Ganymede

See also:Ganymèdeandganymède

English

The moonGanymede.

Etymology

FromFrenchGanymède,fromLatinGanymēdēs,fromAncient GreekΓανυμήδης(Ganumḗdēs,“meant to please”),fromγάνυμαι(gánumai,“I rejoice, I am glad”)+μήδεα(mḗdea,“thought, intention”).Doubletofcatamite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɡænɪmiːd/

Proper noun

Ganymede

2. (Greekmythology)A Trojan boy who wasabducted(either byZeusorEos), and ultimately becameimmortalin order to be Zeus'cupbearer.
4. (astronomy)AmoonofJupiter.

Derived terms

• Ganymedean

Translations

in Greek mythology

• Afrikaans:Ganumedes
• Arabic:غَانِيمَادَسm(ḡanimādas)
• Armenian:Գանիմեդ(Ganimed)
• Azerbaijani:Qanimed
• Catalan:Ganimedes
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Già nghê mặc đắc tư(Jiānímòdesī)

• Danish:Ganymedes
• Finnish:Ganymedes(fi)
• French:Ganymède(fr)m
• Georgian:განიმედე(ganimede)
• German:Ganymed(de)m
• Greek:Γανυμήδης(el)m(Ganymídis)

  Ancient:Γανυμήδηςm(Ganumḗdēs)

• Greenlandic:Ganymedesi
• Inuktitut:ᒑᓂᒥᑦ(caanimit)
• Japanese:ガニュメーデース(Ganyumēdēsu)
• Korean:가니메데스(Ganimedeseu)
• Latin:Ganymēdēs
• Polish:Ganimedes(pl)m
• Portuguese:Ganímedesf(Portugal),Ganimedesf(Brazil)
• Russian:Ганиме́д(ru)m(Ganiméd)
• Spanish:Ganimedesm

satellite of Jupiter

• Afrikaans:Ganumedes
• Arabic:جَانِيمِيدf(ganimīd)
• Armenian:Գանիմեդ(Ganimed)
• Azerbaijani:Qanimed
• Catalan:Ganimedes
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Mộc vệ tam／Mộc vệ tam(Mùwèisān),Cam ni mễ đức(Gānnímǐdé)

• Finnish:Ganymedes(fi)
• French:Ganymède(fr)f
• Georgian:განიმედე(ganimede)
• German:Ganymed(de)m
• Greek:Γανυμήδης(el)m(Ganymídis)
• Hawaiian:Kanimeki
• Italian:Ganimedem
• Japanese:ガニメデ(ja)(Ganimede)
• Kazakh:Ганимед(Ganimed)
• Korean:가니메데(Ganimede)
• Kyrgyz:Ганимед(Ganimed)
• Polish:Ganimedes(pl)m
• Portuguese:Ganímedes(Portugal),Ganimedes(Brazil)
• Russian:Ганиме́д(ru)m(Ganiméd)
• Spanish:Ganimedesm
• Swedish:Ganymedes(sv)
• Tajik:Ганимед(Ganimed)
• Turkish:Ganymede
• Turkmen:Ganimed
• Uzbek:Ganimed

See also

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

Noun

Ganymede(pluralGanymedes)

1. A servant boy or youngwaiter,particularly one who servesliquor.
2. A boy kept forpederasticpurposes; acatamite.

Translations

servant boy

• Swedish:munskänk(sv)c

catamite

Further reading

• Ganymede (mythology)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ganymede (moon)on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• megadyne

Turkish

Proper noun

Ganymede

1. (Greekmythology)Alternative form ofGanimedes
2. (astronomy)Ganymede