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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

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?niversum, neuter of ?niversus (“whole, entire”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /u.ni?v?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.ni?b?rs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /u.ni?v??s/

Noun

univers m (plural universos)

1. universe

Further reading

• “univers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin ?niversum, neuter of ?niversus (“whole, entire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /univ?rs/, [uni?væ??s]

Noun

univers n (singular definite universet, plural indefinite universer)

1. universe

Inflection

Synonyms

• kosmos n
• verdensalt n

Further reading

• “univers” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “univers” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Alternative forms

• (especially in astronomy): Univers

Etymology

From Latin universum (“universe”), from adjective universus (“entire”), from uni- +? versus, past participle of vertere (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ni.v??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

univers m (countable and uncountable, plural univers)

1. universe

Synonyms

• monde
• domaine

Hyponyms

• galaxie

Derived terms

Related terms

• universel
• universellement

Further reading

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

Middle French

Noun

univers m (plural univers)

1. universe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin universum, universus

Noun

univers n (definite singular universet, indefinite plural univers or universer, definite plural universa or universene)

1. universe

References

• “univers” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin universum, universus

Noun

univers n (definite singular universet, indefinite plural univers, definite plural universa)

1. universe

References

• “univers” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Noun

univers m (plural not attested)

1. the whole world; the whole Earth

Adjective

univers m (oblique and nominative feminine singular universe)

1. universal; applying to everyone and everything

Descendants

• English: universe
• Middle French: univers
  • French: univers

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ünivers

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yni?v?rs/

Noun

univers m (plural univers)

1. universe

Romanian

Etymology

From French univers, from Latin universum.

Noun

univers n (plural universuri)

1. universe

Declension

Related terms

• universal