satellite

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsatəlʌɪt/

Noun

satellite (plural satellites)

1. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.3:

     We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law [...] sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias [...].

   • 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, page 348:

     ...he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest... . Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer... .

   • 1948, Willard E. Hawkins, The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing, page 169:

     The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance... .

2. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]

   The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

   A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.

3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]
4. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]

   Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.

5. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]

   Do you have satellite at your house?

Derived terms

anti-satellite fixed satellite satellite assembly satellite broadcasting satellite campus satellite cell satellite dish satellite DNA satellite hit satellite image satellite link

satellite navigation satellite navigation system satellite operation satellite phone satellite planet satellite station satellite telephone satellite television satellite tenant space satellite spy satellite

Usage notes

The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.

Translations

attendant on an important person

• Finnish: apuri (fi) (neutral); kätyri (fi) (evil or derogatory)
• Japanese: 従者 (ja) (じゅうしゃ, jyūsha)

• Latin: satellites (la) f

smaller body orbiting a larger one

• Czech: družice (cs) f
• Finnish: kiertolainen (fi)
• Greek: δορυφόρος (el) (doryfóros) m
• Irish: satailít (ga) f

• Japanese: 衛星 (ja) (えいせい, eisei)
• Korean: 위성 (ko) (wiseong) (衛星 (ko))
• Manx: fo-phlannad (gv) m, mac-plannad (gv) m
• Welsh: lleuad (moon)

country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body

• Finnish: vasallivaltio (fi) (country); nukkehallitus (fi) (government); sivutoimisto (fi), haarakonttori (fi) (office); sivurakennus (fi) (building); sivu- (fi), ala- (fi)

• Greek: δορυφόρος (el) (doryfóros) m
• Japanese: (prefix): 衛星 (ja) (えいせい, eisei), サテライト (ja) (sateraito)

man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body

• Basque: satelite (eu)
• Bulgarian: спътник (bg) (spǎtnik) m
• Catalan: satèl·lit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 衛星 (cmn), 卫星 (cmn) (wèixīng)

• Czech: satelit (cs) m, družice (cs) f
• Dutch: satelliet (nl) m, kunstmaan (nl) f and m
• Esperanto: satelito (eo)
• Finnish: satelliitti (fi), tekokuu (fi)
• French: satellite (fr) m
• Galician: satélite (gl) m
• Georgian: ხელოვნური თანამგზავრი (ka) (χelovnuri t῾anamgzavri)
• German: Satellit (de) m
• Greek: δορυφόρος (el) (doryfóros) m
• Hungarian: műhold (hu)
• Indonesian: satelit (id)
• Irish: satailít (ga) f

• Italian: satellite (it) m
• Japanese: 人工衛星 (ja) (じんこうえいせい, jinkō eisei), 衛星 (ja) (えいせい, eisei)
• Jèrriais: satellite m
• Latvian: pavadonis (lv)
• Lithuanian: palydovas (lt) m
• Maori: waka āmiorangi (mi)
• Norwegian: satelitt (no)
• Polish: sztuczny satelita (pl)
• Portuguese: satélite (pt) m
• Romanian: satelit (ro)
• Russian: спутник (ru) (spútnik) m, сателлит (ru) (satellít) m
• Slovak: umelá družica (sk) f
• Slovene: satelit (sl) m
• Spanish: satélite (es) m
• Swedish: satellit (sv) c
• Turkish: uydu (tr), yapay uydu (tr)
• Ukrainian: супутник (uk) (supútnyk) m
• Vietnamese: vệ tinh (vi) (衛星 (vi)), vệ tinh nhân tạo (vi)
• Welsh: lloeren (cy)

colloquial: satellite TV

• Finnish: satelliittitelkkari (fi)
• Greek: δορυφορική (el) (doryforikí) f

• Japanese: 衛星放送 (ja) (えいせいほうそう, eisei hōsō)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: تابع (ar) (Taabi3) m, قمر اصطناعي (ar) (qámar iSTinaa3i) m
• Armenian: արբանյակ (hy) (arbanyak)
• Belarusian: спадарожнік (be) (spadaróžnik) m
• Hebrew: לוויין (lavuyan)

• Icelandic: (general) fylgihnöttur (is) m, (artificial) gervitungl (is) n, (artificial) gervihnöttur (is) m, (natural) tungl (is) n, (natural) fylgitungl (is) n
• Lao: ດາວທຽມ (lo)
• Sindhi: اُپگرهه m
• Telugu: ఉప్గ్రహం (upagrahaM)
• Thai: ดาวเทียม (th) (daao thiiam)

See also

• (moons of Earth) Luna/‎Moon/‎moon ^[edit]
• (moons of Mars) Phobos, Deimos
• (moons of Jupiter) Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Euporie, Thelxinoe, Euanthe, Helike, Orthosie, Iocaste, Praxidike, Harpalyke, Mneme, Hermippe, Thyone, Ananke, Herse, Aitne, Kale, Taygete, Chaldene, Erinome, Aoede, Kallichore, Kalyke, Carme, Callirrhoe, Eurydome, Pasithee, Kore, Cyllene, Eukelade, Pasiphaë, Hegemone, Arche, Isonoe, Sinope, Sponde, Autonoe, Megaclite
• (moons of Saturn) Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegaeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydeuces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperyon, Iapetus, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Paaliaq, Skathi, Albiorix, Bebhionn, Erriapus, Skoll, Siamaq, Tarqeq, Greip, Hyrrokin, Jarnsaxa, Tarvos, Mundilfari, Bergelmir, Narvi, Suttungr, Hati, Farbauti, Thrymr, Aegir, Bestla, Fenrir, Surtur, Kari, Ymir, Loge, Fornjot
• (moons of Uranus) Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand
• (moons of Neptune) Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Psamathe, Neso
• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Nix, Hydra
• (moons of Haumea) Namaka, Hiʻiaka
• (moons of Eris) Dysnomia

Anagrams

• telestial

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French

Etymology

From Latin satelittem (nominative of satelles)

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sa.te.lit/, X-SAMPA: /sa.te.lit/

Noun

satellite m (plural satellites)

1. satellite

Related terms

• satellisation
• satelliser

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

satellite m (plural satelliti)

1. satellite

Related terms

• satellitare
• satellitismo
• satellizzare
• satelloide

Anagrams

• allestite

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Jèrriais

Noun

satellite f (plural satellites)

1. satellite

Derived terms

• bolle à satellite (“satellite dish”)
• télévîsion dé satellite (“satellite television”)

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Latin

Noun

satellite

1. ablative singular of satelles