saturn

1. 1.

   a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun

   BroaderJovian planetsuperior planetouter planet

   Part ofsolar system
2. 2.

   (Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus

   “Saturday is Saturn's Day”

   BroaderRoman deity

   Roman mythology

Other forms of saturn

plural

saturns·

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 saturn

What does saturn mean?

saturn means "a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in saturn?

saturn has 2 syllables: sat-urn. The stress falls on "sat". In IPA it is /ˈsætɚn/.

Is saturn a common word?

saturn 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.