apollo

See also: Apollo and Apol·lo

English

Apollo Butterfly of Gran Sasso

Etymology

From Apollo.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈpɒləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈpɑloʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• (South Asia) IPA^(key): /əˈpɔlo/, /əˈpolo/
• Rhymes: -ɒləʊ
• Hyphenation: Apol‧lo

Noun

apollo (plural apollos)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“a very handsome young man”)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Apollo (“any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo)”)

Translations

very handsome young man — see Apollo

any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia — see Apollo

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• Slovene: ^{(please verify)} Apolon (sl) m

Further reading

• Apollo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• palolo

Italian

Etymology

From the name of the Greek god of beauty, Apollo, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔl.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔllo
• Hyphenation: a‧pòl‧lo

Noun

apollo m (plural apolli)

1. a young man of great beauty, an apollo
2. Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo, a large swallowtail with black and red spots on white wings)

Synonyms

• (man of great beauty): adone
• apolline

Hypernyms

• (man): uomo, essere umano
• (butterfly): farfalla

Anagrams

• Opallo

Polish

Etymology

From Apollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔl.lɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔllɔ
• Syllabification: a‧pol‧lo
• Homophone: Apollo

Noun

apollo m pers

1. Apollo, apollo (handsome young man)

Declension

Declension of apollo

	singular	plural
nominative	apollo	apollowie, apolle1
genitive	apolla	apollów
dative	apollowi	apollom
accusative	apolla	apollów
instrumental	apollem	apollami
locative	apollu	apollach
vocative	apollu	apollowie

¹Deprecative.

Noun

apollo m animal

1. Apollo, mountain apollo (Parnassius apollo)

   Hypernym: niepylak

Declension

Declension of apollo

	singular	plural
nominative	apollo	apolle
genitive	apolla	apollów
dative	apollowi	apollom
accusative	apolla	apolle
instrumental	apollem	apollami
locative	apollu	apollach
vocative	apollu	apolle

Further reading

• “apollo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “apollo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)