Meaning

1 senses
  1. An astronaut, especially a Russian or Soviet one.

    Kosmonaut

    космона́втkosmonávt

    космона́втkosmonávt

More definitions
  • a person trained to travel in a spacecraft

Examples

9 sentences
  1. The two cosmonauts rehydrated their meals.

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  2. The two cosmonauts looked at microgravity’s effect on pain sensitivity and bone tissue.

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  3. The cosmonaut is great.

    deDer Kosmonaut ist großartig.

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  4. Tom is a cosmonaut.

    ruТом - космонавт.

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  5. Gagarin was a cosmonaut.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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, “universe

Borrowed 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
Singularcosmonaut
Pluralcosmonauts

regular

Synonyms

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

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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