pluto

1. 1.

   a cartoon character created by Walt Disney

   Broaderfictional character
2. 2.

   (Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades

   SynonymsDisDis PaterOrcus

   BroaderRoman deity

   Roman mythology

3. 3.

   a large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun; it has an elliptical orbit

   “Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930”

   Broaderasteroid

   Part ofsolar system

Other forms of pluto

plural

plutoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pluto

What does pluto mean?

pluto means "a cartoon character created by Walt Disney". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pluto?

pluto has 2 syllables: plu-to. The stress falls on "plu". In IPA it is /ˈplutoʊ/.

What is another word for pluto?

Close synonyms include Dis, Dis Pater, Orcus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pluto a common word?

pluto is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.