Meaning

6 senses

  1. (Greek)One of the Dioscuri

    Ка́сторKástor

  2. A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.

    Ка́сторKástor

  3. A village and civil parish in city of Peterborough district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1298).

  4. A town in the County of Paintearth, Alberta, Canada. From French castor (“beaver”).

  5. A village in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, United States. From French castor (“beaver”).

  6. A surname.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Some people believe that castor oil is good for hair.

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  2. Castor and Pollux were twin brothers.

    ruКастор и Поллукс были близнецами. — marafon

    deCastor und Pollux waren Zwillinge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Dioscuri:

Origin

From Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

From Ancient Greek Κάστωρ (Kástōr), from Ancient Greek κάστωρ (kástōr, “beaver”).

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Word family

1 related words
Derivedcastorite

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
castigatecastingcastleA2castratecasualB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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