lithuanian dievas (“god”).

• IPA^(key): /¹jʉː.pɪ.tər/, [ˈjʉ̀ː.pɪ.təɾ]
• Rhymes: -ʉːpɪtər
• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter

1. (astronomy) Jupiter; the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the Solar System, composed chiefly of hydrogen and helium

   Jupiter er så lyssterk at den ofte er lett å finne på nattehimmelen. ― Jupiter is so bright that it is often easy to find in the night sky.

   • 2022, Guro Barstad Corneliussen and Svend Kristian Eidsten, Naturfag 6, page 204:

     forskere tror at atmosfæren på Jupiter inneholder mest hydrogen og helium

     researchers believe that Jupiter's atmosphere contains mostly hydrogen and helium

2. (Roman mythology) Jupiter; the chief Roman god, ruler of the sky and weather and especially associated with thunder and lightning, corresponding to the Greek god Zeus

   Jupiter ble dyrket som hersker over himmelen og som lynets herre. ― Jupiter was worshipped as ruler of the sky and as lord of lightning.

   • 2024, Aage Hauken, Roma | Amor, page 30:

     det kapitolinske par, Jupiter og hans gemalinne Juno, ble æret med hver sitt tempel her oppe

     the Capitoline pair, Jupiter and his consort Juno, were each honoured with their own temple up here

• jovial (“jovial”)
• joviansk (“Jovian”)

• → Northern Sami: Jupiter

• Zevs (“Zeus”) (Greek counterpart of the god)

Solar System in Norwegian Bokmål · solsystemet (layout · text)
Star	sola ~ solen
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venus	jorda ~ jorden (Tellus)	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	månen	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymedes Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Borrowed from English Jupiter (“Jupiter, Florida”). The place name has a distinct history from the directly mythological and astronomical senses above. According to the official history of the Town of Jupiter, Spanish maps of the area showed the local river as Rio Jobe, the second element apparently referring to the indigenous Jobe people who inhabited the area.

After Britain acquired Florida from Spain in 1763, British mapmakers encountered the name Jobe and reinterpreted or Anglicized it as Jove (“Jupiter”), the Roman god's alternative English name. The resulting association with Jove led in turn to the place name Jupiter. Thus the modern name ultimately converged with the name of the Roman deity through a folk-etymological reinterpretation rather than through a straightforward original dedication to the god.

The related nearby name Juno was subsequently chosen after Juno, Jupiter's wife in Roman mythology.

Jupiter

1. Jupiter; a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States

   Hun bosatte seg i Jupiter i Florida. ― She settled in Jupiter, Florida.

   • 2023 April 21, Haavard Nordlie, “Ernie Els”, in Store norske leksikon:

     Els har boliger i Wentworth i England, George Western Cape i Sør Afrika og i Jupiter i Florida, USA.

     Els has homes in Wentworth in England, George in Western Cape, South Africa, and in Jupiter, Florida, USA.

Borrowed from Romanian Jupiter (“Jupiter, Romanian seaside resort”), itself named after Jupiter (“Jupiter, the planet”).

The resort was created during the large-scale development of Romania's southern Black Sea coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It belongs to a deliberately astronomical series of neighbouring resort names which includes Neptun, Venus and Saturn, all named after planets; Romanian sources commonly refer to these resorts collectively as the “planets” of the coast.

Accounts of the naming policy connect the choice of planetary names both with the contemporary fascination with space exploration and with a desire for short, internationally recognizable names that foreign tourists could easily remember and pronounce. The exact date at which Jupiter first opened to tourists is reported differently by modern sources.

Jupiter

1. Jupiter; a beach resort on the Black Sea in Romania, administered as part of Mangalia in Constanța County

   De tilbrakte ferien i Jupiter ved Svartehavet. ― They spent their holiday in Jupiter on the Black Sea.

   • 2023 June, “Jupiter – Cap Aurora”, in Reisemål Romania:

     JUPITER er et lite feriested som ligger omtrent 40 kilometer fra Constanta og bare 5 kilometer fra byen Mangalia, som det tilhører fra et administrativt synspunkt.

     Jupiter is a small resort located approximately 40 kilometres from Constanța and only 5 kilometres from the city of Mangalia, to which it belongs administratively.

• “Jupiter – planet”, Store norske leksikon
• “Jupiter – romersk gud”, Store norske leksikon
• “How Jupiter Got Its Name”, Town of Jupiter, Florida.
• “Jupiter – Cap Aurora”, Reisemål Romania.

Learned borrowing from Latin Iuppiter. Doublet of Jowisz and Zeus.

• IPA^(key): /juˈpi.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -itɛr
• Syllabification: Ju‧pi‧ter
• Homophone: jupiter

Jupiter m pers

1. (Roman mythology) Jupiter (the chief god, the Roman god of the sky and lightning)

   Synonym: Jowisz

• “Jupiter”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Jupiter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[7] (in Polish)

Jupiter m

2. Jupiter (planet)

• planets of the Solar System: planete din sistemul solar: Mercur · Venus · Pământ · Marte · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptun ^[edit]

• “Jupiter”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• IPA^(key): /jǔpiter/
• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jùpiter m inan or m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ју̀питер)

2. (inanimate) Jupiter (planet)
4. (animate) Jupiter (Roman god)

inanimate

animate

Derived from Latin Iūpiter (“father Jove”).

• IPA^(key): /jupiter/, [ˈjupiter]
• Rhymes: -iter
• Hyphenation: Ju‧pi‧ter

Jupiter m pers (relational adjective jupiterský or jupiterovský)

2. Jupiter (Roman god)

Jupiter m inan

2. (astronomy) Jupiter (planet)

• “Jupiter”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

• IPA^(key): /júːpitər/

Jȗpitər m inan

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

Planet:

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Júpiter
genitive	Júpitra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Júpiter
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Júpitra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Júpitru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Júpiter
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Júpitru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Júpitrom

God (or sometimes the planet):

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Júpiter
genitive	Júpitra
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Júpiter
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Júpitra
dative (dajȃlnik)	Júpitru
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Júpitra
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Júpitru
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Júpitrom

• planets of the Solar System: planéti osónčja: Merkúr · Vénera · Zémlja · Márs · Júpiter · Satúrn · Urán · Neptún ^[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʉːpɪtɛr/

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Jupiter c (genitive Jupiters)

2. Jupiter (planet)
4. Jupiter (Roman god)

• planets of the Solar System: planeter i solsystemet: Merkurius · Venus · jorden · Mars · Jupiter · Saturnus · Uranus · Neptunus ^[edit]

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈjypitɛr/

Jupiter c (no plural)

1. Jupiter (planet)
2. Jupiter (god)

• “Jupiter”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011