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Pronunciation / Transliteration: pley-ad
"Cette pléiade d'artistes a marqué l'histoire de la peinture."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A brilliant group of seven notable people or things associated with a specific field or era.
"The anthology celebrated a famous pleiad of 16th-century French poets who revolutionized vernacular literature." - 2
Any of various clusters of stars, specifically the prominent open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
"Through the telescope, the sparkling stars of the pleiad shone brightly against the night sky."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek Pleiades (Πλειάδες), referring to the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione transformed into a cluster of stars. The term entered Middle English and later modern European languages via Latin, initially denoting the mythological sisters and astronomical cluster, eventually shifting to metaphorically describe a brilliant group of seven poets, artists, or distinguished individuals.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pleiad" is said worldwide
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pléiade
Transliteration: pley-ad
"Cette pléiade d'artistes a marqué l'histoire de la peinture."
Plejade
Transliteration: pley-ah-duh
"Eine Plejade von Gelehrten versammelte sich an der Universität."
pleiade
Transliteration: pley-ah-de
"Una brillante pleiade di poeti ha definito il Rinascimento."
pléyade
Transliteration: pley-ah-deh
"Una pléyade de intelectuales asistió al congreso internacional."
plêiade
Transliteration: pley-ah-dʒi
"Aquela plêiade de cientistas mudou o rumo da medicina."
प्रतिष्ठित समूह
Transliteration: pratishthit samooh
"वैज्ञानिकों का एक प्रतिष्ठित समूह सम्मेलन में मौजूद था।"
群星
Transliteration: qún xīng
"文学界涌现出了一群才华横溢的群星。"
성단
Transliteration: seong-dan
"밤하늘에서 아름다운 산개성단을 관측했다."
プレアデス
Transliteration: pureadesu
"プレアデス星団は肉眼でもはっきりと見ることができます。"
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