astronaut
English dictionary entry
Meanings
noun
- 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.
- A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.
Pronunciation
ăsʹtrənôt'
/ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/
/ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
/ˈæstɹəˌnɑt/
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Word forms
astronaut
astronauts
Etymology
From astro- + -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).
Synonyms
Related words
Translations
Afrikaans: astronout
Albanian: astronaut
Albanian: kosmonaut
Arabic: رَجُل فَضَاء
Arabic: رَائِد فَضَاء
Arabic: مَلَّاح فَضَائِيّ
Arabic: رائد فضاء
Armenian: աստղագնաց
Assamese: মহাকাশচাৰী
Asturian: astronauta
Azerbaijani: astronavt
Azerbaijani: kosmonavt
Bashkir: астронавт
Bashkir: космонавт
Belarusian: касмана́ўт
Belarusian: касмана́ўтка
Belarusian: астрана́ўт
Belarusian: астрана́ўтка
Bengali: নভোচারী
Bulgarian: астрона́вт
Bulgarian: астрона́втка
Bulgarian: космона́вт
Bulgarian: космона́втка
Burmese: အာကာသယာဉ်မှူး
Carpathian Rusyn: козмона́вт
Catalan: astronauta
Chinese Cantonese: 太空人
Chinese Cantonese: 宇航員 /宇航员
Chinese Cantonese: 航天員 /航天员
Chinese Cantonese: 宇宙飛行員 /宇宙飞行员
Chinese Mandarin: 太空人
Chinese Mandarin: 宇航員 /宇航员
Chinese Mandarin: 航天員 /航天员
Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙飛行員 /宇宙飞行员
Chukchi: риӈэнэӈэткульын
Cornish: stervarner
Cornish: stervarnores
Cornish: den efanvos
Cornish: benyn efanvos
Czech: kosmonaut
Czech: astronaut
Danish: astronaut
Dutch: ruimtevaarder
Dutch: astronaut
Dutch: astronaute
Erzya: тештюиця
Esperanto: astronaŭto
Esperanto: astronaŭtino
Esperanto: kosmonaŭto
Esperanto: kosmonaŭtino
Estonian: kosmoselendur
Estonian: kosmonaut
Estonian: astronaut
Estonian: tähelendur
Estonian: taikonaut (CN)
Faroese: rúmdarmaður
Faroese: rúmdarfari
Finnish: astronautti
Finnish: avaruuslentäjä
French: astronaute
Galician: astronauta
Georgian: ასტრონავტი
Georgian: კოსმონავტი
German: Astronaut
German: Raumfahrer
German: Kosmonaut
German: Weltraumpilot
German: Raumpilot
Greek: αστροναύτης
Gujarati: અવકાશયાત્રી
Hebrew: אַסְטְרוֹנָאוּט
Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यात्री
Hindi: खगोलयात्री
Hindi: अंतरिक्षयात्री
Hindi: अंतरालयात्री
Hindi: गगनयात्री
Hindi: व्योमयात्री
Hindi: गगनगामी
Hindi: व्योमगामी
Hindi: व्योमनॉट
Hindi: गगननॉट
Hindi: गगनॉट
Hungarian: űrhajós
Hungarian: asztronauta
Icelandic: geimfari
Ido: astronauto
Indonesian: astronot
Indonesian: antariksawan
Indonesian: antariksawati
Irish: spásaire
Italian: astronauta
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