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English

Etymology

From Middle English comete, partly from Old English com?ta and partly from Old French comete, both from Latin com?t?s, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kom?t?s, “longhaired”), short for ????? ??????? ([ast?r] kom?t?s, "longhaired [star])" and referring to the tail of a comet, from ???? (kóm?, “hair”). Compare English faxed star.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?m'?t, IPA^(key): /?k?m?t/
• Rhymes: -?m?t

Noun

comet (plural comets)

1. (astronomy) A celestial body consisting mainly of ice, dust and gas in a (usually very eccentric) orbit around the Sun and having a "tail" of matter blown back from it by the solar wind as it approaches the Sun.
2. A celestial phenomenon with the appearance given by the orbiting celestial body.
3. Any of several species of hummingbird found in the Andes.

Synonyms

• faxed star (rare, dialectal)

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• comet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Comte, comte

Catalan

Verb

comet

1. third-person singular present indicative form of cometre
2. second-person singular imperative form of cometre

Latin

Verb

c?met

1. third-person singular future active indicative of c?m?

Romanian

Noun

comet n (plural comete)

1. Alternative form of comet?

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From Latin comptus, past participle of comere (“to care for, comb, arrange, adorn”).

Adjective

compt (comparative more compt, superlative most compt)

1. (obsolete) neat; spruce

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Etymology 2

From French compte.

Noun

compt

1. (obsolete) account; reckoning; computation

Verb

compt (third-person singular simple present compts, present participle compting, simple past and past participle compted)

1. (obsolete) To compute; to count.