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/astɾoˈnawta/
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Translation
astronaut
Word origin
A modern coinage from Greek astron ('star') plus nautes ('sailor'), on the model of aeronauta. An astronaut is a sailor of the stars.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- astron + nautes
- English cognates
- astronaut, astronomy, nautical
Grammar
Gendercommon
Pluralastronautas
Examples
flotaba .
The astronaut was floating inside the spacecraft.
.
As a girl she wanted to be an astronaut.
.
The astronauts walked on the Moon.
espacial.
The astronaut sent a message from the space station.
¡, !
Look, that suit belongs to a real astronaut!
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