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English

Alternative forms

• (Milky Way Galaxy): Galaxy

Etymology

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek ???????? (galaxías, “Milky Way”), from ???? (gála, “milk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??al?ksi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æl?ksi/

Noun

galaxy (plural galaxies)

1. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth. [from 14th c.]
   • 1633, John Donne, "Sapho to Philænis":

     So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].

2. (astronomy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe. [from 19th c.]
3. (fashion, design) Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
   • 2016, Reyna Young, Hanover Falls, page 42:

     Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like stepping into space.

   • 2017, Rebekah L. Purdy, Incriminating Dating, unnumbered page:

     Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face, and she wore a May the Force Be With You Tshirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans.

   • 2018, Isabel Scheck, Survival, page 15:

     She hurriedly said that she found an^[sic] faded galaxy blanket. She loved galaxy patterned things.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): G (abbreviation), star city, trichiliocosm (in Buddhism)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

References

• galaxy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kósmos, “world, universe”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: k?z'm?s, IPA^(key): /?k?z.m?s/
• (US) enPR: k?z'm?s, IPA^(key): /?k?z.mo?s/

Noun

cosmos (countable and uncountable, plural cosmoses or cosmoi)

1. The universe.
2. An ordered, harmonious whole.

Related terms

• cosmetic
• cosmonaut

Translations

Etymology 2

From the genus name Cosmos.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?z.m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?z.mo?s/, IPA^(key): /?k?z.m?s/

Wikispecies

Noun

cosmos (countable and uncountable, plural cosmos)

1. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?z.mo?z/

Noun

cosmos

1. plural of cosmo

Anagrams

• Moscos

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kósmos).

Noun

cosmos m (plural cosmos)

1. cosmos, universe

Related terms

• còsmic

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kósmos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?s.mos/

Noun

cosmos m (uncountable)

1. cosmos, universe

Related terms

• cosmique

Further reading

• “cosmos” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

cosmos m (plural cosmos)

1. Alternative form of cosmo
2. cosmos (herb of the genus Cosmos)

Romanian

Etymology

From French cosmos

Noun

cosmos n (uncountable)

1. cosmos, universe
2. outer space

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kósmos, “world, universe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kosmos/, [?koz.mos]

Noun

cosmos m (plural cosmos)

1. universe

   Synonyms: mundo, universo

2. space (area beyond the atmosphere of planets)

   Synonym: espacio

3. cosmos (herbs of the genus Cosmos)

Related terms

• cósmico
• cosmonauta

Further reading

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