komeet
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Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch komeet, from Middle Dutch comete, from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
komeet (plural komete)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch comete, from Old French comete, from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs).
Pronunciation
Noun
komeet m (plural kometen, diminutive komeetje n)
- comet
- (figuratively) a rising star, an up-and-coming thing or person, a raging fashion etc.
Synonyms
- (comet, celestial body): staartster
Descendants
References
- “komeet” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.
Estonian
Etymology
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Noun
komeet (genitive komeedi, partitive komeeti)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “komeet”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
West Frisian
Pronunciation
Noun
komeet c (plural kometen)