astronaut

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See also: Astronaut

English

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Astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
      • 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.
      • 2021 April 12, Gregory McNamee, “This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling the space race”, in CNN:
        The American astronauts in the competing Mercury program may have joked about being “Spam in a can,” but it seems clear that Korolev wanted to have plenty of cosmonauts on hand in case another rocket blew up.
      • 2025 April 19, Ashley Strickland, “An astronaut’s awe-inspiring views from life in space”, in CNN:
        Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 p.m. ET in a Soyuz spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a seven-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. Space doesn't just appear dark to astronauts aboard the space station.
  2. (Hong Kong) A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.

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Albanian

Noun

astronaut

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

Pronunciation

Noun

astronaut m anim (female equivalent astronautka)

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

  1. astronaut

Inflection

Declension of astronaut
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative astronaut astronauten astronauter astronauterne
genitive astronauts astronautens astronauters astronauternes

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English astronaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.stroːˈnɑu̯t/, /ˌɑs.troːˈnɑu̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: as‧tro‧naut
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n, feminine astronaute)

  1. a (male) astronaut
    Synonyms: kosmonaut, ruimtevaarder
    De astronaut bereidt zich voor op een wandeling in de ruimte.The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.
    Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden.As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.
    De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend.The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.

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Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Pronunciation

Noun

astronaut (plural astronaut-astronaut or para astronaut)

  1. astronaut
    Synonyms: angkasawan, antariksawan, kosmonaut

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

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

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarer

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

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

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarar

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut. By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

Pronunciation

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauți, feminine equivalent astronaută)

  1. astronaut
    Synonym: cosmonaut

Declension

Declension of astronaut
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative astronaut astronautul astronauți astronauții
genitive-dative astronaut astronautului astronauți astronauților
vocative astronautule astronauților

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)

  1. astronaut
    Synonyms: kozmonàut, kosmonàut

Declension

Declension of astronaut
singular plural
nominative astronaut astronauti
genitive astronauta astronauta
dative astronautu astronautima
accusative astronauta astronaute
vocative astronaute astronauti
locative astronautu astronautima
instrumental astronautom astronautima

Swedish

Etymology

From astro- +‎ -naut.

Noun

astronaut c

  1. an astronaut

Declension

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