different between taikonaut vs spationaut

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ?? (tàik?ng, “space”) +? -naut, modelled after astronaut, cosmonaut, spationaut, etc. The term was coined on 19 May 1998 by Chiew Lee Yih (??????? (Zhào L?yù)) from Malaysia, who used it first in newsgroups. Almost simultaneously, Chen Lan coined it for use in the Western media.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tai?ko?naut

Noun

taikonaut (plural taikonauts)

1. A person who travels in space for the Chinese space program; a Chinese astronaut. [from 1998.]

   Coordinate terms: astronaut, cosmonaut, spationaut

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Further reading

• “Taikonaut? Yuhangyuan?”, in Mail & Guardian?^[1], Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 October 2005, archived from the original on 29 October 2011.
• Paul McFedries (15 October 2003) , “taikonaut”, in Word Spy, Logophilia Limited, retrieved 4 June 2017

English

Etymology

spatio- +? -naut

Noun

spationaut (plural spationauts)

1. A French astronaut.
2. (colloquial) A European astronaut, specifically one representing ESA.

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