astronaut
English
/ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/, /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/, /ˈæstɹəˌnɒt/
noun
Definitions
- A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
- (Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and his/her adopted home country.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (star, celestial body, a star).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄστρον
Gloss
star, celestial body, a star
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
星
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astro- English
- astroid English
- astronautess English
- astronautical English
- astronautics English
- bioastronautical English
- bioastronautics English
- astrum Latin
- astrōsus Latin
- asztronauta Hungarian
- asztronauták Hungarian
- astro- Dutch, Flemish
- astronaut Dutch, Flemish
- astronaute French
- астронавт Russian
- ἀστρολάβος Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολογία Ancient Greek
- ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
- ἄστρον Ancient Greek
- *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European
- astro- Norwegian Bokmål
- astronaut Norwegian Bokmål
- astro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- astronaut Norwegian Nynorsk
- astro- Czech
- astronaut Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- άστρο Greek (modern)
- astronaut Indonesian
- astronot Indonesian
- astronot Turkish
- אַסטראָנויט Yiddish