Meaning
1 sensesAn astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.
Kosmonaut
космона́втkosmonávt
космона́втkosmonávt
More definitions
- a person trained to travel in a spacecraft
Examples
9 sentencesThe two cosmonauts rehydrated their meals.
The two cosmonauts looked at microgravity’s effect on pain sensitivity and bone tissue.
The cosmonaut is great.
deDer Kosmonaut ist großartig.
Tom is a cosmonaut.
ruТом - космонавт.
Gagarin was a cosmonaut.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
an astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one — see also astronaut:
Русский
By meaning 1
an astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one — see also astronaut:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one — see also astronaut:
Origin
Borrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universeBorrowed from Russian космона́вт (kosmonávt), from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “universe”) + ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -naut.
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Forms
plural: cosmonauts| Singular | cosmonaut |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a person trained to travel in a spacecraft:astronaut