el
masculine
/plaˈneta/
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Translation
planet
Word origin
From Latin planeta, from Greek planetes ('wanderer'), because the planets appear to wander against the fixed stars. The same root gives English planet.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- planetes
- English cognates
- planet
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralplanetas
Examples
tercer solar.
Earth is the third planet from the sun.
.
We have to look after the planet.
¿ ?
Is there life on other planets?
científicos .
Scientists discovered a planet very similar to ours.
solar .
Each planet in the solar system has its own story.
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