Pronunciation: ' b ē -t ə l- ˌ jüs, ' be-, - ˌ jüz
Function: noun
Etymology: French Bételgeuse, from Arabic bayt al-jawz ā ' Gemini, literally, the house of the twins (confused with Orion & Betelgeuse)
Date: 1769
: a variable red supergiant star of the first magnitude near the eastern shoulder of Orion