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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

Earth is the third planet from the sun.

We have to look after the planet.

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Is there life on other planets?

Scientists discovered a planet very similar to ours.

Each planet in the solar system has its own story.

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This word is part of lesson 18.