Meaning

4 senses
  1. (countable)Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo).

    Apoll, Apollo, Apollon

    Аполло́нApollón, аполло́нapollón

    Аполло́нApollón

  2. (countable)A very handsome young man.

    Аполло́нApollón, аполло́нapollón, краса́вецkrasávec

  3. (Africa, West, uncountable)Acute haemorrhagic conjunctivitis.

  4. An asteroid possessing an orbit that crosses the orbit of the Earth and an orbital period of over one year, with semimajor axes greater than 1 AU, and perihelion distances less than 1.017 AU.

    Аполло́нApollón

More definitions
  • (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis

Examples

29 sentences
  1. A report came in that Apollo 11 succeeded in landing on the moon.

  2. Apollo is the brother of Athena.

    Аполлон — брат Атени. — Dionizio

    ruАполлон — брат Афины. — odexed

  3. Apollo 16 brought back a large number of lunar rocks and soil samples.

  4. Artemis was the sister of Apollo.

    ruАртемида была сестрой Аполлона. — Wezel

    deArtemis war die Schwester des Apoll. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Dionysus is the brother of Apollo.

    ruДионис — брат Аполлона. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the son of Zeus:
Русский
By meaning 3
a three-man spacecraft:
butterfly:
a very handsome young man:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the son of Zeus:
butterfly:

Origin

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn). From the object 1862 Apollo.

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

From the object 1862 Apollo.

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Forms

plural: Apollos
SingularApollo
PluralApollos

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis:PhoebusPhoebus Apollo

Antonyms

1 antonyms
astronomy:Hermes

See also

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