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Asturian
Noun
astronauta m or f (plural astronautes )
astronaut ( member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose )
Catalan
Etymology
From astro- + -nauta .
Pronunciation
Noun
astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautes )
astronaut ( member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose )
Synonym: cosmonauta
Further reading
“astronauta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“astronauta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià , Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua .
“astronauta ”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana , Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana , 2025.
“astronauta ”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
Galician
astronauta
Etymology
By surface analysis , astro- + -nauta .
Pronunciation
Noun
astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas )
astronaut , spaceman
Italian
Etymology
From astro- + -nauta .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /as.troˈnaw.ta/
Rhymes: -awta
Hyphenation: a‧stro‧nàu‧ta
Noun
astronauta m or f by sense (masculine plural astronauti , feminine plural astronaute )
astronaut
Synonym: cosmonauta
Further reading
astronauta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
astronauta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
astronauta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica , De Agostini Scuola Spa
astronàuta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti , Olivetti Media Communication
astronàuta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
From astro- + -nauta . First attested in 1907, but in common usage only as of 1947.
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /as.trɔˈnaw.ta/
Rhymes: -awta
Syllabification: as‧tro‧nau‧ta
Noun
astronauta m pers (female equivalent astronautka )
astronaut , cosmonaut ; spaceman
Synonym: kosmonauta
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
astronauta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
astronauta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From astro- + -nauta or French astronaute .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -awtɐ
Hyphenation: as‧tro‧nau‧ta
Noun
astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas )
astronaut ( member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose )
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:astronauta .
Further reading
“astronauta ”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008 –2025
“astronauta ”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006 –2025
“astronauta ”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003 –2025
“astronauta ”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015 –2025
“astronauta ”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008 –2025
Spanish
Etymology
From astro- + -nauta or English astronaut .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /astɾoˈnauta/
Rhymes: -auta
Syllabification: as‧tro‧nau‧ta
Noun
astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautas )
astronaut , spaceman
Synonym: cosmonauta
Further reading