planet
Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night…Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
» The earth is a beautiful planet.
Die Erde ist ein schöner Planet.
Земля — красивая планета.
Земля - чудова планета.
Meaning
4 senses(historical)Each of the seven major bodies which move relative to the fixed stars in the night sky—the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Planet, Wandelstern, planed
плане́таplanéta
плане́таplanéta
(astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
(historical)Any body that orbits the Sun, including the asteroids (as minor planets) and sometimes the moons of those bodies (as satellite planets)
Planet
плане́таplanéta
плане́таplanéta
A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
Planet
плане́таplanéta
планетаplaneta
Construed with the or this: The Earth.
Examples
972 sentencesThe earth is a beautiful planet.
Земля - чудова планета. — deniko
ruЗемля — красивая планета. — odexed
deDie Erde ist ein schöner Planet. — MUIRIEL
What planet do you live on?
На якій планеті ти живеш? — deniko
ruНа какой планете ты живешь? — bijin
I just want to save the planet.
Я лише хочу врятувати планету. — deniko
ruЯ лишь хочу спасти планету. — soweli_Elepanto
I wonder if life exists on other planets.
Цікаво, чи існує життя на інших планетах. — oksanask
ruИнтересно, есть ли жизнь на других планетах. — Hellerick
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.
Меркурій — найближча до Сонця планета. — deniko
ruМеркурий — ближайшая к Солнцу планета. — sharptoothed
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from AFrom Middle English planete, from Old French planete, from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”) (itself an ellipsis of ἀστέρες πλανῆται (astéres planêtai, “wandering stars”)), from Ancient Greek πλανάω (planáō, “wander about, stray”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Latin pālor (“wander about, stray”), Old Norse flana (“to rush about”), and Norwegian flanta (“to wander about”). More at flaunt. So called because they have apparent motion, unlike the "fixed" stars. Originally including also the moon and sun but not the Earth; modern scientific sense of "world that orbits a star" is from 1630s in English. The Greek word is an enlarged form of πλάνης (plánēs, “who wanders around, wanderer”), also "wandering star, planet", in medicine "unstable temperature." Displaced native Old English tungol.
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Forms
plural: planetsSynonyms
6 synonyms- (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction:major planet
- a person who follows or serves another:satellite
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
54 related wordsCollocations
4 patterns- on other planets
- other planets
- is a planet
- another planet