astronaut

Etymology

astro- +‎ -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăsʹtrənôt'
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæstɹəˌnɒt/

  • Audio (CA)

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Noun

astronaut (plural astronauts)

1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
   1. An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut and taikonaut.
      • 2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation →ISBN

        Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.

2. (Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and his/her adopted home country.

Noun

astronaut

1. astronaut, cosmonaut

Noun

astronaut m

1. astronaut, cosmonaut

Related terms

• astronautika

Further reading

• astronaut in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• astronaut in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /astronavt/, [asd̥ʁoˈnɑwˀd̥]

Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

1. astronaut

Pronunciation

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Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n)

1. astronaut

Etymology

From English astronaut

Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronauter, definite plural astronautene)

1. an astronaut

References

• “astronaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From English astronaut

Noun

astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronautar, definite plural astronautane)

1. an astronaut

References

• “astronaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /as.troˈnaut/

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauți, feminine equivalent astronaută)

1. astronaut

See also

• taikonaut

References

• astronaut in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /astronǎut/

Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)

1. astronaut

Etymology

astro- +‎ -naut

Noun

astronaut c

1. an astronaut