Orpheus

//ˈɔɹfi.əs//

Synonyms for "orpheus" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Related words (3)

Related word relations

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derived

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Translations

61 translations across 53 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • Orfeu name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • Ὀρφεύς name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Arabic

1 entries
  • أُورْفِيُوس name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Armenian

1 entries
  • Օրփեոս name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Basque

1 entries
  • Orfeo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • Арфе́й name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Bengali

2 entries
  • অর্ফিয়াস name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • ওর্ফেউস name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Breton

1 entries
  • Orfeüs name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • Орфей name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • Орфей name (male given name)

Catalan

1 entries
  • Orfeu name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Central Franconian

1 entries
  • Orpheus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 俄耳甫斯 name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • 奧菲厄斯 /奥菲厄斯 name (male given name)

Czech

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Dutch

1 entries
  • Orpheus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • Orfeo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Finnish

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

French

1 entries
  • Orphée name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Galician

1 entries
  • Orfeo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ორფეოსი name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

German

1 entries
  • Orpheus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Greek

2 entries
  • Ορφέας name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • Ορφεύς name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ઓર્ફિયસ name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • אורפיאוס name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • אורפיאוס name (male given name)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • Orpheusz name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • Orpheo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐆᕐᐱᐅᔅ name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Irish

1 entries
  • Oirféas name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Italian

2 entries
  • Orfeo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • Orfeo name (male given name)

Japanese

1 entries
  • オルフェウス name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಆರ್ಫೀಯಸ್ name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Korean

1 entries
  • 오르페우스 name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Latin

1 entries
  • Orphe͡us name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Latvian

1 entries
  • Orfejs name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • Orfėjas name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • Орфеј name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Marathi

2 entries
  • ऑर्फियस name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • ऑर्फियस name (male given name)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • Orfevs name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Occitan

1 entries
  • Orfèu name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Polish

1 entries
  • Orfeusz name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • Orfeu name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Romanian

1 entries
  • Orfeu name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Russian

1 entries
  • Орфе́й name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • Òrfej name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)
  • О̀рфеј name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Slovak

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Slovene

1 entries
  • Orfej name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Spanish

1 entries
  • Orfeo name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Swedish

1 entries
  • Orfeus name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Tatar

1 entries
  • Orfey name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఓర్ఫియాస్ name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Turkish

1 entries
  • Orfe name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • Орфе́й name (the musician who searched for Eurydice)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Love will make men dare to die for their beloved. Of this Alcestis is a monument for she was willing to lay down her life for her husband and so noble did this appear to the gods that they granted her the privilege of returning to earth, but Orpheus, the son of Oeagrus, they sent empty away.

Source: tatoeba (7547793)

Orpheus was the son of Apollo and the Muse Calliope. He was presented by his father with a Lyre and taught to play upon it, which he did to such perfection that nothing could withstand the charm of his music.

Source: tatoeba (7547818)

Hymen had been called to bless with his presence the nuptials of Orpheus with Eurydice; but though he attended, he brought no happy omens with him. His very torch smoked and brought tears into their eyes.

Source: tatoeba (7547819)

Orpheus was permitted to take her away with him on one condition, that he should not turn around to look at her till they should have reached the upper air.

Source: tatoeba (7547833)

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