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astronaut

English

Etymology

From astro- +? -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ?????? (ástron, star) and ?????? (naút?s, sailor).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?s?tr?nôt'
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æst???n??t/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /?æst???n?t/, /?æ?t???n?t/
    • (Canada) IPA(key): /?æst???n?t/

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.
  2. (Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and their adopted home country.

Synonyms

  • cosmonaut

Hyponyms

  • astronautess
  • spationaut
  • taikonaut
  • vyomanaut

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations


Albanian

Noun

astronaut ?

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?astronau?t]

Noun

astronaut m

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

Related terms

  • astronautika

Further reading

  • astronaut in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
  • astronaut in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /astronavt/, [asd??o?n?w?d?]

Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

  1. astronaut

Inflection

Related terms

  • kosmonaut

Further reading

  • astronaut on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English astronaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.stro??n?u?t/, /??s.tro??n?u?t/
  • Hyphenation: as?tro?naut
  • Rhymes: -?u?t

Noun

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

  1. a (male) astronaut [from early 1950s]
    Synonyms: kosmonaut, ruimtevaarder

Derived terms

  • astronautisch

Related terms

  • astronautiek

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English astronaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /astronau?t?/, /astron?t?/
  • Hyphenation: as?tro?naut

Noun

astronaut (first-person possessive astronautku, second-person possessive astronautmu, third-person possessive astronautnya)

  1. astronaut.
    Synonyms: angkasawan, antariksawan, kosmonaut

Further reading

  • “astronaut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

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

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarer

References

  • “astronaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English astronaut.

Noun

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

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarar

References

  • “astronaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /as.tro?naut/

Noun

astronaut m (plural astronau?i, feminine equivalent astronaut?)

  1. astronaut
    Synonym: cosmonaut

Declension

Related terms

See also

  • taikonaut

References

  • astronaut in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /astron?ut/

Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

  1. astronaut
    Synonyms: kozmonàut, kosmonàut

Declension


Swedish

Etymology

From astro- +? -naut.

Noun

astronaut c

  1. an astronaut

Declension

See also

astronaut From the web:

  • what astronauts died
  • what astronauts went to the moon
  • what astronauts were on apollo 11
  • what astronauts eat
  • what astronauts do
  • what astronauts died in space
  • what astronauts were on apollo 13
  • what astronaut died recently


pilot

English

Etymology

From Middle French pilot, pillot, from Italian pilota, piloto, older also pedotta, pedot(t)o (the form in pil- is probably influenced by pileggiare (to sail, navigate)); ultimately from unattested Byzantine Greek *??????? (*p?d?t?s, helmsman), from Ancient Greek ????? (p?dón, blade of an oar, oar), hence also Ancient and Modern Greek ???????? (p?dálion, rudder).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?pa?l?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?l?t

Noun

pilot (plural pilots)

  1. A person who steers a ship, a helmsman.
    • 1697, John Dryden, The Works of Virgil, The Aeneid Book One
      They scud before the wind, and sail in open sea.
      Ahead of all the master pilot steers;
      And, as he leads, the following navy veers.
  2. A person who knows well the depths and currents of a harbor or coastal area, who is hired by a vessel to help navigate the harbor or coast.
  3. A guide book for maritime navigation.
  4. An instrument for detecting the compass error.
  5. (Australia, road transport, informal) A pilot vehicle.
  6. (Australia, road transport) A person authorised to drive such a vehicle during an escort.
  7. A guide or escort through an unknown or dangerous area.
    • 1834, David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, E. L. Cary and A. Hart, page 43:
      So we mounted our horses, and put out for that town, under the direction of two friendly Creeks we had taken for pilots.
  8. Something serving as a test or trial.
    1. (mining) The heading or excavation of relatively small dimensions, first made in the driving of a larger tunnel.
  9. (aviation) A person who is in charge of the controls of an aircraft.
  10. (television) A sample episode of a proposed TV series produced to decide if it should be made or not. If approved, typically the first episode of an actual TV series.
  11. (rail transport) A cowcatcher.
  12. A pilot light.
  13. One who flies a kite.
  14. A short plug, sometimes made interchangeable, at the end of a counterbore to guide the tool.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

pilot (not comparable)

  1. Made or used as a test or demonstration of capability.
    a pilot run of the new factory
    The pilot plant showed the need for major process changes.
  2. Used to control or activate another device.
    a pilot light
  3. Being a vehicle to warn other road users of the presence of an oversize vehicle/combination.
    a pilot vehicle

Translations

Verb

pilot (third-person singular simple present pilots, present participle piloting, simple past and past participle piloted)

  1. (transitive) To control (an aircraft or watercraft).
  2. (transitive) To guide (a vessel) through coastal waters.
  3. (transitive) To test or have a preliminary trial of (an idea, a new product, etc.)
  4. (rail transport, of a locomotive) To serve as the leading locomotive on a double-headed train.

Translations

References

  • pilot at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • pilot in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • potli, ptilo-, topil

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /pi?l?t/
  • Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

pilot (feminine pilota, masculine plural pilots, feminine plural pilotes)

  1. pilot

Noun

pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. pilot
  2. driver
  3. light, warning light

Derived terms

  • copilot

Further reading

  • “pilot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “pilot” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “pilot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “pilot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Noun

pilot m

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

Derived terms

  • pilotní
  • pilotovat

Further reading

  • pilot in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • pilot in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

pilot c (singular definite piloten, plural indefinite piloter)

  1. pilot

Declension

References

  • “pilot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latvian

Noun

pilot

  1. vocative singular form of pilots

Verb

pilot

  1. present conjunctive form of pil?t
  2. (with the particle lai) imperative conjunctive form of pil?t

Participle

pilot (invariable)

  1. adverbial present active participle of pil?t (invariable form)

Middle French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

pilot m (plural pilots)

  1. stake (pole designed to be pushed into the ground)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French pilote

Noun

pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural piloter, definite plural pilotene)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Synonyms

  • flyger

Derived terms

  • autopilot
  • pilotprosjekt

References

  • “pilot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French pilote

Noun

pilot m (definite singular piloten, indefinite plural pilotar, definite plural pilotane)

  1. pilot (controller of an aircraft)

Derived terms

  • autopilot
  • pilotprosjekt

References

  • “pilot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?i.l?t/

Noun

pilot m pers

  1. pilot (controller of aircraft)

Declension

Noun

pilot m inan

  1. remote control

Declension


Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi?lot/

Noun

pilot m (plural pilo?i)

  1. pilot

Declension

Related terms

  • aeroport
  • avion
  • a pilota

pilot From the web:

  • what pilot dropped the atomic bomb
  • what pilot has the most kills
  • what pilots make the most money
  • what pilot am i at
  • what pilot dropped the bomb on hiroshima
  • what pilots see
  • what pilot means
  • what pilots say when landing
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