Betelgeuse

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء‎ (yad al-jawzāʾ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد‎ (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء‎ (jawzāʾ, “central one”).

Jawzā, ‘the central one’, initially referred to Gemini among the Arabs, but at some point they decided to refer to Orion by that name. During the Middle Ages the first character of the name, yā’ (ي, with two underdots), was misread as a bā’ (ب, with one underdot) when transliterating into Latin, and Yad al-Jauza became Bedalgeuze. This was then misinterpreted during the Renaissance as deriving from a corruption of an original Arabic form إِبْط الجَوْزَاء (ʾibṭ al-jawzāʾ, “armpit of the central one”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtldʒəːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbidlˌdʒus/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒus/, /ˈbidlˌdʒuz/, /ˈbɛdlˌdʒuz/

Betelgeuse

1. (astronomy) A bright-red supergiant intrinsic variable star, the second brightest star in the constellation Orion; Alpha (α) Orionis. It is the tenth brightest star in the nighttime, and one of the largest stars known.

• Beetlejuice (eye dialect)

• IPA^(key): [b̥etˢɛlˈɡ̊øːsə]

Betelgeuse (genitive Betelgeuses)

1. Betelgeuse

Ultimately from an alteration of the Arabic يَد الجَوْزَاء‎ (yad al-jawzāʾ, “hand of the central one”), from يَد‎ (yad, “hand”) + جَوْزَاء‎ (jawzāʾ, “central one”).

• IPA^(key): /be.telˈd͡ʒɛw.ze/
• Rhymes: -ɛwze
• Hyphenation: Be‧tel‧gèu‧se

Betelgeuse f

1. Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)