different between galactic vs galaxia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (galaktikós, “milky”), from ???? (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???lækt?k/
• Rhymes: -ækt?k

Adjective

galactic (comparative more galactic, superlative most galactic)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.

   galactic acid

2. Relating to a galaxy.
   1. (astronomy, specifically) Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.

      Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way.

3. (figuratively) Enormous (in size or impact).

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• galaxy

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French galactique

Adjective

galactic m or n (feminine singular galactic?, masculine plural galactici, feminine and neuter plural galactice)

1. galactic

Declension

Galician

Etymology

From Latin galaxi?s, from Ancient Greek ???????? (galaxías, “milky”), from ???? (gála, “milk”).

Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Related terms

• galáctico

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galaxia, Portuguese galáxia, French galaxie, German Galaxie, Russian ?????????? (galáktika) and English galaxy, all ultimately from Latin galaxi?s, from Ancient Greek ???????? (galaxías).

Noun

galaxia (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a?lak.si.a/, [?ä???äks?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a?lak.si.a/, [???l?ksi?]

Noun

galaxia f (genitive galaxiae); first declension

1. Alternative form of galaxias

Declension

First-declension noun.

Noun

galaxi?

1. ablative singular of galaxi?s
2. vocative singular of galaxi?s

References

• galaxia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Occitan

Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. (astronomy) galaxy

Derived terms

Related terms

• galactic
• intergalactic

Slovak

Etymology

From Latin galaxi?s, from Ancient Greek ???????? (galaxías, “milky”), from ???? (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??alaksi?a]

Noun

galaxia f (genitive singular galaxie, nominative plural galaxie, genitive plural galaxií, declension pattern of ulica)

1. galaxy

Declension

Related terms

• galaktický

Further reading

• galaxia in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin galaxi?s, from Ancient Greek ???????? (galaxías, “milky”), from ???? (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?la?sja/, [?a?la??.sja]

Noun

galaxia f (plural galaxias)

1. galaxy

Related terms

• galáctico

Further reading

• “galaxia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.