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Zeus

proper nouncommon in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//zjuːs//
  • Canada//zus//
  • Scotland//zʉs//
  • //zɪu̯s//

The supreme Deity and ruler of all Hellenic gods in Hellenism, husband to Hera.

proper noun

  1. 1

    The supreme Deity and ruler of all Hellenic gods in Hellenism, husband to Hera.

  2. 2

    A male given name.

  3. 3

    A representative given name for a dog.

    67 give zeus a bath Wash off whatever your dog rolled in over the weekend. It'll freshen up your house and you'll burn about 100 calories.

    Eventually, he was named the world’s tallest male dog, taking over the title from fellow Great Dane Zeus who also died aged three in September, after suffering from bone cancer.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζεύς (Zeús). Doublet of Dyeus and Jove.

Forms

plural
Zeuses
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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