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:

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

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

    Том мріє стати космонавтом. — deniko

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  3. Do you want to be an astronaut?

    Ти хочеш бути космонавтом? — deniko

    ruХочешь быть космонавтом? — odexed

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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

    a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

  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.

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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Forms

plural: astronauts
Singularastronaut
Pluralastronauts

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person trained to travel in a spacecraft:cosmonaut

Word family

16 related words
Relatedaeronautastronauticastronauticalastronauticscosmonauttaikonautvyomanaut
Derivedancient astronautastronautrixastronautteastronetteastronutchimponautfapstronautpara-astronauttouronaut

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
astrolabeastrologerastrologicalastrologyastronomerB1astronomicalastronomyB2astrophysicist

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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