orbita

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See also: órbita, orbitá, òrbita, orbità, orbīta, orbītā, and orbită

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin orbita (“a circuit, orbit”).

Pronunciation

Noun

orbita (plural orbitae)

  1. (anatomy) Obsolete form of orbit.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

orbita f

  1. orbit (the bony cavity containing the eyeball)
    Synonyms: oční důlek, oční jamka, očnice

Declension

Declension of orbita (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative orbita orbity
genitive orbity orbit
dative orbitě orbitám
accusative orbitu orbity
vocative orbito orbity
locative orbitě orbitách
instrumental orbitou orbitami

Further reading

  • orbita in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • orbita in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • orbita in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Etymology

From orbito +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Adjective

orbita (accusative singular orbitan, plural orbitaj, accusative plural orbitajn)

  1. orbital

French

Verb

orbita

  1. third-person singular past historic of orbiter

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology 1

From Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

Noun

orbita f (plural orbite)

  1. (astronomy, mathematics) orbit
  2. (anatomy) eye socket, orbit
    Synonyms: cavità orbitale, cavità orbitaria
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • orbita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from *orbes, orbitis ("going in a circle") +‎ -a, from orbis (“circle”) +‎ -es (“going”). Confer antistita, from antistes.

Noun

orbita f (genitive orbitae); first declension

  1. (literally, Classical Latin) A track or rut made in the ground by a wheel.
    1. (figurative, Old Latin, poetic) A path, track, course.
  2. An impression or mark left by a ligature.
  3. A circuit, orbit.
Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orbita orbitae
Genitive orbitae orbitārum
Dative orbitae orbitīs
Accusative orbitam orbitās
Ablative orbitā orbitīs
Vocative orbita orbitae
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants of orbita in other languages
  • → English: orbit, orbita
  • Franco-Provençal: orbita
  • → French: orbite
  • → Italian: orbita
  • → Russian: орбита (orbita)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

orbitā f

  1. ablative singular of orbita

References

  • “orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “orbita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • orbita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • orbita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin orbita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔrˈbi.ta/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ita
  • Syllabification: or‧bi‧ta

Noun

orbita f

  1. (astronomy) orbit

Declension

Declension of orbita
singular plural
nominative orbita orbity
genitive orbity orbit
dative orbicie orbitom
accusative orbitę orbity
instrumental orbitą orbitami
locative orbicie orbitach
vocative orbito orbity

Related terms

Further reading

  • orbita in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • orbita in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

orbita

  1. inflection of orbitar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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