English Explanatory Dictionary

galactic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Relating to a galaxy.
  2. Relating to the Milky Way galaxy.
  3. Enormous (in size or impact).
  4. Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the Milky Way Galaxy.
name
  1. Denoting the name of a universal language spoken throughout a galaxy in various works.

Pronunciation

/ɡəˈlæktɪk/ en-us-galactic.ogg

Word forms

galactic more galactic most galactic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico.

Synonyms

Galactic

Antonyms

extragalactic

Related words

galaxy Common Standard

Derived words

active galactic nucleus anagalactic antigalactic apogalactic circumgalactic Encyclopedia Galactica exogalactic extragalactic Galactic galactically galactic arm galactic bulge galactic cannibalism galactic center galactic core galactic disc galactic habitable zone galactic halo galactic nucleus galactic year galactography hypergalactic intergalactic intragalactic metagalactic multigalactic nongalactic non-galactic pangalactic perigalactic pregalactic protogalactic subgalactic supergalactic transgalactic Galactic centre

Translations

Albanian: galaktik Arabic: مَجَرِّيّ Armenian: գալակտիկական Belarusian: галакты́чны Bulgarian: галактичен Catalan: galàctic Czech: galaktický Danish: galaktisk Dutch: galactisch Esperanto: galaksia Finnish: linnunrata- French: galactique Friulian: galatic Galician: galáctico Georgian: გალაქტიკური German: galaktisch Hungarian: galaktikus Ido: galaxiala Italian: galattico Kazakh: галактикалық Latin: galacticus Latin: galactica Latin: galacticum Norman: galactique Norwegian Bokmål: galaktisk Norwegian Nynorsk: galaktisk Occitan: galactic Polish: galaktyczny Portuguese: galáctico Romanian: galactic Russian: галактический Spanish: galáctico Swedish: galaktisk Swedish: galax- Tagalog: sanlibutnin Turkish: galaktik Turkish: galaksiyle alakalı/ilgili Ukrainian: галакти́чний
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