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astronaut

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See also: Astronaut

English

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Astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

Etymology

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From astro- +‎ -naut. Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

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Noun

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astronaut (plural astronauts)

  1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
    1. An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
      • 2013, Edward Clinton Ezell, Linda Neuman Ezell, The Partnership: A NASA History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Courier Corporation, →ISBN:
        Though from different social, economic, and political worlds, the astronauts and cosmonauts had much in common, both as professionals and human beings.
      • 2021 April 12, Gregory McNamee, “This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling the space race”, in CNN‎[1]:
        The American astronauts in the competing Mercury program may have joked about being “Spam in a can,” but it seems clear that Korolev wanted to have plenty of cosmonauts on hand in case another rocket blew up.
      • 2025 April 19, Ashley Strickland, “An astronaut’s awe-inspiring views from life in space”, in CNN‎[2]:
        Longtime NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has ventured to space four times, returned to Earth on Saturday night from the International Space Station. Pettit, who turned 70 on Sunday, landed at 9:20 p.m. ET in a Soyuz spacecraft with Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, after a seven-month stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. […] Space doesn't just appear dark to astronauts aboard the space station.
  2. (Hong Kong) A person (typically man) working abroad away from their family.

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Albanian

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Noun

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astronaut

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

Czech

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

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Noun

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astronaut m anim (female equivalent astronautka)

  1. astronaut, cosmonaut
    Synonym: kosmonaut

Declension

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Declension of astronaut (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative astronaut astronauti, astronauté
genitive astronauta astronautů
dative astronautovi, astronautu astronautům
accusative astronauta astronauty
vocative astronaute astronauti, astronauté
locative astronautovi, astronautu astronautech
instrumental astronautem astronauty
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Further reading

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Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /astronavt/, [asd̥ʁoˈnɑwˀd̥]

Noun

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astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

  1. astronaut

Inflection

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Declension of astronaut
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative astronaut astronauten astronauter astronauterne
genitive astronauts astronautens astronauters astronauternes
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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English astronaut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑ.stroːˈnɑu̯t/, /ˌɑs.troːˈnɑu̯t/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: as‧tro‧naut
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯t

Noun

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astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje n, feminine astronaute)

  1. a (male) astronaut [from early 1950s]
    Synonyms: kosmonaut, ruimtevaarder
    De astronaut bereidt zich voor op een wandeling in de ruimte. ― The astronaut is preparing for a spacewalk.
    Als kind droomde hij ervan om astronaut te worden. ― As a child, he dreamt of becoming an astronaut.
    De training van een astronaut is intensief en uitdagend. ― The training of an astronaut is intensive and challenging.

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English astronaut.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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astronaut (plural astronaut-astronaut or para astronaut)

  1. astronaut
    Synonyms: angkasawan, antariksawan, kosmonaut

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English astronaut.

Noun

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astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronauter, definite plural astronautene)

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarer

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From English astronaut.

Noun

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astronaut m (definite singular astronauten, indefinite plural astronautar, definite plural astronautane)

  1. an astronaut
    Synonym: romfarar

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French astronaute, English astronaut. By surface analysis, astro- +‎ -naut.

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Noun

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astronaut m (plural astronauți, feminine equivalent astronaută)

  1. astronaut
    Synonym: cosmonaut

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative astronaut astronautul astronauți astronauții
genitive-dative astronaut astronautului astronauți astronauților
vocative astronautule astronauților
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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astronàut m anim (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)

  1. astronaut
    Synonyms: kozmonàut, kosmonàut

Declension

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Declension of astronaut
singular plural
nominative astronaut astronauti
genitive astronauta astronauta
dative astronautu astronautima
accusative astronauta astronaute
vocative astronaute astronauti
locative astronautu astronautima
instrumental astronautom astronautima

Swedish

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Etymology

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From astro- +‎ -naut.

Noun

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astronaut c

  1. an astronaut

Declension

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Declension of astronaut
nominative genitive
singular indefinite astronaut astronauts
definite astronauten astronautens
plural indefinite astronauter astronauters
definite astronauterna astronauternas

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