el
masculine
/telesˈkopjo/
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Translation
telescope
Word origin
From Greek teleskopos, from tele ('far') plus skopein ('to look at'). The same skopein gives English 'microscope' and 'scope'.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- teleskopos
- English cognates
- telescope, scope
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltelescopios
Examples
Saturno.
With the telescope we could see the rings of Saturn.
astrónomo .
The astronomer adjusted the telescope before nightfall.
¿ ?
Will you let me look at the moon through your telescope?
.
I bought a small telescope to observe the stars.
espacial captó galaxias .
The space telescope captured images of distant galaxies.
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