satélite
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Galician
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Noun
satélite m (plural satélites)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Middle French satellite (“follower, attendant”), from Latin satellitem (“attendant, guard”), from Etruscan *𐌔𐌀𐌕𐌍𐌀𐌋 (*satnal).
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- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.ˈtɛ.li.ti/
Noun
satélite m (plural satélites)
- satellite (object orbiting a celestial object)
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satellitem.
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Noun
satélite m (plural satélites)
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Further reading
- “satélite”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10