le

masculine

/sa.te.lit/

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Translation

satellite

Word origin

From Latin satelles ('attendant, bodyguard'). Kepler applied it to the moons attending a planet, and the space age carried it to man-made craft.

Origin: Latin
Root: satelles
English cognates: satellite

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralsatellites

Examples

The satellite orbits the Earth.

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These pictures come from a satellite.

Satellites give us the exact position.

He watches satellite television.

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The satellite signal is lost, we are on our own.

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This word is part of lesson 48.