English Explanatory Dictionary

cosmos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The universe regarded as a system with harmony and order.
  2. A harmonious, ordered whole.
  3. Harmony, order.
noun
  1. Any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously coloured flowers and pinnate leaves.
noun
  1. plural of cosmo
name
  1. A city in Minnesota.

Pronunciation

kŏz'mŏs /ˈkɒzmɒs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cosmos1.wav kŏz'mōs /ˈkɑzməs/ /ˈkɑzˌmoʊs/ /ˈkɒzmɔɪ/ /ˈkɑzmɔɪ/ /ˈkɒzməʊz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cosmos2.wav /ˈkɑzmoʊz/

Word forms

cosmos cosmoses cosmoi kosmos

Etymology

From Middle English cossmos (“the universe; the world”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order; universe; the earth, the world; decoration, ornament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim; to put in order”). The plural form cosmoi is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόσμοι (kósmoi).

Antonyms

chaos

Related words

Cosmas cosmic cosmo- cosmogony cosmography cosmology cosmonaut cosmopolitan cosmovision

Derived words

chaosmos cosmic cosmism cosmist cosmize microcosmos paracosmos trichiliocosm

Translations

Afrikaans: kosmos Albanian: kozmos Albanian: gjithësi Arabic: فَضَاء Arabic: كَوْن Arabic: الْكَوْن Armenian: կոսմոս Armenian: տիեզերք Azerbaijani: kosmos Belarusian: ко́смас Belarusian: сусве́т Belarusian: сусьве́т Bulgarian: ко́смос Bulgarian: вселе́на Bulgarian: всеми́р Catalan: cosmos Chinese Mandarin: 太空 Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙 Chukchi: иʼиʼн Chukchi: ӈаргынэн Chukchi: ымӈаргынэн Cornish: kosmos Czech: kosmos Czech: vesmír Danish: kosmos Dutch: kosmos Dutch: heelal Dutch: wereldal Esperanto: kosmo Estonian: kosmos Finnish: kosmos Finnish: maailmankaikkeus French: cosmos Galician: cosmos Georgian: კოსმოსი German: Kosmos German: All German: Weltall Greek: κόσμος Hebrew: קוֹסמוֹס Hungarian: kozmosz Hungarian: világegyetem Icelandic: alheimur Ido: kosmo Indonesian: kosmos Italian: cosmo Japanese: コスモス Japanese: 宇宙 Kazakh: ғалам Kazakh: ғарыш Khmer: អវកាស Korean: 코스모스 Korean: 우주 Kyrgyz: аалам Kyrgyz: бүт дүйнө Lao: ຈັກກະວານ Latin: mundus Latvian: kosmoss Lithuanian: kosmosas Macedonian: космос Macedonian: вселена Malay: kosmos Māori: tātai tuarangi
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