Titan

See also: titan, Títan, títan, Titán, titán, and tǐtán

English

The moon Titan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: tīʹtən, IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪtən
• Homophones: tighten, titan
• Hyphenation: ti‧tan

Proper noun

Titan

1. (Greek mythology) Any of the race of giant gods in Greek mythology that preceded and was overthrown by the Olympian gods.
3. (Greek mythology) Another name for Helios, a personification of the Sun.
4. (astronomy) A moon in Saturn, Solar System. The largest moon of the planet Saturn.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:Titan

Derived terms

• Titanean
• Titanese
• Titaness
• Titanian
• titanic
• titanism
• titanium
• Titan-like

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَايْتَان (tāytān)
• → Chinese: 泰坦 (Tàitǎn)
• → Hawaiian: Kaikana
• → Marathi: टायटन (ṭāyṭan)

Translations

mythological giant

• Arabic: تَايْتَان m (tāytān)
• Azerbaijani: div
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提坦 (Títǎn), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)

• Finnish: titaani (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• Georgian: ტიტანი (ṭiṭani)
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)

  Ancient Greek: Τιτάν m (Titán)

• Hawaiian: Kaikana
• Hungarian: titán (hu)
• Irish: Tíotán m
• Italian: Titano (it)
• Japanese: チタン (ja) (Chitan), ティーターン (Tītān)
• Korean: 티탄 (ko) (Titan)
• Marathi: टायटन m (ṭāyṭan)
• Polish: tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: titã (pt) m
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian: титан m (titan)
• Spanish: Titán (es)
• Swahili: Titani
• Swedish: titan (sv) c

moon of Saturn

• Arabic: تَايْتَان m (tāytān)
• Asturian: Titán m
• Belarusian: Тыта́н m (Tytán)
• Bulgarian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Catalan: Tità m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土衛六 / 土卫六 (zh) (Tǔwèiliù), 泰坦 (zh) (Tàitǎn)

• Dutch: Titan (nl) m
• Esperanto: Titano
• Finnish: Titan (fi)
• French: Titan (fr) m
• German: Titan (de) m
• Greek: Τιτάνας (el) m (Titánas)
• Hawaiian: Kaikana
• Hungarian: Titán (hu)
• Irish: Tíotán m
• Italian: Titano (it) m
• Japanese: タイタン (ja) (Taitan), ティタン (Titan)
• Khmer: ទីតង់ (titngô)
• Korean: 타이탄 (Taitan)
• Macedonian: Тита́н m (Titán)
• Marathi: टायटन m (ṭāyṭan)
• Mongolian: Титан (Titan)
• Polish: Tytan (pl) m
• Portuguese: Titã (pt) f
• Russian: Тита́н (ru) m (Titán)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Титан m

  Latin: Titan m

• Spanish: Titán (es) m
• Swedish: Titan (sv) ?
• Ukrainian: Тита́н m (Tytán)

Anagrams

• 'taint, Nitta, Tanit, nitta, taint, tinta

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈtaːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Tītān, Tītānus, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Noun

Titan m (weak or mixed, genitive Titanen or Titans, plural Titanen)

1. (Greek mythology) Titan
2. (higher register) titan

Usage notes

• Most dictionaries prescribe weak singular forms, which are predominant. However, strong forms are well attested, not only in the dative/accusative (where they may be due to colloquial influence), but also in the genitive. This suggests that both sets should be considered fully standard.

Declension

Declension of Titan [masculine, weak // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Titan	die	Titanen
genitive	eines	des	Titanen, Titans	der	Titanen
dative	einem	dem	Titanen, Titan	den	Titanen
accusative	einen	den	Titanen, Titan	die	Titanen

Alternative forms

• Titane (rare)

Derived terms

• titanisch

Proper noun

Titan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Titans or (with an article) Titan)

1. (astronomy) Titan (one of Saturn's moons)

Declension

Declension of Titan [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Titan
genitive	eines	des	Titans, Titan1
dative	einem	dem	Titan
accusative	einen	den	Titan

¹With an article.

Etymology 2

Chemical element (edit)
Ti Atomic number 22 Titan
Classification data Period 4 Group 4 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← Scandium (Sc)
Next: Vanadium (V) →

Coined by Klaproth in 1795, after etymology 1 above.

Noun

Titan n (strong, genitive Titans, no plural)

1. titanium

Declension

Declension of Titan [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Titan
genitive	eines	des	Titans
dative	einem	dem	Titan
accusative	ein	das	Titan

Coordinate terms

• (chemical element): Previous: Scandium. Next: Vanadium

Japanese

Romanization

Titan

1. Rōmaji transcription of ティタン

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n).

Proper noun

Tītān m (genitive Tītānos or Tītānis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) a Titan

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	Tītān	Tītānes Tītānēs
genitive	Tītānos Tītānis	Tītānum
dative	Tītānī	Tītānibus
accusative	Tītāna Tītānem	Tītānas Tītānēs
ablative	Tītāne	Tītānibus
vocative	Tītān	Tītānes Tītānēs

Luxembourgish

Chemical element (edit)
Ti Atomic number 22 Titan
Classification data Period 4 Group 4 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← Scandium (Sc)
Next: Vanadium (V) →

Noun

Titan ? (uncountable)

1. titanium

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Internationalism, borrowed from Latin Tītān (“Titan”), from Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “Titan”), the name of one of the Titans in Greek mythology. The deeper origin of the Ancient Greek name is uncertain; proposed explanations have connected it with τίτο (títo, “sun, day”), τιταίνω (titaínō, “to stretch, extend”) or τίσις (tísis, “retribution”).

The moon was discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1655. Its present name was proposed by John Herschel in 1847 as part of his naming scheme for Saturn's moons; Herschel chose Titan for Huygens's moon because of its exceptional size.

Compare the parallel adaptations Danish Titan, Swedish Titan, German Titan, Dutch Titan, Finnish Titan and English Titan.

Saturn's moon Titan in natural color, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in 2005.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹tɪˈtɑːn/, [tɪˈtɑ̀ːn]
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Homophone: titan
• Hyphenation: Ti‧tan

Proper noun

Titan

1. (astronomy) Titan; the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest moon in the Solar System, discovered by Christiaan Huygens in 1655

   Huygens-sonden landet på Titan i 2005. ― The Huygens probe landed on Titan in 2005.

   • 2025 February 21, Maria Hammerstrøm, Inger Lise Delphin Smedsrød, “Titan – måne”, in Store norske leksikon‎^[1]:

     Titan er en av Saturns måner.

     Titan is one of Saturn's moons.

See also

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Titan, the name of an American family of missiles and launch vehicles, ultimately named after the titans of Greek mythology. The name was chosen in the United States in the mid-1950s for its associations with power, strength and invincibility.

A Titan II GLV launching the Gemini 7 spacecraft in 1965.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /¹ˈtaɪ.tən/, [ˈtàɪ.tən]
• Rhymes: -aɪtən
• Hyphenation: Ti‧tan

Proper noun

Titan

1. Titan; two American intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Titan I and Titan II, which were in service from 1962 to 1987
   • 2024 November 26, Yngve Jarslett, “Titan – missiler”, in Store norske leksikon‎^[2]:

     Titan var to amerikanske interkontinentale missiler som var i bruk fra 1962 til 1987.

     Titan comprised two American intercontinental missiles that were in service from 1962 to 1987.

2. Titan; a family of American rockets developed from the Titan missile program and used as launch vehicles
   • 2024 November 26, Erik Tandberg, Maria Hammerstrøm, “Titan – raketter”, in Store norske leksikon‎^[3]:

     Titan var en familie av amerikanske bæreraketter.

     Titan was a family of American launch vehicles.

Anagrams

• titan

References

• “Titan – måne” in Store norske leksikon.
• “Titan – missiler” in Store norske leksikon.
• “Titan – raketter” in Store norske leksikon.

Swedish

Proper noun

Titan c (genitive Titans)

1. (astronomy) Titan, a moon of Saturn

Anagrams

• tinat

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English Titan, from Ancient Greek Τιτάν (Titán).

Proper noun

Titan m

1. (astronomy) Titan (a moon of Saturn)

See also

Solar System in Welsh · Cysawd yr Haul (layout · text)
Star	yr Haul
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercher	Gwener	y Ddaear	Mawrth	Ceres	Iau	Sadwrn	Wranws	Neifion	Plwton	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	y Lleuad	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Ewropa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladws Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetws	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Mutation

Mutated forms of Titan

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Titan	Ditan	Nhitan	Thitan

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.