Nix

See also: nix and *nix

English

Etymology 1

Named after the mother of Charon, goddess of darkness and night.

Proper noun

Nix

1. (astronomy) One of the moons of Pluto (named 21 June 2006.)

Synonyms

• (astronomy): Pluto III, S/2005 P 2, S/2005 P 2 (Nix), (134340) Pluto III, (134340) Pluto III Nix, Pluto III (Nix)

Derived terms

• Nictian

Translations

one of Pluto's moons

• Albanian: Nix
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冥衛二／冥卫二 (Míngwèi'èr)

• Czech: Nix m inan
• Japanese: ニクス (ja) (Nikusu)
• Korean: 닉스 (Nikseu)
• Marathi: निक्स (niksa)

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra

Etymology 2

From Nick, diminutive of the given name Nicholas + patronymic suffix -s.

Proper noun

Nix

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Anagrams

• Xin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English Nix, after Nyx (“Greek goddess of night”), from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɪks]
• Rhymes: -ɪks
• Homophone: Nyx

Noun

Nix m inan

2. (astronomy) Nix, a moon of Pluto [since 2006]
   • 2015 July 8, Pavel Gabzdyl, “Měsíční prohlídka: měsíce Pluta”, in astro.cz‎^[1], Česká astronomická společnost, archived from the original on 2018-03-02:

     V červnu roku 2005 byly pomocí Hubblova kosmického dalekohledu objeveny hned další dva Plutovy satelity. Ten bližší má průměr 23 až 68 km a dostal jméno Nix podle řecké bohyně tmy a noci Nyx.

     Two more satellites of Pluto were discovered with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope in June 2005. The nearer one is between 23 and 68 km in diameter and was called Nix after the Greek goddes of darkness and night Nyx.

Declension

Declension of Nix (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Nix
genitive	Nixu
dative	Nixu
accusative	Nix
vocative	Nixe
locative	Nixu
instrumental	Nixem

Related terms

• Nyx

 

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star	Slunce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkur	Venuše	Země	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Měsíc	Phobos/Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymed Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

German

Etymology

From Middle High German niches, nickes, from Old High German nihhus, nichus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ō-s, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɪks/

• Audio:

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Noun

Nix m (strong, genitive Nixes, plural Nixe, feminine Nixe)

1. nix (water demon in human form that lures people into the water and drowns them)

   Synonyms: Nöck, Wassermann

Declension

Declension of Nix [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nix	die	Nixe
genitive	eines	des	Nixes	der	Nixe
dative	einem	dem	Nix, Nixe1	den	Nixen
accusative	einen	den	Nix	die	Nixe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Nixe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Nix” in Duden online
• “Nix” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Nyx

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈniks/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈniks/

Proper noun

Nix f

1. (Greek mythology) Nyx (the primordial goddess of night)
2. (astronomy) Nix (moon of Pluto)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Nyx, from Ancient Greek Νύξ (Núx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniɡs/ [ˈniɣ̞s]
• Rhymes: -iɡs
• Syllabification: Nix

Proper noun

Nix f

1. (Greek mythology) Nyx

Turkish

Proper noun

Nix

1. (astronomy) Nix