different between immense vs astronomical

English

Etymology

From Middle French immense, from Latin immensus, from in- (“not”) + mensus (“measured”). Compare incommensurable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

immense (comparative immenser, superlative immensest)

1. Huge, gigantic, very large.
2. (colloquial) Supremely good.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:gigantic

Related terms

• immensely
• immensity

Translations

Noun

immense (plural immenses)

1. (poetic) immense extent or expanse; immensity
   • 1882, James Thomson (B. V.), “Despotism Tempered by Dynamite”:

     The half of Asia is my prison-house,
     Myriads of convicts lost in its Immense—
     I look with terror to my crowning day.

Anagrams

• Eminems

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

immense

1. Inflected form of immens

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imm?nsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i(m).m??s/

Adjective

immense (plural immenses)

1. immense, huge

Related terms

• immensément
• immensifier
• immensité

Further reading

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

Italian

Adjective

immense f pl

1. feminine plural of immenso

Latin

Adjective

imm?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of imm?nsus

English

Alternative forms

• astron. (abbreviation)

Etymology

Attested since at least 1550, from Middle French astronomique or directly from Latin astronomicus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (astronomikós).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æs.t???n?m.?k.?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æst???n??m?k?l/
• Rhymes: -?m?k?l

Adjective

astronomical (comparative more astronomical, superlative most astronomical)

1. (not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy.
2. (comparable) Very large; of vast measure.

Synonyms

• (relating to astronomy): astronomic

Derived terms

Related terms

• astronomic
• astronomy

Translations