Skip to content

Jovian

noun

  1. giant planet which mainly consist of light elements such as hydrogen and helium
L700478 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vi.ən/ / /ˈd͡ʒoʊ.vi.ən/

adj

  1. Alternative form of Jovian.

name

Etymology: From the emperor’s name, Latin Ioviānus.

  1. Flavius Jovianus Augustus (331–364), a Roman emperor.
  2. A male given name from Latin

noun

Etymology: From Latin Iovis (“Jove, Jupiter”) + -an, analysable as Jove + -ian. Piecewise doublet of Zeusian.

  1. An imaginary inhabitant of the planet Jupiter.