astronaut

See also Astronaut

English

Wikipedia

Astronaut Soichi Noguchi.

Etymology

Coined from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) and ναύτης (naútēs, “sailor”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, US) enPR: ăs'trənôt", IPA: /ˈæstrəˌnɑt/, X-SAMPA: /"{str@%nAt/

• Audio (CA)

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• (UK) enPR: ăs'trənôt", IPA: /ˈæstɹəˌnɔːt/, X-SAMPA: /"{str@%nO:t/
• (US) also IPA: /ˈæstrəˌnɒ:t/

Noun

astronaut (plural astronauts)

1. A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose

Synonyms

• cosmonaut
• spationaut
• taikonaut

Derived terms

• ancient astronaut

Translations

member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose

• Albanian: astronaut (sq), kosmonaut (sq)
• Arabic: رجل فضاء (ar) (rájul faḍāʾ) m, رائد فضاء (ar) (rāʾid faḍāʾ) m, ملاح فضائي (ar) (mallāḥ faḍāʾiyy) m

  Egyptian Arabic: رائد فضاء (rāʾed faḍāʾ) m

• Armenian: աստղագնաց (hy) (astġagnac')
• Belarusian: касманаўт (be) (kasmanáŭt) m, астранаўт (be) (astranáŭt) m
• Bengali: নভোচারী (bn) (nâbhocari)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太空人 (cmn) (tàikōngrén), 宇航員 (cmn), 宇航员 (cmn) (yǔhángyuán), 航天員 (cmn), 航天员 (cmn) (hángtiānyuán), 宇宙飛行員 (cmn), 宇宙飞行员 (cmn) (yǔzhòu fēixíngyuán)

• Czech: kosmonaut (cs) m
• Danish: astronaut (da)
• Dutch: ruimtevaarder (nl) m, astronaut (nl) m
• Esperanto: kosmonaŭto (eo)
• Finnish: astronautti (fi)
• French: astronaute (fr) m
• German: Astronaut (de) m
• Greek: αστροναύτης (el) (astronáftis) m
• Hebrew: טייס חלל (he) (tayás halál) m
• Hindi: अंतरिक्ष यात्री (hi) (antarikṣ yātrī)
• Hungarian: űrhajós (hu), asztronauta (hu)
• Icelandic: geimfari (is) m
• Indonesian: astronot (id)

• Irish: spásaire (ga) m
• Japanese: 宇宙飛行士 (ja) (うちゅうひこうし, uchū-hikōshi)
• Korean: 우주비행사 (ko) (uju-bihaengsa) (宇宙飛行士 (ko))
• Lao: ນັກອາວະກາດ (lo)
• Macedonian: космонаут (mk) (kosmonáut) m, астронаут (mk) (astronáut) m
• Malay: angkasawan (ms)
• Navajo: wótáahgoo ałnaaʼáłtʼahiʼ‎‎
• Persian: فضانورد (fa) (fazâ-navard)
• Polish: astronauta (pl) m, astronautka (pl) f, kosmonauta (pl) m, kosmonautka (pl) f
• Portuguese: astronauta (pt) m and f
• Russian: космонавт (ru) (kosmonávt) m, астронавт (ru) (astronávt) m (US)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: астрона̀ут (sh) m, козмона̀ут (sh) m, космона̀ут (sh) m

  Roman: astronàut (sh) m, kozmonàut (sh) m, kosmonàut (sh) m

• Spanish: astronauta (es) m and f
• Swahili: mwanaanga (sw)
• Tamil: விண்ணோடி (ta)
• Telugu: వ్యోమగామి (te) (wyoomagaami)
• Thai: นักบินอวกาศ (th) (nákbinawakaad)
• Turkish: astronot (tr)
• Ukrainian: космонавт (uk) (kosmonávt) m, астронавт (uk) (astronávt) m
• Vietnamese: nhà du hành vũ trụ (vi), phi hành gia (vi)

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Albanian

Noun

astronaut

1. astronaut, cosmonaut

Synonyms

• kosmonaut

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /astronavt/, [asd̥ʁoˈnɑwˀd̥]

Noun

astronaut c (singular definite astronauten, plural indefinite astronauter)

1. astronaut

Inflection

    Inflection of astronaut

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	astronaut	astronauten	astronauter	astronauterne
genitive	astronauts	astronautens	astronauters	astronauternes

Related terms

• kosmonaut

External links

• Astronaut on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

astronaut m (plural astronauten, diminutive astronautje)

1. astronaut

Synonyms

• ruimtevaarder

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /astronǎut/

Noun

astronàut m (Cyrillic spelling астрона̀ут)

1. astronaut

Declension

    declension of astronaut

	singular	plural
nominative	astronaut	astronauti
genitive	astronauta	astronauta
dative	astronautu	astronautima
accusative	astronauta	astronaute
vocative	astronaute	astronauti
locative	astronautu	astronautima
instrumental	astronautom	astronautima

Synonyms

• (astronaut): kozmonàut, kosmonàut

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Swedish

Etymology

astro- + -naut

Noun

astronaut c

1. an astronaut

Declension

Declension of astronaut

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	astronaut	astronauten	astronauter	astronauterna
genitive	astronauts	astronautens	astronauters	astronauternas

See also

• kosmonaut
• rymdfarare