Terpsichore

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τερψιχόρη (Terpsikhórē, from τέρψις (térpsis, “enjoyment, delight”) +‎ χορός (khorós, “chorus”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /təpˈsɪkəɹi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɚpˈsɪkəɹi/

Proper noun

Terpsichore

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.
2. (astronomy) 81 Terpsichore, a main belt asteroid.

Translations

Greek mythology: one of the nine muses

• Arabic: تِيرْبْسِيكُورِي f (terbsikōrī)
• Armenian: Տերփսիքորա (Terpʻsikʻora)
• Azerbaijani: Terpsixora
• Basque: Terpsikore
• Belarusian: Тэрпсіхора f (Terpsixóra)
• Bengali: তের্প্সিকোরে (terpśikōre)
• Breton: Terpsic'hore f
• Bulgarian: Терпсихора f (Terpsihora)
• Catalan: Terpsícore f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 忒耳普西科瑞 (Tè'ěrpǔxīkēruì)

• Czech: Terpsichoré f
• Danish: Terpsichore c
• Dutch: Terpsichore f
• Esperanto: Terpsiĥoro
• Finnish: Terpsikhore
• French: Terpsichore (fr) f
• Georgian: ტერფსიქორა (ṭerpsikora)
• German: Terpsichore (de) f
• Greek: Τερψιχόρη (el) f (Terpsichóri)

  Ancient: Τερψιχόρη f (Terpsikhórē)

• Greenlandic: Terpisichore
• Hebrew: טרפסיכורה f
• Hungarian: Terpszikhoré (hu)
• Icelandic: Terpískora f
• Indonesian: Terpsikhore
• Inuktitut: ᑎᕐᑉᓯᑯᕆ (tirpsikori)
• Italian: Tersicore f
• Japanese: テルプシコラー (Terupushikorā)
• Korean: 테르프시코레 (Tereupeusikore)
• Latin: Terpsichorē f
• Ligurian: Tersicore f
• Lithuanian: Terpsichorė f
• Macedonian: Терпсихора f (Terpsihora)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Terpsikhore f

  Nynorsk: Terpsikhore f

• Polish: Terpsychora (pl) f
• Portuguese: Terpsícore f
• Romanian: Terpsihora f
• Russian: Терпсихо́ра (ru) f (Terpsixóra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Терпсѝхора f

  Roman: Terpsìhora (sh) f

• Slovak: Terpsichoré f, Terpsichora f
• Slovene: Terpsihora (sl) f
• Spanish: Terpsícore (es) f, Terpsícora f
• Swedish: Terpsichore (sv) c
• Turkish: Terpsikhore
• Ukrainian: Терпсіхора f (Terpsixora)

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania
• terpsichorean

References

• “terpsichore”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “terpsichore”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• cheiropters

Portuguese

Proper noun

Terpsichore f

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Terpsícore.