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Definition: Eros |
ErosNoun1. (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Eros" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "love". |
Date "Eros" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1607. (references) |
Etymology: Eros \E"ros\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression love, (personified) Eros, from to love.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Geological | The EROS program was established in the early 1970s, under the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey, to receive, process, and distribute data from United States Landsat satellite sensors and from airborne mapping cameras. See also EDC. (Earth Resources Observation Systems). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
EROS | English | Eliminate Range Zero System | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Eros |
| English words defined with "Eros": Amor ♦ Cupid ♦ outstanding ♦ prominent ♦ salient, spectacular, striking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Eros": ADAPS ♦ EDC ♦ Gods ♦ SEMI-ANONYMOUS FTP. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Eros" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Eros), German (Eros), Italian (Eros), Portuguese (erosion), Serbo-Croatian (eros), Spanish (Eros). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Eros, do we have to kill them? (Plan 9 from Outer Space; writing credit: Edward D. Wood Jr.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Hachigatsu wa eros no nioi (1972) Eros e Thanatos (1969) O Basileus Eros (1967) Eros ftoheia kai kobines (1956) Otan o eros pligonei (1930) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Seated female figure with mirror adjusting her dress while a winged hand maiden attends to her hair ; Female figure seated in klismos chair while figure of Eros or Cupid, assisted by hand maiden, washes her feet.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Eros Barger.Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Minna Antrim | The ''Green-eyed Monster'' causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Eros" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 76.67% of the time. "Eros" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 76.67% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (plural) | 23.33% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Eros" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Eros | Last name | 100 | 73,179 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Eros, LA (town, FIPS 24215) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "Eros": eros-wise. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
eros | 2,861 | eros francisco san | 134 |
eros guide | 2,201 | diego eros san | 130 |
ramazzotti eros | 818 | eros louisiana | 126 |
eros escort | 753 | dc.com eros | 124 |
chicago eros | 521 | eros comic | 111 |
eros ny | 495 | eros usa | 111 |
boston eros | 488 | eros philly | 106 |
eros guide.com | 470 | chat eros | 104 |
atlanta eros | 437 | eros comix | 102 |
dc eros | 420 | austin eros | 101 |
dallas eros | 413 | angeles eros los | 100 |
eros ramazotti | 312 | eros houston.com | 100 |
eros houston | 267 | eros minnesota | 97 |
eros miami | 243 | eros tampa | 96 |
eros ohio | 238 | chicago eros guide | 89 |
detroit eros | 213 | eros usa.com | 89 |
eros seattle | 208 | eros las vegas | 87 |
eros ny.com | 181 | eros sf | 87 |
eros new york | 176 | dallas.com eros | 85 |
eros ramazzoti | 136 | atlanta.com eros | 83 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Eros"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | Kupido (Cupid), Cupido (Cupid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Eros. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إيروس إله الحب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Ерос. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 色情 (erogenous, Erotic, luscious, Pornography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Bùh Lásky. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Cupido (Cupid), Amor (Cupid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Amoro (Cupid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Éros. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Eros. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έρωσ (courtship, Cupid, love), έρωτασ (Cupid, love). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Eros. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 愛の神 (Amor, god of love, Venus), エル"ー盤 (aerogram, angel, elbow, Electone, Electra complex, electric, electric guitar, electricity, electroluminescence, electron, electronic, electronic banking, electronic cooking, electronic cottage, electronic file, electronic mail, electronic money, electronic music, electronic office, electronic sound, electronics, elegance, elegant, elegy, element, elementary, elevation, elevator, elf, elm, elocution, elven, encapsulation, enclosure, encode, encoder, encoding, encounter, encyclopedia, engage, engagement, engagement ring, engine, engine brake, engineer, engineering, engineering plastics, enjoy, erect, erection, erogenous zone, Eroica, erotic, erotic and grotesque, erotic and grotesque nonsense, erotic production, erotica, eroticism, erotism, erotomania, Herman, Hermes, ignition key, long-playing record, LP). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | あいのかみ (Amor, god of love, Venus), エロス . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erosay Erógeno (erogenous). (various references) Эрос. (various references) eros. (various references) Eros. (various references) Aşk Tanrısı (Cupid). (various references) Ерос. (various references) thần ái tình. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Eros": erose, erosely, eroses, erosible, erosion, erosional, erosionally, erosions, erosive, erosiveness, erosivenesses, erosivities, erosivity. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Eros": armigeros, banderilleros, boleros, braceros, burladeros, caballeros, carabineros, cavaleros, ceros, cheeros, ciceros, dineros, embarcaderos, heros, heteros, monteros, pamperos, primeros, rancheros, rhinoceros, sombreros, tapaderos, toreros, vaqueros, zeros. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Eros": acerose, aerosat, aerosats, aerosol, aerosolization, aerosolizations, aerosolize, aerosolized, aerosolizes, aerosolizing, aerosols, aerospace, aerospaces, aerostat, aerostatics, aerostats, arterioscleroses, arteriosclerosis, atheroscleroses, atherosclerosis, atherosclerotic, deuterostome, deuterostomes, enterostomal, enterostomies, enterostomy, generosities, generosity, heteroses, heterosexual, heterosexualities, heterosexuality, heterosexually, heterosexuals, heterosis, heterospories, heterosporous, heterospory, hyperostoses, hyperostosis, hyperostotic, kerosene, kerosenes, kerosine, kerosines, operose, operosely, operoseness, operosenesses, otoscleroses, otosclerosis. (additional references) | |
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"Eros" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aeros, Ecos, Ecros, eeos, Eeris, efos, Elrose, Eoq, Eosg, Erdos, Ermo, Erno, eroes, Erosca, eross, Erro, Errols, Ersoy, Ersoz, erus, Eurosud, Feroz, Meroz, Oros. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Eros" (pronounced 'E"ros'): Mesonephros, Metanephros, Metrosideros, Moros, Pamperos, Pharos, Tharos. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: ores, roes, rose, sore. | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r-s" | |
-1 letter: ers, oes, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, ser. | |
-2 letters: er, es, oe, or, os, re, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: arose, bores, brose, ceros, cores, corse, doers, doser, erose, euros, fores, froes, goers, gores, gorse, heros, hoers, horse, lores, loser, mores, morse, ogres, omers, orles, osier, overs, oyers, pores, poser, prose, redos, repos, resod, resow, robes, roles, roose, ropes, rosed, roses, roset, rotes, roues, rouse, roves, score, senor, serow, servo, shoer, shore, snore, sober, sorel, sorer, sores, sower, spore, store, swore, tores, torse, verso, worse, yores, zeros. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 72 6F 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. --- ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110010 01101111 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E r o s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0072 006F 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39848185 |
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