Meaning

3 senses
  1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

    Astronaut, Raumfahrer, Kosmonaut

    космона́втkosmonávt, космона́вткаkosmonávtka, астрона́втastronávt

    космона́втkosmonávt, космона́вткаkosmonávtka, астрона́втastronávt

  2. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.

    An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.

  3. (Hong Kong)A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.

More definitions
  • a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

Examples

163 sentences
  1. I want to become an astronaut.

    Я хочу стати космонавтом. — Anjy

    ruЯ хочу стать космонавтом. — sharptoothed

    deIch will Astronaut werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom's dream is to be an astronaut.

    Том мріє стати космонавтом. — deniko

  3. Do you want to be an astronaut?

    Ти хочеш бути космонавтом? — deniko

    ruХочешь быть космонавтом? — odexed

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  4. Tom dreamed of becoming an astronaut.

    ruТом мечтал стать космонавтом. — Wezel

  5. I'd like to become an astronaut.

    ruЯ хотел бы стать космонавтом. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut:
Русский
By meaning 1
member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose — see also cosmonaut:

Origin

From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs,

From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

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